Editorial

Zahurul Alam :There are always genuine reasons for whatever happens. It would be naïve to imagine that something happened by chance or by means of...

TURKEY has the freest press in the world, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, brushing off accusations that media freedoms were being eroded under his...

INTERNATIONAL gold smugglers have been using Bangladesh as a safe haven to smuggle gold into India taking the advantage of illicit nexus with the state-run...

THE rundown railway stations in Dhaka city are gradually becoming unusable with the authorities taking no steps to make the stations attractive for wider sections...

Fight against health inequality On December 12, 2014, the first ever Universal Health Coverage Day was observed throughout the world. The United Nations in its...

Crystal Wells :Josphat Mburu, 36, rents and uses a motorcycle as a taxi service in Korogocho slum to provide for his wife and two children...

Bjorn Lomborg :At the start of the twenty-first century, the international community made some smart and simple promises with the so-called Millennium Development Goals. The...

REPORTS show that amongst many other steps, the Pay and Service Commission has suggested imposition of toll at all entry points of the capital to...

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced yesterday that the party’s prescheduled rally in Gazipur would be held tomorrow at any cost while...

Jesse Worker :The past few decades have seen a remarkable expansion of environmental democracy, commonly understood as the public’s rights to information, participation in decision-making...

William G Moseley :If you’re receiving year-end fundraising appeals from international charities or universities, chances are that social entrepreneurship is featured among these. This model...

Football returns :I congratulate Bangladesh Football Federation President Kazi Salahuddin and Indian Football Development Committee Chairman Nita Ambani for their successes in bringing football back...