Editorial

NEWS reports in Indian and Bangladeshi media said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in electioneering campaign in the eastern state of Assam over...

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Elmira Bayrasli :Armenia and Turkey have long been at odds. Divided over a tragic past, the neighboring countries do not have diplomatic...

Raghuram Rajan :Our world is facing an increasingly dangerous situation. Both advanced and emerging economies need to grow in order to ease domestic political tensions....

JSD splits again :The young Turks of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) under the guidance of Sirajul Alam Khan, one of the pioneers of the...

SELLING bottled water at high prices along with sale of fake mineral water in plastic containers in different areas of the capital has turned into...

THE nation celebrates the 46th Independence and National Day today although we treat our real independence on the Victory Day on December 16 when the...

Democracy propels prosperity When democracy goes out by the window, demons enter through the door and become busy with their orgies. That is what is...

Ira Stoll :The big news in my hometown of Worcester, Mass. this month has been the appearance, near a major highway, of a billboard criticizing...

Ohood Al Roumi :I’m delighted to join in the celebration of this year’s International Day of Happiness. But, to be honest, my focus is on...

Alexander Friedman :Twenty-four years ago, in the midst of an ugly US presidential campaign, Bill Clinton’s campaign manager neatly summed up his candidate’s message: “It’s...

THE fertility rate of 2.3 children per woman that was reported in 2011 is still hanging up without further decline through 2014 showing no progress...

DESPITE a huge gap in salt prices between the farmers’ and the consumers’ levels, middlemen and mill owners reap those profits of locally manufactured salt...