Pushing climate change into the cultural conversation
Tate Williams :While so much of climate change work involves research and policy, sometimes there’s a more emotional case that needs to be made. The...
Editorial
Misusing public money can`t be wrong for wrongly chosen lawmakers
NEWS reports said Finance Minister AMA Muhith has requested the Speaker of Parliament to be more judicious in allowing lawmakers to go on foreign trips....
Antibiotic resistance may put many treatments at risk
RECENT Media reports said antibiotic resistance on human body is on rise to have disastrous consequences for patients undergoing surgery or chemotherapy. A study published...
Readers’ Forum
Medicine is not a trade The other day, I was reading an article online where I found a quote from Padmashri Prof. Dr. P. V....
The future of global education relies on better Internet access
Katie Dupere :Barbara lives in Uganda. She is a university student who doesn’t have access to Internet.That is, until the biggest tech hub in Uganda...
Readers’ Forum
A bad example It is quite unfortunate that Sheikh Kamal Krira Chakra (SKKC) has not been invited to take part in the Sheikh Kamal International...
A backwards decade on foreign aid
Stephen Brown :With respect to aid level, we are back where we started. The Harper government initially embraced the Liberals’ goal of doubling aid. However,...
An impending environmental refugee crisis
Simon Oxenham :We are currently witnessing the worst refugee crisis in decades, but it is estimated that the numbers now fleeing Syria may be dwarfed...
Food and nutrition: Not for sale
Flavio Valente :Over the coming year, around 795 million people will continue to face hunger, or “undernourishment,” using medical parlance. A further 2 billion will...
Money on public health does not help the poor
NEWS reports said high disparity exists in delivery of health services in the city between the rich and the poor. A study report by the...
Animals` deaths at zoo show they are victims of neglect
MEDIA reports on Saturday said wild animals in the National Zoo located at Mirpur in the suburb of the city are not passing good life...
China led banks: Ambitions and challenges
Zhiqun Zhu :The China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), signed by 51 Prospective Founding Members (PFMs) as of September 2015, is expected to be operational...