Editorial

Rahul Singh :It is a huge irony that India is celebrating the 125th birth anniversary of its first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, when the political...

Dr Maleeha Lodhi :A DOMINANT THEME at the recent World Economic Forum summit was the return of geopolitics, which together with turbulence and volatility was...

ACCORDING to a report by a local English daily, there is a sudden uprise in the rate of suicides in the country, and specialists believe...

THE consumers of medicines will have to pay an increased value added tax of around 2.4 percent on an average from the existing 2 percent....

THE only manpower centric bilateral trade issues with Malaysia has so far failed to tap the optimum business potentials in favour of Bangladesh. An English...

We mourn the tragic death of Hughes We mourn the sad death of Australian batsman Philip Hughes, victim of the bouncer delivered by Sean Abbott...

Mohammad Mosaddek Hussain :(From previous issue)The second level is formulation of the mission statement that should give every employee a clear understanding of values, targets...

Michael Roberts :In 2014 a white-skinned cop with a gun can kill an unarmed Black teenager and get away with it. A nearly white Grand...

IN FERGUSON, Missouri, around 300 people had gathered outside the police station, listening on car radios as St Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced the...

A LOCAL English daily reported that incidences of sexual harassment take place in higher educational institutions and often remain under-reported. It is very unfortunate that...

Poor coverage of sports The country’s television channels, including BTV, overlook South America, North America, Oceania, East Europe, Asia and Africa in their soccer news....

Eric Toussaint :(From previous issue)The trickle-down effectThe trickle-down effect is a trivial metaphor which has guided the actions of the World Bank from the outset....