Editorial

THE new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, did not have a privileged start in life. He was one of eight children born to Pakistani immigrants,...

MEDIA outlets on Saturday reported that local Awami League leaders and activists assaulted the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Parshuram in Feni following a wrangle...

FIFA ranking! FIFA releases ranking of its member-states in the first week of every month. According to the latest ranking released on last Thursday, two...

Jeffrey D. Sachs :The diplomats have done their job, concluding the Paris climate agreement in December. And political leaders gathered last week at the United...

Marco Nardin :Imagine a country of 125 million people, the eleventh most populous country in the world. Now imagine that children make up at least...

Lean Alfred Santos :When Takehiko Nakao delivers his opening address in Frankfurt, Germany, today, it will be his fourth annual meeting as president of the...

Of ethics and morality :If I quote Karl Marx to have said, “Every man will work according to his capacity and he will be paid...

THE plying of battery-run rickshaws on Roads and Highways and also in local towns and major cities is putting lives of users and pedestrians at...

THE Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed three bills to almost double the pay and privileges of the President, Prime Minister, the Speaker, Ministers and MPs....

A judge with a heart An Italian judge acquitted a man, who stole foods driven by hunger, of the charge of theft to the surprise...

Sophia Kuby :On 14 April, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the Tehreek-e-Taliban’s suicide bombings on Easter Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan. In keeping with...

Tharanga Yakupitiyage :For women journalists, violence and intimidation don’t just happen in conflict zones, they are every day experiences.“You don’t even have to be in...