Editorial

THE government is sending a 171-member Hajj Assistance Delegation to Saudi Arabia this year mainly to provide medical help to pilgrims but it has only...

José Antonio Ocampo and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :The United Nations recently released the 70th anniversary issue of its flagship publication, the World Economic and Social...

This very fact has been clearly stated in the Valuing Water Preamble and principles that have been on the table of the fifth round of...

THE disclosure by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a report compiled last month and reported in a national daily on Sunday on how illegal Yaba...

AT long last, the worst in tackling global climate change is happening. The Trump administration has formally notified withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate agreement....

Sheikh Kamal and Abahani Club Sheikh Kamal will be remembered by the people of this country for his outstanding contribution to the development of sports....

Annulment of the 16th Amendment We are lucky that the Supreme Court escaped being subordinated to the parliament. The 16th Amendment to the Constitution was...

Khaleda Begum :The global climate has been changing significantly and damage to the climate is still ongoing. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in its...

Gazi Shariful Hasan :A thirteen-year-old Bangladeshi girl was taken away from her family in Jamalpur and tricked into going to neighbor country. Once there, she...

URGING Myanmar to take back Rohingya populations from Bangladesh, visiting OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen yesterday said Myanmar should resolve the ongoing humanitarian...

THE New Nation reported that Bangladesh Bank bowed to the pressure from commercial banks to raise interest rates on credit cards. From now on, the...

N.S.M Muzzammel Huq :Bangladesh has achieved commendable success in attaining the Millennium Development Goals within the stipulated time frame. Bangladesh has linked the MDGs challenges...