Localizing the SDG agenda
Catherine Cheney :Speaking at a Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awards ceremony earlier this year, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti highlighted progress the city has made...
Editorial
How politics impacted aid in 2018
Lisa Cornish :Aid and politics go hand in hand. Political turmoil can stoke humanitarian crises, affect the environment for NGOs delivering services, and impact funding...
Boys need to be more attentive to their studies
THE girls have outshined boys in all indicators in the two biggest public examinations PEC and JSC. The girls are well ahead of their counterpart,...
Law enforcers must be extra cautious before and during election
RAPID Action Battalion detained three people in the capital’s Motijheel and Gulshan areas on Tuesday for their alleged bid to distribute money for influencing the...
Long term plan needed to make air travel hassle-free in future
AIR tickets for domestic and international tourist destinations have become scarce since the middle of this month due to the ongoing rush of holidaymakers. The...
Driving licences should be issued only to properly trained persons
THE authorities concerned in last August relaxed the requirement of experience for getting driving licences for medium and heavy vehicles. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Readers’ Forum
Ensure Rohingyas’ safe return Myanmar continues to delay the process of Rohingyas’ safe repatriation back to their homeland. Moreover, Myanmar’s religious affairs minister recently made...
Legislation for women’s economic empowerment
Adva Saldinger :The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill aimed at improving the U.S. Agency for International Development’s women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment...
Human trafficking – hidden in plain sight
Romy Hawatt :The media globally tends to have a bias to negative, sensational and headline grabbing stories and events and this certainly applies to reporting...
The changing landscape of human resources
Emma Smith :Digitization and artificial intelligence were the buzzwords at the 15th annual Career Development Roundtable in Lisbon, Portugal, in December 2018. Hundreds of human...
Jesus born because of salvation of mankind
Siyuan :Every year, as Holy Christmas approaches, shops on the street arrange a dazzling display of Christmas presents, with Santa Claus and Christmas trees, and...
Gender bias in agriculture
Busani Bafana :Women entrepreneurs are playing an important role in transforming global food security for economic growth, but they have to work twice as hard...