BD universities must strive for international recognition
No university in Bangladesh found a place in a list of top 100 varsities in Asia in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings for...
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
Copa America rolls on The 2015 Copa América will be the 44th edition of the Copa America, the main international football tournament for national teams...
Knowing African democracy from within
Helen Epstein :Poor Burundi. Landlocked, tiny, and known mainly for ethnic conflict, it was for years the subject of one of the most intense international...
Donors must pinpoint aid at poorest countries
Larry Elliott :The battle to eliminate extreme poverty will require rich western nations to step up their financial help and spend at least half their...
Tax private universities without taxing students
LATEST news reports said that the government has proposed 10 percent VAT on private universities, in addition to medical and engineering colleges justifying that they...
Poor appellants at HC must get legal aid
LATEST news reports revealed that jail appeals filed by more than 1,300 people, who are incapable of hiring lawyers to challenge their sentences have been...
Don’t forget the vulnerable children
Geeta Bandi-Phillips :The conversation always turns to ‘if G7 is still relevant’ or applicable in the 21st century with divided opinions.Did you know that during...
Carbon pricing achieving a critical mass
Thomas Kerr :Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, speaks on a panel with the president of Japan’s New Energy & Industrial Technology...
How to improve education and health services
Mario Marcel :A new World Bank report addressing the widespread dissatisfaction of citizens with the delivery of essential public services and calling for accountability in...
Repatriated boatpeople must not be harassed: government is to be blamed also
THE Myanmar Border Guards handed 150 trafficking victims over to Bangladesh through Ghumdhum border point as reported by The New Nation on Monday. The Myanmar...
Circulation of fake notes is a government failure
NEWS reports in national dailies on Wednesday said detective police have arrested six criminals of a gang of counterfeit currency trading syndicate from the city’s...
Readers’ Forum
Retaining biological diversity The International Day for Biological Diversity 2015 was observed on May 22 under the auspices of the United Nations. Biological diversity or...