Editorial

The most damaged road! Often it is claimed that development works flooded the Dhaka city and the country, but the plight of the Daktar Goli...

Henry Jarecki :When President Trump explained his reasons for the ban on immigrants from seven largely Muslim nations (which a federal appeals panel recently thwarted),...

Daniel Guéguen :You might remember the advert for Canada Dry: “It looks like alcohol, it tastes like alcohol…but it’s not alcohol.” The reform of comitology...

Fraser Cameron.:Asked in Washington bst week whether the EU was ready to take on a greater leadership role, Federica Mogerhini gave a clear answer. ‘Yes,...

A NUMBER of major European fashion brands are expected to shun the upcoming Dhaka Apparel Summit to be held on 25 February. The cause has...

KG SCHOOLS have mushroomed at every nook and cranny of the country ranging from the remotest village to the capital city. This fact has drawn...

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...