Editorial

Jonathan Power :The negotiations over Iran’s supposed nuclear bomb-building abilities seem to be stuck in a rut. Given the detailed undertakings by Iran incorporated in...

Tom Plate :In its latest angry shout-out, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea looks to be emerging as something of a computer wonk, the teen...

Sir Frank Peters :Subjecting a child to corporal punishment in the home or schoolis no different to peeing against the wind -it all comes back...

Implied social duties Often our political leaders say Bangladesh is a non-communal country and hence fight those who spread communalism. Perhap, they are mistaken in...

Mark Koba :The world has a massive food crisis – so big that the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t be enough...

Richard Jones :Over the past three weeks, government officials, members of civil society, private sector actors and a broad range of representatives from the global...

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...

THE Central Bank is set to get on a two-step programme to ensure that the loan situations of the large borrowers do not go out...

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...