Rich countries should take development goals seriously too
Lyndal Rowlands :The UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals apply to all 193 UN member states, yet one year in some say that rich countries aren’t...
Editorial
Local cattle farming has created new hope
IT is said that necessity is the mother of invention. This proverb is reflected now in the dairy and cattle-fattening sector in Bangladesh. Media report...
Leakage in yet another ammonia gas tank
NEWS reports on Sunday said that at least three people fell sick after ammonia gas leaked from a factory in the outskirt of the capital...
Readers’ Forum
Preventing fire Prevention is better than cure. All multi-storied office/residential buildings and shopping malls should take a lesson from the Bashundhara City Shopping Complex fire...
Turkey’s careful incursion into Syria
Stratfor :Turkey’s long-anticipated incursion into Syria has begun, exactly 500 years after the Battle of Marj Dabiq, near Aleppo, heralded the Ottoman conquest of much...
Smart technologies key to youth involvement in agriculture
Friday Phiri :She is only 24 and already running her father’s farm with 110 milking cows. Cornelia Flatten sees herself as a farmer for the...
The long wait for leadership change in World Bank groups
Hannah Wurf :Despite pressure for change from emerging economies, the major international economic institutions remain disproportionately controlled by representatives from advanced economies. The World Bank...
Misuse of professional category Visa to Malaysia
BANGLADESHIS migrated to Malaysia under professional category visa are facing various problems due to defective travel documents. But the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur...
Ensure better food availability to improve national nutritional status
AS per Global Nutrition Report 2016, Bangladesh is slipping back in exclusive breastfeeding and also doing poorly in the rest five indicators out of eight...
Suu Kyi’s bold move will need bold leadership
THE establishment of a Commission by the Myanmar government headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to address the human rights issues in the...
All export sectors must grow evenhanded
NEWS reports said that despite government’s claim of having a robust export policy; there is a huge gap in export promotion between readymade garments (RMG)...
Failed coup in Turkey: A political and geopolitical earthquake
Brig. General Gyasuddin A.Chowdhury BB, psc: Attempted Military coup on 15 July in Turkey to oust popular leader Recep Tayip Erdogen will create a new...