Editorial

No more election violence, please :Violence in the days leading up to the election is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh. The violent clashes between rival...

THE World Economic Forum said Bangladesh has retained the second place among the most gender equal countries in Asia this year, after jumping 25 notches...

IN a statement issued on Thursday, the UN Human Rights experts expressed alarm about political violence, restrictions on freedom of expression and the rise of...

THE New Nation in a report yesterday said that at least 18 people, including a UP Chairman, were killed and 100 others seriously injured in...

Malavika Vyawahare :Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – At first when they came, Dilfaraz, a stout 41-year-old Bangladeshi woman, could not find it in her heart to...

Rebecca Root :Stigma and misconception can mean that people living with disabilities are often overlooked for positions. In low- and middle-income countries this situation is...

Protecting student privacyDipayan Ghosh and Jim Steyer are correct that we need to ensure that personal data of students isn’t used in harmful ways. But...

THE rift between the Chief Election Commissioner and an Election Commissioner has deepened further over the issue of level playing field. A day after CEC...

Honking on the city streets I had recently visited Thailand after a gap of 33 years. When I last went there back in 1985 before...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury :The notion of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and later, South Africa) was concocted by Goldman Sachs’ Jim...

Thalif Deen :The UN’s major donors – led by the United States – have long been accused of influence-peddling and misusing their financial clout not...

MYANMAR military has launched new rounds of “clearance operations” in Rakhine State after four local Buddhists were attacked and two were later found with their...