John Garrett :Eighteen months ago, UN member-states pledged a new set of goals on eradicating extreme poverty and creating a fairer, more sustainable planet by...
CITY traffic is facing serious chaos over the past two days since the government has stopped ‘Gate locked’ and ‘Non-stop sitting service’ offer by a...
AS per media report on Tuesday, a manager charged in a BCIC warehouse in Patuakhali simply vanished into the air with Tk 10 crore worth...
THE New Nation on Sunday carried out a report to say that promotion of teachers in public universities is no longer based on their excellence...
Violence against childrenA report published in this daily revealed that 145 children have been raped in the first three months of this year, and in...
Gavin O’Toole :For two decades, Latin American countries have used cash payments to encourage school attendance and strengthen public health. As international development bodies and...
Sergio Duarte :The nine possessors of nuclear weapons and most of their allies chose to ignore the negotiations on a legally binding instrument to prohibit...
IN a pre-budget meeting economists have said the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate should be 12 percent in the country in line of the low-...
Information should be accurate It is a matter of concern that academic curricula and contents in Bangladesh are frequently changed each year. Different textbooks contain...
Nearly one-sixth of our planet’s population – a staggering 1 billion people – live without access to electricity. And more than 3 billion of us...
Joan Clos :The model of urbanization over the past two decades has been far from “smart” and sustainable. This is the major conclusion of Habitat...
IN spite of transport owners’ pledge to stop illegal “sitting service” from yesterday – Dhaka commuters have yet been reportedly charged with extra fares for...
