Editorial

THE nation mourns the 40th Shahadat Anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today with solemnity throughout the country. He was assassinated with almost all of...

Word of the Holy Prophetdeemed to be supreme law Islam does not endorse pre-marriage sex (verse 17:32). It is a punishable offence and bans their...

The joy of freedom The decision of the departure of the British Raj giving the sub-continent sovereign status – as India and Pakistan – made...

Quincy R. Cloet :Varoufakis already used the reference to the peace treaty back in 2010, but this time it was easily picked up on social...

Manju Senapaty :The second high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) will take place in Kenya in 2016. In the run-up...

Brendan McDonald :Aid worker casualties are horrific: 2,913 nationals and 544 internationals were affected by attacks since 2000. Regrettably, there will be more. After my...

NEWS report circulated in the national dailies on Thursday said ruling party lawmaker from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency Abdur Rahman Bodi has physically assaulted a Upazila...

TRADE-BASED money laundering is continuing unabated as news reports said by a section of businessmen taking advantage of the shortcoming in the regulatory bodies and...

Terence Wood :Why the SDGs will break your heart (image: Flickr/Elizabeth Haslam)It’s a pity there aren’t more country and western songs about development. There are...

THE US government has announced a new GSP scheme for 122 countries but excluding Bangladesh surprising the nation. Bangladesh was a beneficiary of the scheme...

News report said four state-owned commercial banks recovered only three percent of their full-year loan recovery target from top 20 defaulters in the first three...

Revitalising the jute sector Once upon a time jute was called the ‘golden fiber’ of Bangladesh. And this sector used to offer employment to a...