Editorial

Bangabandhu Cup The Bangabandhu Cup Football 2017 will be held in Dhaka next month with eight national teams, including the hosts. We do not know...

Manipadma Jena :In Asia, it likely will not be straightforward water wars.Prolonged water scarcity might lead to security situations that are more nuanced, giving rise...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. Abul Kashem Mozumder :Admittedly international response to our liberation war a potent source of strength to the legitimate government...

THE nation celebrates the 47th Independence and National Day today although we achieved our real independence on the Victory Day on December 16 when the...

TWO Singaporean NGOs have sent a report to the United Nations, detailing that Bangladeshi expatriate workers face forced labour and debt bondage, but Bangladesh government...

POWER generation from coal-based power plants is sharply falling worldwide since 2013 and all indications suggest the momentum will continue through this year and beyond....

When DUCSU goes to polls ? Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) has provided momentous contributions from the time of its establishment – in the...

IPS World Desk :Religious discrimination, fanaticism and xenophobia have worsened in several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North America, thus there...

Robert J. Burrowes : A recent report from Equality Now titled ‘The World’s Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic’ offered a series of recommendations for strengthened...

THE fire incident at Bangladesh Bank has come as a renewed shock to the nation prompting questions from many quarters how the central bank is...

Protecting farmers’ interests I believe that not agriculture but the farmers who keep the agriculture moving is the backbone of a nation which depends on...

Pamela Druckerman :Soon after Donald Trump was inaugurated, I got a letter from France’s interior ministry informing me that I was now French.By the time...