Editorial

Obi Anyadike :A months-long investigation by IRIN into the secretive intelligence-linked firm Palantir, reveals a cosying up to aid organisations large and small, including a...

Kenneth Rogoff :The phenomenal market volatility of the past year owes much to genuine risks and uncertainties about factors such as Chinese growth, European banks,...

DONALD Trump winning the US presidency is considered one of the top 10 risks facing the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. The research...

ABOUT five lakh teachers and employees of non-government schools and madrassahs are waiting to receive their enhanced salary in terms of MPO benefits (Monthly Payment...

Good-luck for the Tigers The recently concluded Asia Cup has proved that we have improved a lot in the T20 format. The knock of Shabbir...

Linda Aaslien :With gender parity the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, it is an opportunity to reflect on how international development has transformed...

Geneviève Pons :While overseas aid, recycling and renewable energy are all vital, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 goals (SDGs) agreed...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. M. Abul Kashem Mozumder :Charismatic leaders are essentially very skilled communicators – individuals who are both verbally eloquent, but...

AFTER passing a series of challenges on Myanmar’s road to democracy, the South East Asian country’s Parliament elected a confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi...

THE community clinics across the country lack logistic supports and it hampers the availability of cheap treatments at the grassroots level. So, experts suggest that...

Special privileges to senior citizens According to the government guideline, the amount of interest rate of deposits has been dropped significantly which came as a...

Saad Khan :The global order is undergoing a tectonic shift. The Cold War and the subsequent unipolar moment of United States heralded the rise of...