Address labour rights to get back GSP facility: US
Dhaka and Washington have committed to work together to improve Bangladesh’s labour rights conditions which have been an issue of concern for the US. The...
Editorial
Is the sun of Great Britain setting?
Mehmet Akif Uslu :Concerns about the stability and power of the United Kingdom continue after Charles, formerly the Prince of Wales, took over the throne...
Govt-backed digital currencies can help financial inclusion
Lotte Schou-Zibell :Central bank digital currencies, which are issued and regulated by governments, can serve unbanked and under-banked populations. They can allow people in remote...
China pursues an independent foreign policy of peace
Xi Jingping :Today, our world, our times, and history are changing in ways like never before. The historical trends of peace, development, cooperation, and mutual...
UK is not India and Sunak not Indian!
Nilofar Suhrawardy :Having taking over United Kingdom’s government as its youngest Prime Minister in 200 years, the first Brown and Hindu to do so, Rishi...
COP27: Governments must give due attention to climate change
That the dangers of climate change are very real cannot be overestimated, yet the governments are failing to show the due seriousness to cut greenhouse...
Whither the plan for agriculture insurance?
Last week cyclone Sitrang lashed crop fields and washed away fish farms, particularly in the coastal region, devastating their efforts of making fortune. Thousands of...
‘Greening’ the capital markets
Valentina Saltane :The economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to an expansion of sovereign sustainable bond issuances. This trend accelerated as both developed...
Extortion and unfair dealings in prison cells
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :At present there are 80 prison cells in Bangladesh. Among them four are central jails, 30 district jails, 27 sub-jails and...
Govt has made corruption tool for ruling, not only NID, passports are also available at a price
It is very perturbing to know that some Election Commission officials in collusion with the criminals outside the Commission are providing the National Identity Card...
Strengthening food security for the poor is a must
A World Bank survey revealed the grim state of our food insecurity which contrasts the louder claim of food security by the ruling regime over...
Readers’ Voice
The ecological collapseClimate change repercussions, as it appears, are alive and kicking. Catastrophic climate change is a far more dangerous predicament to be tackled than...