Editorial

THE government must act quickly to remove confusion about the new VAT law as to what the final rate will be and how it is...

Building a society fit for childrenApproximately 43 percent of our 160 million population are minors, of which 13 percent are deprived of their rights. Bangladesh...

Rifat Zafreen :Saleha, 45, suffering from Fistula is rejected and shown sympathy while her husband and only young son has been asked her to stay...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque:A number of national and international organizations including state department of USA, Amnesty International, Transparency International and various human rights groups regularly...

Truth is always harder  We thank Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for his comment which he made at a judicial conference at Tangail circuit house...

Lori Silberman Brauner :In just a few weeks, the United Nations is convening a world gathering to discuss the health of the world’s oceans and...

Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Sexual violence is increasingly used as a tactic of terrorism and thus must be addressed as a peace and security issue, officials said...

Baher Kamal :The world’s forests are being degraded and lost at a staggering rate of 3.3 million hectares per year. While their steady destruction in...

THE jewellery business in Bangladesh has reportedly been thriving despite there being no import of gold into the country through legal channels. First of all...

IRAN’S reformist President Hassan Rouhani has decisively won the country’s Presidential Election, according to official results, fending off a challenge by rival Ebrahim Raisi. With...

Price hike before Ramzan Muslims around the world are preparing for the upcoming month of Ramzan. Like previous years, prices of essentials has been increasing...

Shobha Shukla :My first personal brush with the severity of asthma was several years ago, when one of my students suddenly started gasping for breath...