Don’t let Iran deal sink
Scot Peterson :Just over 20 years ago, North Korean technicians extracted 8,000 spent fuel rods from the Yongbyon nuclear reactor – enough for five or...
Editorial
The Pentagon’s risky offensive cyber-strategy
Melanie Teplinsky :The Pentagon’s new strategy for cyber-operations Defence Secretary Ashton Carter unveiled last week in Silicon Valley is a strong sign the US is...
Management has to take responsibility for sexual assault at schools
ANGRY guardians and relatives of students of Mohammadpur Preparatory and Higher Secondary School laid siege on the school campus early this week forcing the management...
Curb use of chemicals in fruits
THE government has decided to amend the Carbide Rules-2003 with provisions for stopping unauthorized supply of chemical to private users to check its misuse in...
Modi’s visit to China turns out big business success
INDIA’S Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his three-day visit to China wrapping up US$ 22 billion worth trade and investment agreements taking the business ties...
Readers’ Forum
An act of shame The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, both members of OIC, refused to shelter about 8,000 Bangladeshi and Myanmar Muslims, forcing them...
World Bank’s 3 steps to decarbonize development
Lean Alfred Santos :How can we simultaneously achieve sustainable growth and development while addressing the harmful and devastating effects of climate change?World Bank experts suggest...
From international aid to national humanitarian action
Alexander Matheou :Last year Medecins Sans Frontieres challenged the humanitarian sector with the question: where is everybody? Thereby raising a red flag that too many...
The Western premise on Vietnam was dead wrong
Eric Margolis :LIFE CAN only be understood in retrospect. With the wisdom of hindsight, most people consider the 20-year long Vietnam War a terrible mistake,...
One House-One Farm project in shambles
THE government’s politically most prestigious “One House, One Farm” project is in shambles as the project officials have reportedly embezzled the major part of the...
Readers’ Forum
It is tragic I am quite shocked to learn from news reports that over dozens of debt-laden poor farmers in India have committed suicide in...
Combating climate-change induced rural poverty
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. Md. Shakhawat Ullah Chowdhury :The economy of the poor nation has been floundering hard hit by climate change. Environment...