Editorial

Baher Kamal :Lentils, beans, chick peas, and other pulses often produce negative “collateral social effects” on people hanging around, just a couple of hours after...

Bennett Ramberg :The recent failed military coup in Turkey has produced instability, paranoia, and a crackdown on the regime’s perceived opponents, including many journalists. Luckily,...

Chang Ka Mun, Jaana Remes :For 15 years, China has been a key engine of global growth. But now that China’s investment-led boom has run...

Slawomir Sierakowski :Stalin, in the first decade of Soviet power, backed the idea of “socialism in one country,” meaning that, until conditions ripened, socialism was...

THE ceasefire in Syria that was implemented on Monday after marathon negotiation in Geneva by US Secretary of States John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister...

EID-UL-AZHA brings the biggest opportunity for tanners to procure hides and skins of cattle and other animals slaughtered during the event. Over 50 percent of...

Air pollution: A silent killer Air pollution is a matter of serious concern in Bangladesh. As per a World Bank study, 15000 deaths (5000 in...

Jared Braslawsky :Dual reporting of renewable electricity can support consumer choice, showing the impact of collective action – and is in line with EU ambitions...

Brink Asia Editorial Staff :Water insecurity costs the world 1 percent or more of its GDP-amounting to $500 billion-annually, and the problem is particularly pronounced...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram :At the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000, world leaders committed to halve the share of people living on less than a...

THE nation will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice tomorrow with offering of animals to endear the pleasure of Allah and praying for the welfare...

WE don’t know who must be held accountable for the factory blast closer to a residential area in Tongi on Saturday morning which has left...