Know your enemy to defeat them
Rachel Shabi :Look, it might seem like a silly obsession with Arabic pronunciations, but it speaks to something bigger – and more telling.As the British...
Editorial
In the aftermath of Paris, the Israeli way is not the answer
Samah Jabr :When I arrived in Paris on the evening of Friday, 13 November, my host asked our taxi driver to take us to her...
Reuse and repair dominate circular economy
Michal Len :Earlier this year, a mystery woman from California made headlines around the world after dropping off some junk computer equipment at a recycling...
Banning Facebook: A bad decision
NEWS reports published in local newspapers show that the government itself is defying its own ban on social media site Facebook. Citing possibility of terrorist...
Major foreign banks deny business with new generation banks
NINE new banks, which began business more than two years ago, are still facing difficulties in opening their accounts with foreign banks to do foreign...
Global warming, actors and victims
Jean-Pierre Gattuso and Alexandre Magnan :The ocean covering more than two-thirds of our planet functions as a “climate integrator”, moderating climate change in two ways....
Readers’ Forum
Growing sense of insecurity :Weeks ago information minister said, “now no one, even a minister, is secured in Bangladesh.” I strongly agree with him. The...
Trade financing by SME loans not a right step
NEWS reports on Tuesday said that banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) disbursed around 64 percent of the SMEs loans for funding trade and unproductive...
Families have right to know missing persons` whereabouts
FAMILIES of 19 disappeared persons demanded once again government intervention to know the whereabouts of their fathers and husbands at a rally at Jatiya Press...
A different response to ISIS after Paris
Richard Falk :The horrific Paris attacks of 13 November challenge the West more deeply even than did the 9/11 attacks 14 years ago. The attacks...
Readers’ Forum
Free public places from the smokers Smoking should definitely be banned in public places. Smoking causes a lot of problems not only for the smoker,...
Killings on border is not ending
BANGLADESHI nationals on border with India remained totally unprotected from attacks of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and rogue elements claiming frequent casualties. News reports...