Editorial

Ted Widmer :On Nov. 11, 1918, a delegation of German representatives, not entirely sure that they represented their crumbling government, made their way through the...

Jorge Valero :Foreign companies have encountered problems related to the protection of intellectual property in China but most, if not all, want to continue doing...

Use hydroelectricity for green energy I recently came across a news item on hydro-power production in Asian countries. Bangladesh, with a capacity of just 230...

Jennifer Morgan :The warning from the world’s top climate scientists that carbon dioxide (CO2) will need to be removed from the atmosphere to limit global...

Paul Krugman :Everyone is delivering post-mortems on Tuesday’s elections, so for what it’s worth, here’s mine: Despite some bitter disappointments and lost ground in the...

Amber Peterman and Greg Seymour :Measurements of empowerment – particularly women’s empowerment – are having a moment in the spotlight. Following the release of The...

ANOTHER woman was killed in a running bus on Friday night. This time her father was also pushed off the vehicle on Dhaka-Tangail highway in...

ABOUT 300 Bangladeshi migrant workers are now struggling in a Qatar labour camp where there is no water and power supply. In this situation, many...

Soil transition threat for Dhaka Recently, the world has witnessed a devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia that took away nearly 1,400 lives. Some disturbing...

FR. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino :THAT the State must make available a complete, adequate and integrated system of education is not debated. That everyone who desires...

Julio Berdergué, Marita Perceval, and Miguel Barreto ;The number of undernourished people increased for the third consecutive year in Latin America and the Caribbean. It...

Busani Bafana :At every conference she has attended on the youth, Nawsheen Hosenally has been frustrated to hear that agriculture is not ‘cool’. The 29-year-old...