Editorial

Glenn Meyers :Bioenergy, while environmentally cleaner and more sustainable than fossil fuels, has historically been too energy intensive to produce – a big negative from...

Mario Marcel :Nearly every week, I read news stories about citizens clamoring for change in governance- citizens who want their voices heard and acted upon....

Mal Warwick, Paul DiLeo, Paul Polak :What has microfinance achieved for the world’s poor? Estimates vary widely, but 300 million people are estimated to be...

Fanatic leadershipThe indiscriminate killing of innocent people in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and some other areas of the world by some fanatic organizations whose...

Syed Nazakat :He’s known as India’s corruption buster. And now Arvind Kejriwal, a youthful-looking former tax inspector and winner of Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel...

Dr N. Janardhan :Oil prices have crashed from over $100 to sub-$60 a barrel in just five months. While this is good news for consumer...

Lean Alfred Santos :The Asian Development Bank launched Open Access Repository, a website that presently holds about 2,100 publications for anyone to access.The Asian Development...

Macharia Kamau :Once again, 2014 demonstrated the fact that underdevelopment and poverty in large swathes of the world produce a range of intensifying crises that...

NEWS report in an English daily on Thursday said over 6,000 cars are remaining stranded at Mongla and Chittagong ports as the blockade and frequent...

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi said every individual in his country has the “undeniable right to retain or adopt” any faith. Modi who was accused...

James Ayre :Is the healthcare industry morally obligated to divest from fossil fuels? Does an industry that purports to aim to do away with or...

Curt Carnemark :Climate change hits the poorest people the hardest, those living in vulnerable areas with the fewest resources to help them adapt or recover...