Editorial

In the morning of the 18th February in 1969 at about 11 am, the students of the Rajshahi University started to take to the street...

Valentina Gasbarri :“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” – an ancient Indian saying that encapsulates the...

Yilmaz Akyuz :After a series of crises with severe economic and social consequences in the 1990s and early 2000s, emerging and developing economies have become...

A NATIONAL daily on Monday reported that Bangladesh Bank has asked six state-run Commercial banks to receive token money from farmers against their defaulted loans...

Overcrowded jails are making news head lines as over 75,000 prisoners have been locked up in the country’s 68 jails where they have the capacity...

CONTINUED blockade and economic downturn have left banks with excess cash, as people are not showing up to put money in risky investments. Consequently banks...

Resolve the impasse As time is going by a peaceful solution of the present political unrest is ebbing away as the government seems determined not...

Amantha Perera :It is a hot, steamy day in Sri Lanka’s northwestern Mannar District. Mid-day temperatures are reaching 34 degrees Celsius, and the tarred road...

Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelley :A spectre of violent disorder haunts Bangladesh. The crisis of the State is more than constitutional. Politics are uncertain and confused....

NEWS report on Monday said locals have beaten to death three alleged opposition activists at city’s Mirpur area on the previous night as they were...

Jersey- sets a tradition The Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club (DMSC) changed their traditional black and white jersey about a decade ago though the Calcutta Mohammedan...

Laia Grino :Ten years ago, ownership was established as a key principle of aid effectiveness. Although understanding of ownership has evolved since then – most...