Editorial

Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Instead of concerted and sustained efforts for a strong, sustained economic recovery to overcome protracted stagnation, the near policy consensus on fiscal...

NEWS report on Sunday said early marriage, teenage pregnancy and subsequent birth of low weighed babies have put the country in a ‘cycle of under-nutrition’....

ACCORDING to Human Rights Watch (HRW), Bangladesh has an extremely bad record of protecting its own citizens, particularly female workers abroad. The Human Rights Watch...

Memories recalled Thursday night, I watched Indonesia to draw (2-2) with hosts Vietnam in the 2nd leg of the Suzuki Cup Football semifinal played in...

Dani Rodrik :The seven decades since the end of World War II were an era of trade agreements. The world’s major economies were in a...

Zaynab El Bernoussi :China is quickly becoming a world power, capable of exercising considerable influence over other countries. And it is advancing to the center...

Adina Braha-Honciuc :Steve Gleason, former American football star, loves to tweet about his team’s latest victories. When he’s not on Twitter, he’s catching up on...

FORTY doctors are designated to attend about 5,000 patients at 20 outpatient departments at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on every working day. The doctors...

GUARDIANS of many school-going children hailed the High Court’s verdict that prohibited carrying heavy schoolbags by the kids weighed more than 10 percent of their...

Organic farming for food safety :Already Bangladesh has fulfilled food security needs. Now it is high time to approach food safety. In case of agricultural...

A news report on Friday said that Bangladesh has decided to allow India to use 3 surface transit points to carry goods between its northeastern...

A local English daily reported that a European Union (EU) delegation currently visiting Bangladesh has called upon the government to ensure a business-friendly environment for...