Editorial

Jim Lobe :The most frightening commentary I’ve read in the run-up to the inauguration-and there have been many-appeared in a column identifying the four people...

FEDERAL Judges in several US cities such as New York, Houston, Massachusetts yesterday blocked deportation of travellers from US airports under President Donald Trump’s new...

BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May used her speech in Philadelphia to needle the new Trump administration on a number of issues ranging from globalism to...

Citizen’s wishes can’t be ignored  We are feeling deeply upset by the news that police used tear shells, water cannons and batons on the activists...

Kemal Dervis and Karim Foda :Most economies are seeking a recipe for inclusive economic growth, whereby high rates of investment, rapid innovation, and strong GDP...

Melvin Sanicas :Looking back on 2016, there may not seem to be much to celebrate. In terms of global health alone, the year appeared to...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury :So-called free-trade agreements (FTAs) are generally presumed to promote trade liberalization, but in fact, they do much more to...

CONSISTING of six local and three international experts, and chaired by Kofi Annan, otherwise, the ‘Rakhine Commission’ delegation team will arrive in Bangladesh today. The...

NEWS reports on Friday said that Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services urged the government to allow a 20 percent cash incentive on exports...

Charles Kenny :Corruption in aid has been a major topic of discussion in Washington in recent weeks. One of the questions reportedly from the Presidential...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury :President-elect Donald Trump has promised that he will take the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on...

A good decision :The government has sanctioned five more television channels in the country. The name of one of the channels is Khela. Since the...