We can`t put dead bodies on sale
BUSINESS in human skeleton is horrifying but on the rise to suggest how far human beings can go to make ill-gotten fortune. What is totally...
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
Book the perpetrators We are outraged at the attack on the Hindu community in Brahmanbaria. The law enforcement agencies responsible for the safety of all...
World to cut gas emissions by 25pc more than Paris Agreement
Baher Kamal :On the eve of the entry into force of the Paris Agreement today Nov. 4, the United Nations sounded new climate alarm, urging...
Iran deal is key test of Trump’s commitment to NATO allies
Eli Clifton and Jim Lobe :Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton threatens to mainstream the Islamophobia, misogyny, racism, and anti-Semitism that swirled around his candidacy...
Changing determinants of global income inequality
Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Global income inequality among different regions began to increase about five centuries ago, before accelerating two centuries ago. The data suggest a...
Sad end to city`s waste-bin project
THE two City Corporations are going to close the waste-bin project at city corners because muggers have already destroyed most of them set up earlier...
Anti-dumping on jute goods to hamper trade
THE business community in Bangladesh has rightly expressed the concern over the Indian governments move to impose 25 to 30 percent anti-dumping duty on export...
To co-exist in a peaceful manner!
Prometheus Siddiqui :Bangladesh – a success story – a thriving economy that has maintained a 6 % plus growth rate for over a decade; a...
Can Europe shape globalisation ?
Cecilia Malmström :So the day is finally here. Today, we have the Comprehensive Economic and Trade agreement at the summit between the EU and Canada....
Killing at Sylhet border outrageous
MEDIA report said two Bangladeshi nationals were killed by a group of Indian Khasias at Jaflong in Sylhet border on Thursday. The two men of...
High child mortality and the need to do more about it
THE child mortality rate in Bangladesh is still high and we wonder why it is so high despite the government claim of breakthrough in child...
Readers` Forum
A historic election comes to an end Despite the mixed opinions that ran through the US elections, we congratulate the newly elected US President Donald...