Editorial

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...

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?...

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...

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-...

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...