Selfie and death on railway tracks
THREE children were crashed to death by a local train at Brahmanbaria while they were taking selfie on railway lines. Such instant deaths are beyond...
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
Inordinate delay, indeed! BB published a circular to recruit “Officer (General Side)” against its vacancy in June 2014. After almost 6 months of the publication...
UN Security Council’s perilous interventions in war zones
Thalif Deen :When the UN Security Council last week discussed the “deliberate” attacks on medical facilities in war-ravaged Syria and Yemen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon implicitly...
Who should lead international institutions?
Ngaire Woods :The United Nations is seeking a new secretary-general. The World Bank presidency is up for grabs. The World Health Organization needs a new...
Low food prices: Good for your pocket, bad for small farmers
Baher Kamal :What would be your reaction if you were told that food prices are steadily declining worldwide? Good, very good news, you may say....
How human trafficking is so easy through Ctg Airport
SHAH Amanat International Airport at Chittagong has turned out to be the ‘safe gateway’ of human traffickers. A group of rescued persons from the Airport...
e-waste and its threat to public health
A NEW threat to public health is growing from e-waste or commonly known as electronic waste in absence of their safe disposal at highly protected...
Is UK moving towards a `hard Brexit` ?
Philippe Legrain :Conservative Brexiteers – who campaigned for the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union – continue to blather about building an...
Tensions in Asia to influence BRICS outcomes
INDIA will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the International Community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers today, when...
This time Sonali Bank UK penalised for money laundering involvement
THE Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UK as reported by a local daily, has slapped a fine of £3.25 million (Tk 31 crore) on Sonali Bank...
Readers` Forum
Let the coming US President be a peace -lover I watched every speech in the election campaign and every debate when Bill Clinton and Barack...
On the bombing of Aleppo
George Soros :The world is witnessing in Syria a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions. It is being perpetrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in support...