Editorial

The danger of rising GHG emissions A new report by IPCC (Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change) states that unchecked climate change will escalate the...

Muhammad Yunus :(From previous issue)Financial institutions are designed for the richWe have created a world for the rich by creating the financial institutions for the...

Cindy Stein Urbanc :As we all know, Ebola has dominated the global headlines in recent months. The media has stretched the entire continuum from minimization...

SOME 47.6 million or 30 percent of the total 158.5 million people in Bangladesh are young (10-24 years), and it will be between 10 and...

The Bangladesh Navy on Monday rescued around 600 nationals of Bangladesh and Myanmar from a cargo vessel near the St. Martin’s Island of the Bay...

The wary exchanges traded over regarding Ticfa and GSP between the Commerce Minister and the US envoy to Dhaka would seem both amusing and baffling,...

EXPERTS on migration and development activists laid emphasis on strong coordination among government and recruiting agencies and employers to ensure female migrants’ rights, reported this...

Cowardice killings What the leadership of the so-called Islami State (IS) in Iraq and Syria is doing contravenes the principles of Islam. The killing of...

Dr Ali Al Khouri :THE UAE’s recently unveiled innovation strategy requires all government entities to reduce spending by one per cent and to dedicate the...

Muhammad Yunus :WILL the present economic system be able to establish appropriate level of moral, social, and material balance in the world? I don’t think...

PROFESSOR Shafiul Islam is the third teacher of Rajshahi University to be killed in the last ten years — all victims of religious extremist groups....

EVEN after initial progress, the number of deaths of pre-term baby is still climbing, according to data released by international sources, reported the local newspapers....