Editorial

Thomas L. Knapp :NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to loom large in the world’s daily news. Revelations from the trove of data he disclosed to...

The Language movement :There is no doubt that the success of the language movement laid the foundation of the war for independence of Bangladesh, and,...

DISGRACED Bangladesh pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain returned home on Tuesday after ending his World Cup campaign prematurely being thrown out of the party for breaking...

NEWS reports said over 80 bodies were recovered so far while many others still remained missing from last Sunday’s launch capsize in the River Padma...

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...

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...

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...