Editorial

PLEDGES, made just before two months when holidaymakers were rushing to their homes for Eid-ul-Fitr, to reduce highways tailbacks and to make dilapidated roads better...

ANOTHER spell of gas tariff hike is likely as Petrobangla is working on a proposal for public hearing on gas price hike after the Eid...

Rights presuppose obligations “State is known by the rights it maintains,” says Harold Laski. “Rights are,” as Hobbes describes, “What we may expect from others...

Sabria Chowdhury Balland :“I wish you spent the time protecting the White House that you spent protecting your reputation here today.”—Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachussetts...

Sushmita Bose :One of my closest friends has her birthday on 25 September; on 22 September, I got a message from my smartphone, on my...

Eric S. Margolis :Having nearly provoked war over Ukraine with nuclear-armed Russia, the Obama administration has now launched a full-scale crusade in Iraq and Syria...

Lean Alfred :Many images come to mind when one thinks of a country’s economic development. But among the most common are good roads, efficient public...

A NATIONAL English daily reported that the country’s trade gap with India recorded an all-time high in the last financial year at $5.57 billion as...

THE snatchers, the Agyan parties in particular, are seen more vigilant ahead of Eid. Similarly, the law enforcers seem apparently more active in talk-fests to...

Protests in Hong Kong Storm is brewing in the Chinese autonomous region of Hong Kong because the Communist Party of China wants to impose administration...

Rana Hoque :As a concept, Community Based Tourism (CBT) is not a new phenomenon in the World. CBT has been used as a response to...

Ibne Siraj :Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to India drew a global attention. It is considered as an important footstep in the diplomacy between...