Moment of truth for the Nobel Peace Prize
Fredrik S. Heffermehl and Tomas Magnusson :The Nobel Peace Prize is about to bow out to critics. As of Jan. 1, the Oslo-based Norwegian Nobel...
Editorial
Rise in TB patients calls for urgent remedial steps
NEWS reports in the national dailies said the number of tuberculosis cases in children is on the rise in the country and it has almost...
Save Rajshahi University from powerful quarters
NEWSPAPER report on Friday said Rajshahi City Awami League general secretary and his men assaulted Rajshahi University Vice-Chancellor Professor Muhammad Mizanuddin on the previous day...
Readers’ Forum
Coloured tomatoes & pineapples Genetically modified (GM) heart-healthy purple coloured tomatoes and cancer-fighting pink pineapples are awaiting the concerned authorities’ approval for release in the...
The Obama doctrine and Iran
Thomas L. Friedman :(From previous issue)“I think that it’s important to recognize that Iran is a complicated country – just like we’re a complicated country,”...
Developing common principles for tracking climate finance
The world’s largest development finance institutions are working together on a common sets of principles for tracking climate finance. They have agreed on the first...
External supports extended to Bangladesh Government in exile
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Shamim Noor :In April, exiled Awami League leaders with Tajuddin as Prime Minister formed a government-in-exile in Mujibnagar. It organized...
Make believable the GDP growth
NEWS reports said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said that the GDP growth in the current fiscal 2014-15 remained almost uninterrupted through the...
Making ICT a thrust sector
YOUTH entrepreneurs in the country are set to pave the way of economic advancement as the country’s IT and software exports have kept on increasing....
Readers’ Forum
Overshadowing the past The first day of the Bengali New Year 1422 passed on Tuesday without ever-continuing Bangla. The Dhaka University campus, the Ramna Green...
Reconciliation for integration
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir :Much of my professional life involves applying democratic, participatory decision-making methods in order to catalyze and bring to fruition human development initiatives....
How international NGOs choose corporate partners
Adva Saldinger :The days of development organizations decrying collaboration with the private sector appear to be in the rearview mirror.For some international nongovernmental organizations, private...