How to achieve agriculture emissions target
Dr Lini Wollenberg :To guide climate change mitigation and track progress towards this ambitious agreement, clear and measurable global targets need to be set for...
Editorial
A cruel miscarriage of justice
THE breaking of the news that an innocent person wrongly convicted to serve the life term on alleged ground of poisoning his young daughter suffered...
Let ACC fight corruption within the country
THE New Nation reported on Tuesday that the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated investigation into financial irregularities at 11 high profile Bangladesh missions abroad....
Reach help to cyclone affected people
THOUSANDS of people have been rendered homeless in several coastal upazilas of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bhola districts as cyclone Roanu has left the trail...
Refugees bring economic benefits to cities
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Refugees are now more likely to live in cities than in refugee camps, bringing with them planning challenges but also opportunities for economic...
Middle East — the mother of all humanitarian crises
Baher Kamal :When, in March 2015, delegates from the Middle East met in Amman for their regional consultations round in preparation for the May 23-24...
Europe must remember its anti-fascist roots
Guillaume Balas, Sergio Cofferati, Curzio Maltese and Dimitrios Papadimoulis.If you compare the EU’s reaction to the current surge of Austria’s extreme right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ)...
Readers’ Forum
Where money dictates terms :This is in reference to the above titled article, published in an English daily (Not The New Nation) on May 17,...
Corruption in Hajj management
IN the last hajj season, Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) – which is the apex body of the hajj agencies sending pilgrims to Mecca,...
Monopoly in new era
Joseph E. Stiglitz :For 200 years, there have been two schools of thought about what determines the distribution of income – and how the economy...
New deal on refugees in EU
Rayhan Ahmed Topader :THE EU Heads of State or Government addressed the migration situation, in particular as regards the Western Balkans route. They welcomed their...
Protect forests rights of indigenous people
Helen Clark :When indigenous rights are recognised and enforced, communities successfully manage their forests – and make crucial contributions to climate change mitigation.For indigenous and...