Editorial

Syed Munir Khasru :For the boat people of Southeast Asia, each day begins with a thickening sense of uncertainty, despair and a fading glimmer of...

Babatunde Osotimehin :Recent news stories and reports testify to a horrifying reality for women and girls caught in crisis situations. From rape to child marriage...

Tackling train ticket crisis :Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the main religious festivals of the Muslims is knocking at the door. There will be excessive demand for...

ORGANISED currency counterfeiters have become restive ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest festival in the country. Reports said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested two members...

It now rests on PM Modi On June 6, 2015 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh, we were waiting with much expectation for the...

Craig Valters :How do donors aim for “results” without setting up a counterbureaucracy that disrupts rather than encourages good development programs?A recent Independent Commission for...

M. A. Jabbar :World Population Day is an annual event of the United Nations, observed globally every year on July 11. The purpose of the...

CNG run auto-rickshaws provide the modest transport facility to the city dwellers. A report published in a national daily on Tuesday exposed the high corruption...

THE NEW Nation ran a report on Thursday which said that Bangladeshi consumers are paying the third highest fuel oil price in global standard only...

Spare innocent people Since the emergence of the Taliban Muslim Militia in Afghanistan and the Al-Qaeda in the Middle East, mosques have been made death...

Sonia Faleiro :GANDHI famously denied himself food. And by starving himself to protest British rule, he ultimately made India stronger. But India’s leaders today are...

Lindsey Jones :“Maladaptation” is a hot topic in the climate change community. With increasing global attention and finance being poured into adaptation, people are understandably...