Editorial

THE Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office in a landmark decision on the Panama Papers case. Shortly after,...

WATER-LOGGING is now a serious headache for Dhaka city dwellers. Dhaka streets are over flooded every time even if there is moderate rain, mainly because...

Deplorable roads Monsoon has been playing havoc with the roads and alleys of the capital. Bus commuters, especially the elderly, are having an especially hard...

Over a dozen goals! Bangladesh Under-23 Football team conceded 13 goals in three matches and scored just one in the qualification round of the AFC...

Nirupama Rao :Diplomacy is a fine art, heir to centuries of epochal deal making, system building, peacemaking and conflict avoidance and resolution – it is,...

Patrick French :THE CONCEPT OF liberalism in various mutant forms like ‘left-liberal’ and ‘libtard’ seems to be under attack globally. Originating in America, an idea...

As the country goes through a myriad of problems to ship goods to the European Union due to a ban imposed on direct cargo flights,...

A report from the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) suggests that unrecorded capital flow from Bangladesh has stood at $61.63 billion between 2005 and 2014. The...

Congratulations, Sean Spicer! Sean Spicer has resigned as the White House Press Secretary, bringing to an end the tumultuous six-months as the public face of...

Howard W. French :Beijing’s efforts to control the surrounding seas are as much about nationalism and political legitimacy at home as they are about its...

Thalif Deen :The Maldives, one of the world’s low-lying, small island developing states (SIDS) – threatened with extinction because of a sea-level rise- is shoring...

BANGLADESH Bank has reduced its private sector credit growth target to 16.20 per cent – that so far was maintaining an upward trend in recent...