Editorial

HUNDREDS gathered at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Thursday noon to bid farewell to Matin (1926-2014), who earned the name ‘Bhasha Matin’ for his...

By a very unusual and deplorable move of the past government, the present government was formed. It was a great blow to the people, it...

Abdul Abiad, Davide Furceri, and Petia Topalova :Infrastructure is the backbone of well-functioning economies. Unfortunately, that backbone is becoming increasingly brittle in a number of...

Mohammad Mosaddek Hussain :Nowadays, the subject of knowledge management is a very interesting and important matter for the organizations for boosting growth and increasing all-round...

FOUR MEMBERS of a family, including a mother and her three daughters, were burnt alive as stalkers allegedly set fire on the house at Mirzapur...

DIALOGUES between pro-democracy protesters and government in Hong Kong commence tomorrow (Friday) after more than a week of stalemate. The news of official talks comes...

Rahul Goswami :WHEN IN 1973 Shwe U-Daung passed away at the age of 84, a part of the less-known literary legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle...

Jonathan Power :THERE IS little doubt that Russia broke international law with its take-over of Crimea and the rushed referendum that didn’t give citizens time...

Two of the most important Islamic holidays of the year are Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. While the former marks the end of the long fasting month...

THE nation will celebrate Eid-ul-Azha — the festival of sacrifice — tomorrow with sacrificing animals and prayers for well-being of the Muslims and all the...

THE Myanmar government’s “Rakhine State Action Plan” would establish discriminatory policies that would deprive Rohingya Muslims of citizenship and lead to them being relocated to...

Chemically treated fruits The news item, ‘Step good yet not enough,’ published in your daily has attracted our attention. The report said, “The government recently...