Editorial

Alice Evans :In response to protests from workers and consumers, many brands have signed up to voluntary codes of conduct. But factories’ compliance is notably...

Johan Norberg :If someone had told you in 1990 that over the next 25 years world hunger would decline by 40%, child mortality would halve,...

Monique Goyens :On Thursday this week (9 February), politicians in the European Parliament will decide on what measures they think are necessary to avoid another...

Comedy of errors :One of my students was recently sitting for the Bangla first paper exam in the SSC examinations 2017. On receiving the creative...

SHORTAGE of over 45,003 teachers in primary schools is severely affecting education of our younger students and it is highly dismaying that most such posts...

BANGLADESH Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has reportedly asked registered industrial units to refrain from hiring semi-skilled foreign technicians and workers against the posts, which could...

Updating Driving Courses The government took laudable steps by setting up Technical Training Centers in all districts last year.The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges...

Chris Roche and Sam Gibson :Tackling inequalities is a critically important part of reducing poverty and increasing prosperity. It is increasingly recognised that addressing inequality...

Dr. Atiur Rahman :Advancements in technology as well as integration of individual economies in the complex web of global economy have brought people, government and...

THE fear that the two-state solution for Palestinian people would be seriously threatened was well anticipated, and from the latest press conference jointly held by...

QUOTING a study of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), news media reported that increased natural disasters and loss of livelihoods due to climatic factors...

David Sogge :For recipients aid has been a very mixed blessing, but for donors it’s been a bonanza. It’s astonishing when you think about it....