Can the great powers maintain their grip on global affairs?
Richard Gowan :Wherever you look these days, unhappy regional powers and even some weak states are demonstrating a startling degree of contempt for the supposed...
Editorial
Introducing a unified school management system
Masum Billah :The recently retired education secretary Nazrul Islam Khan happened to meet the prime minister who wanted to know the number of schools, colleges...
Not easy legal system but easy atmosphere needed for investment
BUSINESS leaders have called for a simplified legal support system to get increased flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country to accelerate the...
Don`t talk of toughness, talk of competence for providing services
CITY Corporations have to ensure services they are supposed to provide before blaming the tax evaders. City dwellers are forced to pay taxes despite the...
Readers’ Forum
ICC U-19 WCC, challenge for BD The 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cricket Cup is an international limited overs cricket tournament to be held in Bangladesh...
China’s slowdown and Asia’s growth
Shang-Jin Wei :China’s economic slowdown this year will have important consequences for countries in the region and beyond. For most countries, the sub-7 per cent...
Biofuels must be part of the transport sector’s decarbonisation plan
Elmar Baumann :After the dust of the COP21 in Paris has settled it now is time for action. The implementation of the European Union 2030...
Who controls global standards?
Clara Weinhardt and Fabian Bohnenberger :This is an updated English version of a commentary that originally appeared in German on EurActiv.de.The 10th Ministerial Conference of...
Idle sitting Environmental Court serves no purpose
NEWS reports in a national daily on Tuesday said the country has three environmental courts in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet, but they remained almost unutilized...
Zebra crossing may reduce road accidents
DESPITE many outcries and policy formulation to deter road accident, reckless driving is still snatching many lives and the Saturday’s horrific road accidents at Shahbagh...
Our workers abroad should be looked after and not neglected
A NATIONAL DAILY has reported that the government pays no attention to the country’s migrant workers who toil abroad to boost the economy without getting...
Readers’ Forum
Acts of utter indiscipline We have become very upset and frightened by noticing that a section of police force instead of protecting people have become...