Editorial

Provisions for senior citizens In a report published today by one of our leading Bangla newspapers, the honourable Finance Minister reiterated the need for better...

Lina Abirafeh :The UAE serves as a guiding light in the region. Women here are economically empowered and have more representation in governmentNo country in...

Ben Rosen :North Korea’s successful launch of four ballistic missiles into the waters off northwest Japan on Monday was just a dry run of a...

THE United Nations Humanitarian Chief Mr Stephen O’Brien’s warning that the world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II...

Need for more parking spaces The dearth of parking space has become a real problem with the growth of multistoried buildings. These same properties would...

Thalif Deen :The United Nations has frequently been accused of vociferously preaching gender empowerment and women’s rights to the outside world – but failing miserably...

Denis Pennel :We cannot solve 21st century issues with solutions invented a century ago! Simply put we need to consider how work needs to be...

GIRLS outnumber in enrolment and outperform in terms of results their boy peers at the primary and secondary level and are catching up to them...

DHAKA South City Corporation has launched a drive on March 5 against unfit commercial vehicles and unlicensed drivers to bring the capital’s traffic under discipline...

Md. Sazedul Islam :Each year around the world, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. In many countries, IWD is an occasion to...

Minouche Shafik :“Why did nobody notice it?” Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II famously asked the faculty at the London School of Economics in November 2008, just...

Richard Primus :Version 2.0 of President Donald Trump’s travel ban was written to solve a specific problem: The federal courts were poised to hold the...