Editorial

Juliette Tolay :The debate over whether or not to bring in more refugees in the U.S. continues. There seems to be a sharp division within...

Barrister Miti Sanjana :In Bangladesh, the law of inheritance is based on personal law, i.e. the religious law of the individual in issue and generally...

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....

THE government will install 5,000 closed-circuit television cameras and a CCTV control room to bolster security in the Dhaka North City Corporation wards. The CCTV...

DESPITE outcries, the issue of workplace safety, except garment sector, has not been taken seriously in the country and thus number of such accidents is...

When children resort to crime “When children resort to crime” by Aasha Mehreen Amin recently published in your newspaper shed light on a very crucial...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka :What makes a young girl believe she is less intelligent and capable than a boy? And what happens when those children face the...

Meadhbh Bolger :The bioplastics market is growing rapidly, and EU lawmakers are taking the first steps towards regulating it. But bioplastics are already damaging the...

Dani Rodrik :Last October, British Prime Minister Theresa May shocked many when she disparaged the idea of global citizenship. “If you believe you’re a citizen...

THE Teesta water is flowing at its historic low this time wreaking havoc on the bio-diversity and agriculture of northern Bangladesh. We don’t know how...

MANY mega projects known as ‘show piece projects’ of the government, which have been incorporated in the current Annual Development Programme or previous ones are...

OVER 92 percent Tobacco Companies are not properly complying with the Graphical Health Warning (GHW) although the government has made it mandatory on tobacco packets...