Editorial

Between 6,000 and 8,000 refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants from Burma and Bangladesh are currently stranded in boats off the coasts of Malaysia, Thailand...

THE government has already dismissed almost half of the elected representatives of local government bodies apparently acting on political consideration. Local government bodies are becoming...

AFTER the continuous heat wave, Dhaka city dwellers heaved a sigh of relief on Friday when they were met with a downpour. But it quickly...

Of human rights The US Police can shoot any non-white American dead at per sweet will. For this, no Police personnel are liable to punishment....

George Friedman :We are at the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. That victory did not usher in an era...

Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics :The United States and the world are engaged in a great debate about new trade agreements. Such pacts used...

PLANNING MINISTER AHM Mustafa Kamal’s claim on Thursday that the GDP growth during the current fiscal 2014-15 would stand at 6.51 percent despite three months...

THE defaulted loans stood at 10.47 percent of the total outstanding loans in the banking sector as of March 31 this year compared with 9.69...

World Badminton Cup underway The 2015 Sudirman Cup is the fourteenth edition of the tournament Cup. It is currently being held in Dongguan, China.In the...

Jenny Lei Ravelo :The expert panel tasked to review the World Health Organization’s initial response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has noted areas...

Erik Solheim :Extreme poverty has been halved and humans in general have never been richer, healthier or better educated. More than 600 million people have...

BUSINESS leaders on Wednesday suggested imposition of transit fees and service charges on the Indian vessels plying through Bangladesh and introduction of multimodal transport facility...