Migrants need cities; Cities need migrants
William Lacy Swing. :It’s an inescapable truism that’s begun to sink in with leaders worldwide and which, very soon, will become obvious even to those...
Editorial
More WB loans not enough for scaling down poverty
Jeff Tyson :Two years into President Jim Yong Kim’s controversial reform process, is the World Bank better or worse at fighting poverty?Bank management is still...
Growth potentials need leadership for change
THE World Bank in a report published in The New Nation on Monday said Bangladesh faces the biggest challenge of providing jobs to more than...
Readers’ Forum
Road needs urgent repairing The city road between the City Corporation Office at Tilpapara and Ali Ahmad School ad College at South Goran under Khilgaon...
Democratizing the eradication of 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...
Designing new financial instruments for global growth
Naki B. Mendoza 2 :Impact investing has typically been a practice reserved for foundations, private equity or venture capitalists, but a new crop of alternative...
Security beef up at key installations is important but not enough
THE New Nation reported on Tuesday that the government has beefed up the security measures in and around Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka and...
Refugees from the Western Balkans: Another example of the EU’s flawed migration policy
Daniela Kietz :While all eyes are on the crisis in the Mediterranean and the thousands of Syrian and African refugees, the EU also experiences an...
Russian presence near data cables causing concerns for US
David e. Sanger and Eric Schmitt :Russian submarines and spy ships are aggressively operating near the vital undersea cables that carry almost all global Internet...
Readers’ Forum
UN at 70 :The United Nations celebrated its 70th anniversary on October 24, 2015. In spite of various limitations, the UN has made remarkable progress...
Corruption in appointing Food Inspectors: Nothing unusual
THE New Nation on its report on Monday revealed the horrifying facts behind the appointment of a good number of officials of the Directorate of...
All yes men in parliament: Nothing to be denied
TERMING the last Parliamentary Election as controversial, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) while releasing its study-findings to the media on Sunday has laid emphasis on...