Housing refugees of the ME conflicts
Roshni Majumdar :Prolonged conflicts in the Middle East have led to a deadly humanitarian crisis, with as many as 17.5 million people displaced in Syria,...
Editorial
Is the future of global health safe?
Claudia González Romo :Raising two kids can be terrifying in this tumultuous world of ours. My rational side offers some consolation because some metrics show...
Whose court is the Brexit ball really in ?
Tom Parker :While Theresa May struggles to keep the lid on the fall out of the election and scrambles to present a new face of...
Achieving water and sanitation for all
Nathaniel Mason :Eliminating inequality is integral to the Sustainable Development Goals , from ‘universal access’ to water, to ending poverty ‘everywhere’. Yet in a world...
Higher SD to hard hit local automobile industry
THE government move to manifold increase the supplementary duty (SD) on completely knocked-down (CKD) cars and other vehicles is poised to seriously slow down the...
Encouraging violence is easy but containing not
AT the beginning we have to admit that we are glad the government leaders condemned the brutal attack on Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the Secretary...
SMEs are key to inclusive trade
Daniela Vincenti :Trade has become a scapegoat for complex challenges and many countries, such as the US and the UK, have withdrawn into protectionism. Experts...
Eid market and fake currency notes
FAKE currency notes are overcrowding the market ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr poising big threat to shoppers in the city malls and other marketplaces. As it appears...
For FDI policy support alone is not enough
A RECENTLY held dialogue organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AMCHAM) revealed that the country is not getting foreign direct investments (FDIs)...
Readers’ Forum
Poor information display at Airport In anyone wants to enter the International Airport in Dhaka to receive guests coming from abroad, s/he has to buy...
Alliance between World Bank and Ivanka Trump!
Sophie Edwards :The news that Ivanka Trump and the World Bank have teamed up to launch a women’s economic empowerment facility has caused a stir...
Migrant workers pour trillions into world economy
Roshni Majumdar :A new report by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says the flow of money from migrants-commonly located in developed countries-to their...