Editorial

Electricity destroying nature! :We are living in a very strange country indeed where the unreasonable demand of a handful of people is being fulfilled surreptitiously...

THE destruction caused by cyclonic storm Mora has started to emerge as estimates suggest about 60,000 houses were damaged in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Satkhira...

A MASSIVE truck bomb that ripped through the secured diplomatic zone at Kabul – killing at least 90 people while wounding more than 450 on...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :We agree with the views of the anti- tobacco activists that tobacco companies and shop keepers should not be allowed to...

Politics over Statue We are stunned and just cannot believe that the statue of Lady Justice was removed in the dead of night from the...

Jon Van Housen and Mariella Radaelli :It was a noble idea: Heads of industrialised nations would gather in Sicily just 200km from the coast of...

Paula Fray :Amid the worst drought in a century, South Africans are kick-starting a global consultative process to agree on the values of water in...

IN free Bangladesh we mourn the 48th death anniversary of veteran journalist Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia today. He was a towering personality in the media...

THE government is considering doubling the excise duty on bank accounts with large debit or credit balance in fiscal 2017-18 to boost revenue collection. Accounts...

Safe cities for women Around 56 percent of women are reluctant to use public transport in the capital due to a lack of proper facilities,...

George Friedman :On 8 March, I wrote an analysis that said North Korea appeared to be crossing a red line set forth by the United...

M. A. Jabbar :Bangladesh, as a member-country of the WHO will observe World No Tobacco Day on 31 May like all the previous years. WHO...