Editorial

Anu Mahmud :The US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat responding to a question at a programme said, Bangladeshi exports will remain ‘competitive’ in the US...

A NATIONAL daily reported on Saturday that the NBR has asked field officers to send data on foreign employees and their employers in the country...

THE United Nations (UN) has set a very high development target for Bangladesh under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 but experts fear its...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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)....

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...