Editorial

Lack of public trust We learned form the media outlet that Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and his follwers have softened their stance on the...

John Giusti :Continued innovation in technology, mobile services and the rise of the Internet of Things means more and more people are connected to each...

Mohamed A. El-Erian :Just when the notion that Western economies are settling into a “new normal” of low growth gained mainstream acceptance, doubts about its...

Gordon Brown :The Sustainable Development Goals, which the international community adopted in September, include a commitment to provide every child with access to free primary...

KIDNAPPING and murder of teenage boys and girls are on alarming rise in and around the city and all over the country showing that close...

ALLEGATION against the local Member of Parliament – Didarul Alam’s family business firm is that it was cutting hills for building a steel plant in...

Malpractice of doctors Medicine is a noble profession. But it is sad that nowadays a lot of private practitioners charge patients extremely higher fees. Many...

Laurie Garrett :(From previous issue)Virus hunter Edward Hayes of the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research writes that, “There is to date no solid evidence...

Christian Friis Bach :Many measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have other positive effects on other aspects of the economy. Some of these...

Thomas Miller, Kathryne Bomberger :Today, the number of missing and disappeared persons around the world as a result of conflict and political unrest can be...

MYANMAR’S first democratically elected Parliament opened on Monday in capital Naypyidaw as a milestone event after a half-century of military rule. It is a defining...

THE New Nation on Tuesday said that the Ministry of Finance asked Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to return Tk 2,630 crore which was provided to...