Editorial

Baher Kamal :(From previous issue)More than three billion people rely on fish for critical animal protein, while 300 million people depend on marine fisheries, the...

Fewer playgrounds in Dhaka :According to a recent survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, only 2 percent of children have access to playgrounds in...

ON one hand – barely a week ago, the American President called on Qatar to stop funding ‘terrorism’, it also told other Gulf states to...

THE impending 15 percent VAT on rod will take a huge toll on construction of buildings, particularly in rural areas, and increase the cost of...

Jan Willem Goudriaan :In an interview with EURACTIV.com on 6 June and an opinion piece on 7 June, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and...

Jakat is one of the major religious duties in Islam. Literally, Jakat means to ‘purify’. It refers to the purification of a believer’s wealth and...

Baher Kamal :World’s oceans are dangerously exposed to at least three major threats: climate change; the sharp degradation of marine biodiversity, and politicians. These simply...

Environmental education :We are blissfully unaware of our responsibility to protect our planet. It is time to address environmental issues on a broader aspect in...

ONCE again another of our diplomats has drawn severe criticism abroad and in the international news media. According to the New York City prosecutor, Bangladesh’s...

THE government move to import the primary food staple rice from Vietnam at prices much higher than local prices and recent imports have earned much...

Solon Ardittis :Over the past couple of years, Islamist terror activity in Europe has been generating an almost unlimited amount of theories from an ever...

Baher Kamal :With a combined population of around 400 million inhabitants, 22 Arab countries are home to nearly 300 million youth. Meantime, there are 400...