Financing development through better domestic resource mobilisation
Gail Hurley and Nergis Gülasan :Over the last 15 years, developing countries have increased domestic revenues by an average of 14% annually. The domestic revenues...
Editorial
Delay in Teesta water sharing
A NATIONAL daily report said on Saturday that the Teesta river at Lalmonirhat has dried up affecting the livelihood of people particularly fishermen and boatmen...
Good governance essential for better human rights
AS per disclosure by Ain O Shalish Kendra (ASK); which is a human rights body, civic and political rights situation in Bangladesh had worsened last...
Readers’ Forum
Poor city transport management The number of passenger buses, minibuses, and auto-rickshaws is much fewer in ratio to the population, resulting in the sufferings to...
Making an impact on migration
James Knight :Behind the walls of the 16th century fortress and capital city of Malta, less than a month ago, more than fifty heads of...
EU chemicals law needs tightening to protect people and nature
Tatiana Santos :Substantial progress in the management of chemical substances has been achieved in Europe since 2006, when the EU adopted its flagship regulation concerning...
Free flow of information promotes good governance
Tarequl Islam :Right to information is, so to say, a greatly emphatic fundamental human right in prevailing modern democratic states or societies throughout the world,...
Five humanitarian crises largely overlooked
From civil war and urban gang violence to drought, some humanitarian crises around the world receive less media attention and donor funding than others and...
Readers’ Forum
Commotion in FIFA :The year 2015 is no more, but it left commotion in FIFA, the world’s most powerful sports body. The suspension of the...
Recapitalization of poorly managed banks must end
A NATIONAL daily on Wednesday reported that the Finance Ministry has turned down a request from BASIC Bank for immediate recapitalization of the bank to...
Election manipulation denies people’s participation in governance
THE nation saw yet another controversial election to local municipalities leaving people to wonder what good purpose it would serve except tightening the ruling party’s...
Readers’ Forum
It sounds unrealistic It is shocking that eight months into the incident of sexual assault on women during this year’s Pahela Baishakh celebrations, police could...