Editorial

Bangladesh is not a land of cold, yet many people die in the winter season every year not so much by cold as by poverty...

Shahzad Chaudhry :I deliberately did not title it reflections ‘on’ ageing’ to dissuade the fearful thought of getting on in years and what maladies it...

Afshin Molavi :As the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the global economy and US-China tensions soared, many a commentator trotted out a “globalisation is dying”...

The Finance Division is under pressure to allocate increased funds for ministries and divisions in subsidy under the current national budget. The amount demanded for...

When the 2013 tragedy of Rana Plaza or the horrific incident of Tazreen Fashion in 2012 still inflicts the mind of our working-class people, a...

Patrick Foulis :In 2022 an energy shock caused chaos in Europe and part of the world, fuelling inflation and making a recession more likely. In...

Farhana Haque Rahman :A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery...

Yet another news headline regarding the University of Chittagong (CU) has concerned the readers as it revealed anomalies in recruiting teachers and other staff at...

Record export earnings and increase in remittance inflow have even failed to bring stability to the country’s macro-economy. Economists and businesses said imports of goods...