Editorial

Jim Yong Kim :Last fall, before the IMF-World Bank Group annual meetings, I told the world about our two goals – to end extreme poverty...

SUPREME Court Legal Aid Committee (SCLAC) Chairman Justice M Enayetur Rahim said on April 18 a specific law is required to rehabilitate people released after...

AN increasing number of trade organizations have been demanding a reduction in corporate tax rates in the upcoming 2017-18 National Budget. Foreign Investors’ Chamber of...

Simon P. Watmough and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk : Turkey is approaching a critical juncture in its long-term political development. Irrespective of the outcome, the country’s...

Lyndal Rowlands :Climate change is making poor countries poorer, yet funding meant to address its economic consequences has been slow to materialise. Instead funding bodies...

MASSIVE death of fish and livestock in haors visited by flash flood in greater Sylhet, Kishoregonj and Netrakona region is causing renewed alarm to the...

BANGLADESH and Bhutan have inked five deals on avoidance of double taxation, agriculture, standardisation of goods, cultural cooperation and waterways connectivity during just concluded Bangladesh...

A good decision We should give up the practice of criticizing a man or woman, organisation or the government for the sake of criticizing. When...

Habiba Al Mar’ashi :Getting a group of people together and having them agree on a solution to fix a certain problem can be quite a...

Dhaka-Rajshahi Rly link A few years ago, a friend of mine was travelling from Plymouth to Preston in the UK. Before the journey started, the...

José Ramos-Horta and Janelle Saffin :Human-rights abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have led to mounting international condemnation and calls for a United Nations Commission of...

Martin Khor :What’s the most precious thing in the world which unfortunately we take for granted and realise it true value when it is impaired?...