Emphasis on local goals to attain SDGs
Franziska Schreiber :Nearly 70 percent of the world’s population is projected to live in cities by 2050. Today, there is broad political consensus that cities...
Editorial
Rural development: A study on contemporary policy intervention
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder :Policy perspectives pursued by the state are clearly reflected in plan documents2. Past policy efforts...
India most unkindly using water at Farakka Barrage
MEDIA report said Farakka Barrage in West Bengal has opened all its 104 sluice gates to relieve Bihar and five other states in the upstream...
Save Madhupur National Park
THE Madhupur National Park is losing its natural façade due to destruction of wild-friendly environment. Land grabbers and loggers are destroying the forest forcing animals...
Readers’ Forum
US still No. 1 in Olympic The United States of America are certainly the best sports country in the world proved once again with the...
Post-divorce journey: An ordeal by fire
Barrister Miti Sanjana :The sufferings of women in our society are plentiful. In rural areas girls have limited access to education and many girls are...
Countering violent extremism
Obi Anyadike :A strategy that has its roots in counter-terrorism called Countering Violent Extremism, or CVE, is a massive growth area in the aid industry...
MPs foreign tours with money from ministries destroying their oversight power
MEMBERS of Parliamentary Committees taking foreign tours with financial support of concerned Ministries are breaking moral discipline and weakening their watchdog function on such Ministries....
Growing loan defaults destabilizing banking sector
AS per a national daily, the non-performing loans in the banking sector again rose by Tk 11,994.06 crore to Tk 63,365.28 crore in the first...
Increasing women’s inclusion in sports
Mario Osava :At the age of 14, Kaillana de Oliveira of Brazil knows she won’t be as tall as most professional basketball players, because of...
Janmastami of Sri Krishna
Swami Dhruveshananda :Every religion has three important aspects—philosophical, ritualistic and mythological. The philosophical aspect is the core of all religions. To make it understandable to...
Water transport workers demands: Govt set bad example
NEWS report on Wednesday said that all kinds of water transport workers are enforcing an indefinite strike across the country shutting the operation of passenger...