Editorial

Masum Billah :The very recent news that several thousand desperate migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been spotted adrift in the Andaman Sea between Thailand...

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir :After fifteen years of nations pursuing the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations, representatives of the member states, along with...

Robyn Purchia :Helping the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized is a central tenet in the Christian gospel. The command to care for “the least of these”...

Poor sports coverage on TV channels :We are a sports loving nation. We want to enjoy all international competitions on the television channel. But there...

OUR industrial power houses must learn to stand on their own. Unreasonable favour from the government does not improve strength of the industrial base for...

NEWS report in a national daily on Friday said farmers have no smile on their face on peak boro season as they fear they would...

Sports teaches discipline Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Dhaka Abahani Limited by a snap goal on Wednesday in the Bangladesh League in Dhaka. These two...

Tina Rosenberg :There’s poor, and then there’s ultrapoor. The ultrapoor are almost always women and largely found in Africa, South Asia and to a lesser...

Ishaan Tharoor :It takes a lot to forsake your home, clamber on to a crammed, rickety boat, and venture out into the uncertainty and danger...

NEWS report on Thursday in a national daily said Bangladesh Bank has asked newly licensed Farm Bank Ltd to remove the chairman of its Executive...

PRICES of many Ramadan essentials have increased both in retail and wholesale kitchen markets across the country ahead of the holy month despite a sharp...

Thomas Edelmann :We experience reckless driving on our roads pretty much on a daily basis. While high-profile cases such as stunt driving represent the tip...