Can people living on $1.25 per day make a saving?
Lean Alfred Santos :Plan International and JPMorgan Chase believe they can. Through their Community Savings Groups project – which Plan and JPMorgan Chase are implementing...
Editorial
Building safety-nets for older people
Chris Roles :World Humanitarian Day on Aug. 19 gave us a chance to reflect on the work that humanitarians do in incredibly difficult and high-pressure...
Private producers slowing down power generation in public sector
The New Nation reported on Tuesday that Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has incurred a loss of Tk 6,200 crore in fiscal 2014-15 due to...
Rebuild dilapidated schools in old city
MANY primary schools in old Dhaka are in deplorable conditions risking accidents and fatalities and yet they are failing to get attention of the authorities...
Trade diplomacy is failing to support BD`s business interest abroad
A NEWS report published in The New Nation recently said that the new Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact designed to curb out a new duty-free...
Banks must comply with rules instead of their misuse
BANGLADESH Bank has asked all scheduled banks not to offer Letters of Credit (LC) support for import of capital machinery, spare parts and industrial raw...
Readers’ Forum
Preconditions for good governance To make democracy work in any country, certain conditions are to be fulfilled. These are:- 1) sound system of education, 2)...
Building a new role for NGOs
Samuel A. Worthington :In a meeting with a group of international nonprofit CEOs, one organization recently stated that all of its programs frequently impact 100...
100-day count-down for climate action
Magdy Martínez-Solimán :Aug. 22 marks 100 days until the U.N. climate conference in Paris, France. Countries have made commitments, which give hope that an ambitious...
Curbing corporate corruption
Naki B. Mendoza :Rich countries are doing a poor job of combatting corruption abroad, according to a new report by global watchdog Transparency International.The international...
Europe’s thorny energy diplomacy
Luca Bergamaschi :On 20 July, European foreign ministers launched the new EU Energy Diplomacy Action Plan. It is a welcome first step towards ensuring that...
In defense of the defenseless
Jeff Tyson :In May 2002, International Justice Mission lawyer Sharon Cohn Wu sat down with her colleague at a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to...