Behind-the-scene campaign of WB presidential race
Michael Igoe :World Bank President Jim Kim’s surprise announcement that he is stepping down on Feb. 1 – more than three years before the end...
Editorial
A new spectre is haunting Europe
Roberto Savio :After Teresa May’s defeat in the British parliament it is clear that a new spectre is haunting Europe. It is no longer the...
Wasting and dining: The new water dilemma
Jan Lundqvist :Concerns about the supply side of food systems are shifting from insufficient production and supply, to issues likely to affect food production in...
Readers’ Forum
Improve cab, auto-rickshaw service :The regular refusal by cab and CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers to drop customers off at their desired destination and to charge them...
Strict measures needed to stop adulterated food business
SELLING adulterated food in the city restaurants is nothing new. Though the relevant agencies, including Food Safety Authority, sometimes conduct mobile courts and fine the...
Save the rivers, save the country
ONLY two out of 300 recommendations of the National River Conservation Commission’s eviction of the encroachments on rivers and controlling pollution were partially implemented by...
The vulnerable coastal communities
Nigel Brett :According to UN statistics, approximately 40 per cent of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the coast, and overall the world’s...
With ‘No deal’ ruled out, Brexit can be averted
Sir Graham Watson :At around one o’clock in the morning on 24 June 2016, soon after the polls had closed, a leading figure in the...
Potentials of e-businesses
Taslim Ahammad :In the present day the new technologies, in particular access to the internet, tend to modify communication between the different players in the...
Corrupt practice should be stopped in Chattogram Port
THE fraud syndicates in connivance with some dishonest clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents in the last two years released 4,000 consignments from Chattogram Port using...
Digitalise the traffic system to meet demand of megalopolis Dhaka
THE traffic signals at important and busiest intersections in the capital have now become only fossilised symbols of one of many ineffective traffic management efforts...
Readers’ Forum
Obesity alarmingly increases Obesity is rising in Bangladesh, as indicated by several regional and international reports. The problem lies with the predominantly carbohydrate-rich diet and...