Editorial

What makes populist ideas appealing?  Brazil has recently elected Jair Bolsonaro, known to many as a fascist. His victory is the latest in a series...

Shubhashis Saha :Jagannath University (JnU) has got almost Tk 2000-crore funding in ECNEC for ‘JnU New Campus Project’ at Keranigonj. It’s undoubtedly a good initiative...

Rights of senior citizens must be protected Due to the improved quality of life in Bangladesh, people now live longer. There is a sizeable ageing...

Joseph Noel M. Estrada :We now have at least two versions as proposals amending the 1987 Philippine Constitution: the one drafted by the Consultative Committee...

Architect Felino A. Palafox, Jr. :To compare a city to the human anatomy, the green spaces are the lungs; the transport corridors are considered as...

THE ongoing gas crisis in the city is likely to linger for at least another week as engineers have found it difficult to fix the...

The general election of Myanmar in 2020 may be a fertile ground for ‘incitement to violence’ where the powerful platform of the social media Facebook...

Congratulations young booters We are happy at the efforts of our Under-15 national footballers who beat Pakistan to win the trophy. We think that it...

Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo :China’s Vice President Wang Qishan arrived in Israel recently for a four-day visit to head the fourth China-Israel Innovation Committee....

Jenny Lei :By its own definition, the Asian Development Bank no longer funds “dirty energy.” It does, however, still fund projects using fossil fuels and...

BANGLADESH Road Transport Authority [BRTA] has taken initiatives to prepare within three months a list of unfit vehicles running across the country’s roads and highways....

CHILDREN at Sirajganj’s Kagmari Char are now free from the hassle of making risky journeys to school on boats. They thank O Aa Ka Kha...