Stop a hot war to replace the cold war in Europe
THE Ukraine crisis is becoming a threat to world peace and former Soviet leader and the last president of Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev sounded a...
Editorial
Human vigilance first to avoid growing plane crash
NEWS reports in global media show that a TransAsia Airways flight crashed into a river in Taiwan killing at least 32 passengers on board. Disclosure...
Readers’ Forum
Peace must prevail Businessmen, students, transport workers and people from all walks of life are requesting BNP Chair Person Begum Khaleda Zia to withdraw the...
Challenges before Greece’s new government
Omaira Gill :And so it happened. Greece, buckling under five years’ worth of austerity and decimated by debt repayments saw a red light at the...
An indelible legacy
Dr N. Janardhan :King Abdullah is no more…but his reformist imprint and his dynamic leadership will remain etched forever not just in Saudi Arabia but...
AAP’s importance in democratic India
Dr N. Janardhan : Twenty-five years after becoming eligible to vote in India, I am yet to exercise my franchise. This is partly because I have...
Talks across the table can save the situation
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Communication gap between the two top leaders stands out to be a stumbling block to the development of understanding between them...
Money laundering under cover of doubtful imports
WHILE the country’s economy is trapped and the export-import business stumbles due to political uncertainty, surprisingly, the imports of capital machinery and food grains increased...
UN team suggests vessel traffic embargo inside Sundarbans
THE Bangladesh-UN Joint Sundarbans Oil Spill Response Team in its final report observed that the last year’s oil-spill may have left “significant non-observable acute impacts...
Readers’ Forum
Enforce corporal punishment law We were taught at school that God is supreme and that he loves children. Regrettably, it was literally beaten-in to us...
Take Nipah virus contamination seriously
ACCORDING to data provided by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 18 cases of Nipah virus (NH1/NiV) infection had been reported in...
Stop those extravagant public expenditures
THE extravagant expenditure of public money for the amusement of public servants is recklessly going on as the audit mechanisms of the government are inoperative....