Editorial

Party line is the limit The British Labour Party has suspended membership of 50 leaders and deputy leaders, MPs on account of their anti-Israel stand....

Linus Atarah :The freedom of the press is a universally cherished democratic right, but what may have been overlooked as the World Day Freedom of...

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Thomas Pogge :The Panama Papers provide a glimpse into the netherworld of offshore finance. Many wealthy companies and individuals enrich themselves...

Johannes Jütting :Some 25 years ago, as a young student, I spent three months in the Guinean (Conakry) rainforest to find out if coffee farmers...

PARTIES have gathered in Paris this time to re-launch a ceasefire between embattled groups in Syria and give a chance to peace again after the...

BORO farmers are selling their produce at least at Tk 5.0 less per kg in the market than their production cost. The government announcement said...

Telling the truth Judges deliver judgment in a case examining documents and evidences produced in the court. As such, witnesses must be fearless, honest and...

Anne-Marie Slaughter :When I wrote the cover article of the July/August issue of The Atlantic, entitled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” I expected...

Anu Mahmud :Prime Minister Sk. Hasina has recently laid the foundation of 10 Special Economic Zones in different areas under several districts over video conference...

BANGLADESH and India have identified areas of mutual cooperation to develop the blue economy jointly exploring the marine resources of the Bay of Bengal and...

THE government on Monday decided to expand the area of Dhaka city by incorporating 16 Union Parishads into the two City Corporations roughly doubling the...

Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez :Just 13 years after the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, the power of genomics applications to spur innovation is already becoming...