Environment-friendly development policy is a need of time
THE landscape and ecosystem in Tangail are under threat due to flattening of hillocks by influential people. One of the Pleistocene terraces, Tangail Sal Forest...
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
Young voice in politics Politics remains more or less an unpopular vocation and an extremely debatable topic in our country-more so for many young people...
Sri Lanka: No alternative but to hear the people’s voice
Rajpal Abeynayake :If the people’s voice is not heard, the country would be rife for revolution. It would be a real one, not of the...
A new path for disability-inclusive development
Helen Castell :While 15 percent of the world’s population lives with a disability, prevalence is even higher in low- and middle-income countries. Here, people with...
The administration must prove its ability to hold free and fair polls
NEW United States ambassador in Dhaka Robert Earl Miller said that his country expected the upcoming December 30 elections in Bangladesh to be free, fair...
Comprehensive policy needed for migrant workers’ safeguard
BANGLADESH on Tuesday observed International Migrants Day when the country itself is experiencing bitter taste of slow remittance due to drastic fall in overseas job...
Readers’ Forum
Reviving the art of conversation We are so busy with the daily grind that there is no time to talk even to family. Most of...
How much can the Gulf region rely on Washington?
Arnab Neil Sengupta :The concept of a Middle East Strategic Alliance being explored by the Trump administration, is fine in theory but whether it will...
Funding, financing smart cities in developing economies
Kishore Rao, Michael Flynn :As is often cited, by 2030, 60 percent of the world will live in cities. The world’s population is projected at...
Climate change is a problem of politics, not science
Jiang Kejun and Valérie Masson-Delmotte :How will our children and grandchildren, looking back on this period in history, judge our response to climate change, the...
Dhaka must involve ASEAN nations for early Rohingya repatriation
MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday asked the ASEAN nations to take tough measures for creating pressure on Myanmar and its de facto leader...
Dried-fish sector needs govt support to expand export
THE dried-fish industry in southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar and some other parts of the country is now thriving. Bangladesh earns foreign currency by exporting...