Polio on the brink of eradication
Peter Crowley :When the international community set out in 1988 to wipe polio off the face of the earth, it was an audacious move. Only...
Editorial
Introducing an efficient national payment system
Dr. Atiur RahmanGovernor, Bangladesh Bank :You all know that the development of a safe and efficient national payment system has relevance for the monetary policy,...
Condemning not enough: Religious hatred must be stopped
THE nation has been devastated by shock again with the murder of Faisal Arefin Dipon; who was publisher of blogger Avijith’s books denounced by Islamist...
India must help Nepal removing the blockade
A COALITION of 12 independent Nepali citizens has called on the international community including the United Nations to help remove an economic blockade on Nepal...
Readers’ Forum
It was MSC’s helpless surrender A packed stadium in Chittagong witnessed the Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club’s (MSC) helpless surrender to East Bengal Club from Calcutta,...
How philanthropic dollars shape US elections?
David Callahan :With another presidential campaign season under way, we’re hearing again about the mega-donors and Super PACs that fuel modern politics. But this isn’t...
Readers’ Forum
Freedom of will The Muslim scholars enriched philosophy of dialectics and rationalism towards the close of the Abbaside dynasty. Al-Mamun, during his caliphate (813 to...
Stopping war on emissions not that easy
Suzi Tart :More than 150 countries have submitted their post-2020 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
Diplomats seek elusive path toward easing Syrian conflict
Carol Morello :Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived Thursday in the Austrian capital, the scene of his last diplomatic success, spearheading an effort to...
Freeing the marginalised from poverty
Mosharraf Hossain :Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Poverty is the worst form of violence.” This is very true for persons with disabilities.The Millennium Development Goal target...
Vienna talks should concentrate on human tragedy and not power politics
NEWS reports said major powers narrowed their differences over the Syrian civil war on Friday but remained divided over the key issue of the future...
Discipline coaching centers engaging in question papers leakage
A NATIONAL daily in a report on Friday blamed government inaction as helping coaching centers to leak question papers nonstop. The fact is that the...