Editorial

Danny Sriskandarajah :This week, more than 900 activists from more than 100 countries are meeting in Bogotá, Colombia for International Civil Society Week. We will...

Words be backed by actions We have lost all hopes for a secured and peaceful life, not a single day passes without the news of...

Denis M Till :(From previous issue) Another problem that arose with the FIB was political disagreement within the mission over the question of which armed...

Sir Frank Peters :New research from the University of Michigan says children who are given corporal punishment emerge as anti-social, defiant and aggressive people.And the...

Michael Spence :What ever happened to deleveraging? In the years since the 2008 global financial crisis, austerity and balance-sheet repair have been the watchwords of...

THE globally publicized US$81-million money-laundering scandal has created an international embarrassment for us and the Philippines. The least the Philippine Government can do now is...

THE decline in the expatriate workers remittance in the past several months is a matter of grave concern to the nation. The Finance Minister’s statement...

Remove the speed breakers I have seen lots of speed breakers at Shewrapara and Kazipara of Mirpur, Tejgaon I.A., West Rampura, East Rampura, Bashabo, in...

Denis M Till :The number of uniformed personnel serving in UN peace missions reached a new record in 2016, at almost 123,000. Following grave failings...

Wodzislaw Kicinski :Since 1991 Japanese annual GDP rose on average by a mere 1.1%. Yet in the same period GDP per capita grew in line...

THE ongoing heat wave has generated a serious shortage of electricity production in the country, adversely affecting all walks of life. The resulting shortfall in...

THE country has been left bone dry and the countrymen are hungry for electricity to keep themselves cool due to an alarming drop in rainfall...