Editorial

Joel Schlosberg :King Juan Carlos I of Spain’s announced abdication has instigated a flurry of commentary contrasting dictatorship and democracy. The consensus views the remaining...

Charles Bo :Burma stands on a knife edge of hope and fear. During the past three years, President Thein Sein’s government has taken significant steps...

Ibne Siraj :The modern world has, of late, survived a deep crisis as evidenced by events in the recent past, particularly the 2008 worse recession...

THE media is now reporting the tragic stories of Bangladeshi workers trapped in Iraq. It was reported that at least 33 Bangladeshi workers are living...

MOST areas of the country’s commercial capital, Chittagong were submerged due to the incessant heavy rainfall, which started as a shower in the late hours...

Mohammad Javad Zarif :The nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 powers have reached a critical stage. I am reasonably confident that by next month’s...

ACCORDING to the latest data of Swiss National Bank (SNB), the central bank of Switzerland, deposits by Bangladeshi citizens at various Swiss banks rose by...

A NEWS report in the Saturday issue of this newspaper said that NBR has planned to initiate a fresh drive to collect more income tax...

When the under-dogs win Central American country Costa Rico created sensation through out the world by upsetting pre-match favourites Uruguay (3-1) and Italy (1-0) in...

Eugene Robinson :Henry Kissinger was wrong to dismiss Chile as “a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica.” On Wednesday, the South American nation was...

Andrew J. Bacevich :For the United States, the Iraq war ranks as the most consequential foreign policy failure since Vietnam. In neither instance did U.S....

Amanda Fisher :For the first time since World War II number of people forced from their homes due to conflict has eclipsed 50 million, a...