China’s crisis of miscommunication
Zhang Jun :At a forum in Canberra last year, Andrew Sheng quipped, “China is transparent, but only in the Chinese sense.” The statement provoked laughter...
Editorial
More transparency needed for better justice system
José Inácio Faria :In 2009, the EU established an overall policy for the production and promotion of energy from renewable sources in the European Union.A...
Urgent initiative needed for Ganges water
MEMBERS of Bangladesh-India joint committee on Thursday monitored the Ganges water flow at Hardinge Bridge, Pabna to see whether the lower riparian country was receiving...
Challenge is how to free Syria from Russian occupation
MAJOR powers agreed on Friday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with its relentless bombing in support of its ally...
Readers’ Forum
Absence of professional approach Of the U-19 Cricket World Cup, professional approach decided the fate of the second semifinal match between the hosts Bangladesh and...
Five truths about terrorism
Joseph S. Nye :American politics has been captured by terrorists. In December 2015, polls showed that one in six Americans, some 16% of the population,...
Rebuilding the Muslim House of wisdom
Jim Al-Khalili :Muslim governments know that economic growth, military power, and national security benefit greatly from technological advances. Many of them have sharply increased funding...
Worrying implications of oil market-play
Bill Emmott :Price movements as large and rapid as those that have upended oil markets since June 2014 are sure to cause pain to some...
Poor ADP implementation slowing down development
DEVELOPMENT spending in the first seven months of fiscal 2015-16 is the lowest in six years. The government has been able to spend Tk 27,542...
Cyber bullying that may be thwarted by better awareness
A GLOBAL mobile phone giant has found in a new region-wide survey that 49 percent of school students in Bangladesh have been victims of cyber...
Readers’ Forum
Endless traffic jam The construction work of Moghbazar-Malibagh flyover has been going on at snail’s pace adding woes to the city commuters. The earlier deadline...
Gender vulnerability in humanitarian emergencies
Jamie J. Hagen :Every day, 507 women and adolescent girls die due to a lack of reproductive health services in humanitarian emergencies. There are now...