Editorial

M. A. Jabbar :WHO and its member countries observed World No Tobacco Day on 31 May like all the previous years to draw attention of...

Magdalena Mughrabi-Talhami :This week the EU announced plans on migration cooperation with Libya – extending its anti-smuggling naval mission in the Mediterranean, Operation Sophia, by...

THE proposed budget for Fiscal year 2016-17 has allocated an amount of Tk 15000 crore by levying lower income-group for subsidising the capital market and...

Jörn Grävingholt and Benjamin Schraven :Some 125 million people worldwide are currently dependent on emergency aid as a consequence of war, instability, inequality, natural disasters...

Thalif Deen :The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which has played a key role in ensuring maternal health and promoting reproductive rights of millions of women...

Sir Frank Peters :Islamic children throughout the world – including Bangladesh – have found a friend in Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani and a reason to...

Return to old age :Spain Champions Barcelona officials have decided to bring back old jersey in order to instill spirits and energy in the team....

FISH catching is illegal in off-season period and by people without having license. Catching fish fries is also prohibited using monofilament synthetic nylon nets during...

THE National Budget for Fiscal 2016-17 with the expenditure outlay of over Tk 3.40 trillion is 29 percent bigger of the revised budget of the...

Spiralling prices of essentials Prices of essential commodities have already gone up ahead of Ramadan belying repeated government assurances. We are afraid of further price...

Andrew Duff :Cameron’s reception will be embarrassed. While nobody will want to be seen vindictive, the sense of betrayal among his fellow heads of government...

Lyndal Rowlands :Putting economic interests over public health is leading the world towards three slow-motion health disasters, Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization’s...