Editorial

Michael Igoe :While the development community rallies around a new post-2015 development agenda – set to launch in September – finance institutions, aid agencies, civil...

Marta Foresti :It could so easily be predicted. With calmer waters and warmer weather, conflict raging in Syria, Yemen and beyond, and a much reduced...

Traffic lawlessness On the Gulshan Avenue approaching the first traffic circle from south, there is a coffee shop, where despite so many places to park,...

Dr. Atiur Rahman :Governor, Bangladesh BankAccording to the World Bank, in 2013 Bangladesh ranked 7th position in the list of remittance recipient country in the...

THE earthquake that ripped through Nepal and hit northwestern part of India and Bangladesh has caused massive loss of life and property, particularly in the...

IT is reported that the government has at last realized the necessity to slap a duty on rice imports to arrest the downward spiral of...

Risking a regional war There are intensifying clouds of another regional war in the Middle-East centering control of Yemen. The UNO, the USA, Egypt and...

Helen Briggs :Scientists are calling on world leaders to sign up to an eight-point plan of action at landmark talks in Paris.The key element is...

The world has been shaken by the decisions of major Western European powers to join China’s scheme of creating the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),...

Tate Williams :A growing mountain of research suggests that climate change is likely to aggravate every problem now confronting humanity: hunger, gender inequality, ethnic conflict,...

ADB Team :Since 2005, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed over $11 billion to help more than 400 profitable enterprises in 90 countries which...

Zoe Smith :Many working on the issue of girls’ education are concerned about talk of a job well done on millennium development goal two: achieve...