Editorial

Build more cyclone shelters The recent cyclones from the Bay of Bengal highlight how Bangladesh is indeed one of the strongly disaster-prone countries of the...

Tharanga Yakupitiyage :The oceans’ health is only getting worse and the cycle of decline must be reversed, said representatives at the opening of a high-level...

James M. Dorsey :Turkey’s parliament is this week fast tracking the dispatch of up to 3,000 troops to Qatar, home to the country’s military base...

Morris Pearl :Last Monday (12 June), the European Parliament was considering an important proposal to increase the disclosures of tax information of multinational companies. As...

WATER logging and clogging in city sewerage system during rainy season is seriously endangering city life. After passing days under scorching sun and sweltering heat...

MEDIA report on Thursday said that high cost non-concessional loans and suppliers’ credit under which procurement remains tied to a single source at manifold interest...

Neven Mimica :When global challenges rise, we need to rise to the challenge.At a milestone moment for multilateralism, the United Nations adopted in 2015 a...

Sir Michael Leigh. :The campaigns leading up to the 8 June general election in Britain have not followed Prime Minister Theresa May’s playbook, which goes...

THE total budget for 2017-18 FY has been declared at an astonishing roughly 4 trillion takas. Sixty two percent of this is estimated to come...

THE government, as reported, has no plan to regulate brokers involved with the recruitment of male and female workers from the remote rural areas for...

Amazing win We are euphoric and immensely proud of the Bangladesh cricket team for their victory on foreign soil against a strong New Zealand side,...

Neena Gill :Trump’s decision to wrench the world’s largest superpower out of the Paris climate change agreement could have a catastrophic and lasting impact on...