Editorial

CHIEF of Border Guard Bangladesh Maj Gen Abdul Aziz yesterday said the paramilitary force deployed to maintain law and order would use “lethal weapons” if...

THE government, in principle, has decided to import a costly alternative to natural gas, and thus signed an unsolicited deal with a US-Singapore consortium namely...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :The contemporary politics in a seemingly hazy political landscape like Bangladesh suffers from the process of depersonalization as intolerance among the...

Edgardo Ayala :Julio César Cordero’s American dream didn’t last long. He was trying to reach Houston, Texas as an undocumented immigrant but was detained in...

The politics of power :On talk shows many participants often say that ” one party wants to remain in power and the other party wants...

THE United States, United Kingdom and European Union have come down heavily on the violence and shrinking democratic space in Bangladesh and urged all parties...

MEDIA reports said the architecture educators who are currently discussing urban development of Bangladesh, particularly of Dhaka city, have expressed their all agreed upon concern...

The unexplained reform call Egypt’s self-claimed President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has called for drastic reforms in Islam, without elaborating what does he mean by reform?...

Michael Igoe :(From previous issue)The World Bank employs a tiered system to describe energy access levels, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the...

Manipadma Jena :When the gentle clucking grows louder, 50-year-old Sukomal Mandal calls out to his wife, who is busy grinding ingredients for a fish curry....

A surprise decision The Asia Football Confederation (AFC) has surprisingly taken South Asia Champions Afghanistan to Central Asia. The decision was taken on Saturday in...

Danielle Logue and Markus A. Höllerer :Public interest in the development of global impact investing received a significant boost last year, due to an international...