Readers’ Forum
Ideological opposition We understand the reason of hate-campaign against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (SM) in some parts of the world. The reason is nothing...
Editorial
Using international aid for the poorest people
Tim Strawson :Ask a development expert: What should international aid be used for?Then prepare yourself to be bombarded by a list of priorities, trade-offs and...
Evolving a workable public-private partnership practice
Michael Sweikar :While in the past, federal agencies supplied the majority of funding going toward developing countries, that percentage has continued to decrease over time...
Eight key actions for economic development
Takehiko Nakao :Asia is making remarkable progress in development and poverty reduction. But, why have some countries developed more rapidly than others? It’s a question...
Adieu to King Abdullah
ABDULLAH bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was the King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques from 2005 to 2015. He ascended to...
State-owned land should be used to erase extreme poverty
A NATIONAL daily reported that the Land Ministry has decided to allow the investors including developers to build commercial establishments on the state-owned non-agricultural land...
Readers’ Forum
Give food to the hungry ones Some of our friends call us to work for a non-communal Bangladesh, without explaining what do they mean by...
Democracy aid : Time to choose
Thomas Carothers :(From previous issue)Democracy-aid providers need to invest much more energy and resources in finding ways to adapt and respond. With regard to the...
Can countries still trade their way out of poverty?
Arancha González :After decades of growing twice as fast as the global economy, world trade has barely kept up with output since 2012. IMF and...
Salman, the new king, known as a strong family man
Reuters : The death on Friday of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah means Salman bin Abdulaziz has become the country’s new ruler and the last to...
Make sure Rohingyas are ‘citizens of Myanmar’
SUFFERING and displacement of Rohingyas have been the root cause of their statelessness, a visiting senior US State Department official said on Wednesday in Dhaka...
Energy price hike will affect economy adversely
MOST dailies reported that Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission hosted the hearing on the state-run Power Development Board’s (PDB) proposal to raise the bulk rate of...