Latest TTIP talks boost momentum
Michael McKeon :US Trade Representative Michael Froman and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström meet this week for a stocktaking session in Washington to review the...
Editorial
Step it up for gender equality
Ambassador Walther Lichem :In 1911, more than one million men and women attended rallies to commemorate the first International Women’s Day. Demonstrators advocated for an...
Better lawmaking ensures people’s interest
Reine-Claude Mader :Businesses complain about the so-called “gold-plating”, which they define as overregulation and excessive standards due to the transposition of legislation into national law...
Relocate Rampal Power Plant
DEMONSTRATORS are on a ‘four-day long march’ from Dhaka to Khulna to protest the construction of Rampal Power Plant, which people believe to be a...
Cargo security is not a matter of police show
WITH the concern about the security requirements in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the UK government has banned air cargoes originating directly from Dhaka until further...
Readers’ Forum
Stress on individual events in sports The number of the individual events in the World Olympic and the Asian Games is almost 99 percents of...
Tolerance promotes happiness
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum :Over the past two weeks, I have heard and read many questions, comments, and news stories regarding recent changes to...
EU leaders should avoid reactionary solutions to refugee crisis
Thorbjørn Jagland :As the refugee crisis continues, Europe’s governments want to ensure that their asylum rules are perceived as fair and not open to abuse....
Negative interest rate is no real magic
Kemal Dervis : “Out of ammo?” The Economist recently asked of monetary policymakers. Stephen Roach has called the move by major central banks – including the...
Violence and fear of insecurity before UP elections
With the Union Parishad (UP) elections in partisan lines coming closer, intra-party clashes among and political rivalries among ruling party candidates in absence of challengers...
Use of pesticides in food production and threat to public health
AS PER a news report in The New Nation on Tuesday rampant use of chemical pesticides, fertilizers and hormones are posing serious threats to safe...
Is Trump a liability for the Republicans?
Joseph S. Nye :Donald Trump’s lead in the race for the Republican Party’s nomination as its presidential candidate in November has caused consternation. The Republican...