Editorial

Poor purchasing power parity Bangladesh is the nation most vulnerable to global climate change in the world, according to German Watch’s Global Climate Risk Index...

Neeta Lal :With the dust settling on one of the world’s most raucous and polarising democratic exercises – the Indian general elections – many profound...

Eric S. Margolis :China’s President Xi Jinping walks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a welcoming ceremony at the Xijiao State Guesthouse in Shanghai....

Patrick Lescot :The gunshots that echoed in Tiananmen Square still ring in our collective memory. They’re shooting!” The cry spreads through the Beijing crowd at...

Mahbubul Alam, a true journalist who during his career as journalist served to shape the core of professional journalism in Bangladesh, passed away at 78....

THE Finance Minister in his postbudget discussion on Friday said that the proposed budget for the year 2014-15 will not provide any opportunity to legalise...

Price stability matters most  From the budget presented by the finance minister on Thursday, it appears that the price of essential commodities, including rice and...

Grant Mincy :As a boy in the southeast African nation of Malawi, William Kamkwamba harnessed the wind. In 2002, drought and famine – common problems...

Frank Islam :The resounding verdict given by the people of India in favour of a Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Narendra Modi provides a...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Nasir Uddin :The theme of World Environment Day is on ‘Small Islands and Climate Change’. The slogan for the year...

When the government lacks popular legitimacy and is in the midst of political uncertainty mere setting bold targets and uttering high sounding promises of growth...

International media reported that the turnout was disastrously low in the general election in Egypt held on Tuesday despite the adoption of desperate measures by...