Allowing Syria to be divided peacefully may be the best option
THE present Syrian civil war had its roots in the Arab Spring of 2011-a series of disparate events which resulted in regime changes in several...
Editorial
Declining trends in bank deposits
GROWTH of fresh bank deposits dropped to 16.80 per cent in the January-November (2013) period against a 20 per cent growth in the corresponding period...
How the poor get washed away
Tim Hanstad and Roy ProstermanWHEN Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in November, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving more than four million homeless, one...
Interpretation of our sacred Constitution
A. Mannan The road map of our democracy, must encompass our demography be interwoven with its characteristics and diversities and enshrined with the spirit of...
John Kerry’s bicycle diplomacy in the Middle East
Doyle McManusPeace negotiations, a wise U.S. diplomat once said, are like riding a bicycle: No matter how slow you’re moving, it’s best to keep going...
Readers’ Forum
A sharp contradiction When I compare January of 1972 with January of 2014, the difference is so vast that I feel deep anguish. At that...
Reviving the tea industry
THE tea industry must have a new lease of life to expand both in acreage and also in per acre output to increase the total...
Sudden rise in import of food grains
A NEWS report in a local daily on Sunday said that the imports of rice has phenomenally increased over the last six months compared to...
Only party men get jobs at Jn University
A NEWS report in a national Bengali daily on Friday said that Jagannath University has finalized the appointment of 10 section officers and one store...
Nothing to gain by using the cane
Sir Frank Peters :December 13 is Pupil’s Liberation Day- a memorable and auspicious occasion for many Bangladeshi school pupils, regrettably not all.It was on this...
Growth prospect of euro-area is under question
Nicholas Crafts :Recent growth in the euro area has tracked the experience of much of Europe in the 1930s all too closely. Unless policies change,...
US Visa Law fuels domestic-employee abuse
Tony Edson :The recent arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade has unleashed two kinds of outrage: protests by Indians upset over her treatment by New...