Editorial

Fareed Zakaria :The first time I met Gen. David Petraeus, he said something that surprised me. It was the early days of the Iraq War...

RECOURSE to resource mobilisation by borrowing from banks and non-bank sources has pushed up domestic public debt by nearly 17 percent in six months to...

GOLD smuggling is increasingly haunting Bangladesh Customs Authority as it continues unchecked over the years. The New Nation in a report on Tuesday said, gold...

Dhaka’s mosquito problem I am deeply concerned by the news reports stating an increase in the outbreak of mosquitoes in Dhaka. It is inconvenient to...

Rafia Zakaria :Many of the women’s shelters currently operating in Afghanistan have been founded and funded during the Nato/US presence over the past decade.As is...

Donald Haider :In 2013, United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), a $9 million nonprofit, joined with Seguin Services, a $27 million operation, creating UCP Seguin Chicago. Looking...

NEWS report said the government is amending the Marine Fishing Act of 1983 with an amendment now at the finalizing stage with the provision of...

NEWS about loan irregularities from Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) just after one month of the reconstitution of the bank’s Board of Directors with the...

Marriage age We support the bill, fixing 18 years as marriage bar for the females, with relaxation in special cases, passed in the Parliament. We...

Tom Plate :The need for China and the United States to come together in a persistently adult geopolitical two-some has never been more urgent. Gamesmanship...

M. A. Jabbar :Every year like elsewhere in the globe International Women’s Day is being observed in Bangladesh on 08 March in a befitting manner....

Megan N. Roberts :In early January, new United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made his first formal address to the Security Council. The topic-conflict prevention and...