Editorial

Shobha Shukla :Worldwide, a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes, taking the annual toll to 275,000. The disease is preventable, and yet the...

Restore edu-friendly environment Armed clashes among students, armed cadres’ attacks on students’ peaceful demonstrations, and casualties do not surprise us nowadays. Researches have assigned several...

BANGLADESH Bank (BB) has voiced concerns over the higher inflationary trends in the recent past. According to a news report published on Monday, the central...

HUNDREDS of tonnes of solid wastes are left scattered and uncollected by the two Dhaka City Corporations on roads and lanes on a daily basis...

Robert h. Wade and Jakob Vestergaardfeb :For all the criticism that has been directed at it over the decades, the International Monetary Fund provides vital...

It was a wrong judgment I am feeling embarrassed and deeply ashamed for writing the letter thanking Jatiya Party Chairman, Hussein Muhammed Ershad which was...

Omaira Gill :Recently there was a disturbing expose in one of the UK’s major newspapers. Reporters had trawled through the data of the 2011 consensus...

Andreas Utermann :Should we share José Manuel Barroso’s confidence that the eurozone will put the worst behind it this year? Certainly, the success of Ireland’s...

Jonathan Power : The Western Press doesn’t understand Ukraine. That is clear after weeks of reporting the demonstrations. We are given the absolutely minimal background...

A NEWS report on Tuesday said a Division Bench of the High Court Division on Monday declined to hear an appeal on a money suit...

THE river Buriganga is dying due to a lack of proper protective measures by the authorities concerned. News reports have it that 62 types of...

ACCORDING to a study by the Bangladesh Bank, the use of remittances in non-productive sectors is very high causing anxiety among financial experts who are...