A missed opportunity for sustainability
Beate Sjåfjell :The convergence of crises that we face as a global society, with its grand challenge of how to achieve social progress for all...
Editorial
Poors` low cost rice helping politically influential ones
THE low cost rice for the poor that the government has put on sale recently at Tk 10 per kg is disappearing from dealers shop...
WB secret funding of Rampal Power Project unacceptable
THE news that the World Bank (WB) is indirectly funding the construction of Rampal Coal-fired Power Project at a time when people of Bangladesh are...
Learning from mistakes
Manjur Ahmed :In job, somebody sometimes may not keep patience and make mistakes. One of my senior colleagues says, the person who works more, commits...
Trudeau showed greatness welcoming the refugees with respect
NO Western leader has shown so much warmth and humanity in making the refugees feel welcome as done by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada,...
Ambiguity over handling of spent fuel of Rooppur plant
NEWS report on Wednesday said uncertainty over whether Russia will take back the spent fuel to be produced in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is likely...
Readers’ Forum
Numerology fauours Hillary According to the numerology, there will be a fierce contest in the US Presidential election 2016 to be held on November 8...
First month of the Islamic calendar bears more religious importance
Muhammad Taqi Usmani :Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin lunar Hijrah Calendar. It is one of the four sanctified months. These months,...
Readers` Forum
Incomplete flyover Flyovers across the city have significantly eased traffic congestion in recent years. But the Moghbazar-Mouchack flyover construction has turned extremely irksome.Planned for completion...
Causalities in thundering
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Lighting in Bangladesh continues to wreck havoc in Bangladesh . Even then almost nobody is care about precautionary measures against it....
No one is indispensable in a democracy
Oscar Arias Sanchez :I have put a great deal of thought into whether or not to return to politics. Groups from different political parties, and...
Forced displacement: A developing world crisis
World Bank Story :Forced displacement is a crisis centered in developing countries, which host 89 percent of refugees and 99 percent of internally displaced persons,...