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...
Editorial
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...
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...
Feminism not for making men weak or women strong
As a human and as a woman, the word feminism is synonymous with existence. As feminists, we are supposed to strive for gender equality. That...
Readers’ Forum
Fresh bloods should join politics :Politics remains more or less an unpopular vocation and an extremely debatable topic in our country – more so for...
Polls observers also must be impartial
THE number of foreign observers for the December 30 polls has come down significantly after the Asian Network for Free Elections cancelled its observation. ANFREL,...
We welcome the deployment of Armed Forces
MEMBERS of Bangladesh Armed Forces have started polls duty across the country from Monday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said army was deployed at country’s...
Challenge of feeding a warming world
Amir Mahmoud Abdulla :Agan Soyan Hassan and her six children lost everything, including their home and livestock as flood waters engulfed their village of Ranranle...
Enhancing cooperation in trade is key to combat piracy
Christian Archambeau :In recent years, international cooperation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has progressed from technical discussions to become an integral part of the relations...
Biological clock for wellness
Ángeles Rol and Juan Antonio Madrid :In developed societies, the incidence of overweight, obesity and metabolic diseases is continuously increasing. Highly sedentary lifestyles, together with...