Editorial

Every person is gifted In a world where talents are restricted to specific fields, Japanese consultant Marie Kondo has opened our eyes to the innumerable...

Benefits of reading newspapers Newspapers are said to be the mirror of the world. One can endlessly describe the benefits of reading a newspaper daily....

Dona Mathews :A baby comes into the world not as a little blank slate waiting to be written on, but with a big part of...

Thalif Deen :The widespread innovations in modern digital technology have a devastating downside to it: the accumulation of over 50 million tonnes of electronics waste...

Junaid Nabi :Cancer is projected to kill more than 16 million people by 2040, and low-income countries will bear the heaviest burden. We can reduce...

AN unidentified girl, 11, died on Monday at Chattogram Medical College Hospital. She could not utter a single word during her treatment for five days,...

RECENTLY, the Anti-Corruption Commission has inspected several offices of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and explored prevailing corruption. The move came just three days after the...

Stop coaching business Most school teachers in our country are not interested in teaching students in class as they are heavily involved in the coaching...

Stefan Grundmann and Thibault Lesueur :There is no shortage of theories on how to spur financial inclusion. With 1.7 billion people living without access to...

Thalif Deen :The United Nations, which embodies the core principles of multilateralism since its creation more than 74 years ago, is being steadily and systematically...

Sini Eräjää :Awareness of the destruction wrought by deforestation for agricultural commodities such as beef and soy has – thankfully – grown in recent years...

THE three bottlenecks that have been causing so much pain to travellers on Dhaka-Chattogram highway are expected to be removed by June. The otherwise dual...