Editorial

Patrick Adams :On a recent morning at Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta, patients, some from remote villages accessible only by boat, gathered in a waiting...

Withdraw blockade We request the BNP chairperson to withdraw the countrywide non-stop blockade programme in no loss of time to clear the way to Tongi...

Thomas L. Knapp :Last November, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a ten-year drive to end “the scourge of statelessness.” In December,...

Lorenzo Piccio :In more ways than one, 2014 was a game changer in development business.It was the year when the Green Climate Fund finally showed...

THE UN Refugee Chief registered his deep dissatisfaction and warned all that the world is losing its ability to prevent conflicts which is primarily responsible...

NEWS reports say that money launderers have been coming up with new and inventive ways to go on with their financial crimes. This was detected...

STATISTICS of the police headquarters shows that at least 12 people were killed daily on an average and 381 per month in 2014. How terrible...

THE Centre for Policy Dialogue on Saturday suggested that the government should not increase the prices of electricity and gas right now considering the probable...

Reaching the last 8 Bangladesh may enter the last eight of the World Cup Cricket Championship 2015, securing at least three wins in six matches....

Sanjib Baruah :Chinese and Indian policies on river systems are more alike than different. On November 23, the first power-generating unit of the Zangmu hydropower...

Jonathan Power :The vote last week in the Ukrainian parliament was a seriously disturbing move – it has made reconciliation with Russia near impossible. The...

Sandhya Ravishankar :WHEN SRI Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced snap polls in November 2014, he was all set to cruise through to the finale. His...