Editorial

BBC :In small villages along the eastern coast of Bangladesh, researchers have noticed an unexpectedly high rate of miscarriage. As they investigated further, scientists reached...

Lisa Stadelbauer :Throughout history, oceans, seas, lakes and rivers have provided life and livelihoods to people around the world. Today, they are a multi-trillion-dollar global...

ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmud has said that ACC lags behind the institutional capacity and its investigation is not up-to-the mark. For that reason, it...

AFTER the Tazreen Fashion fire and Rana Plaza disaster, the inspection and remediation platform Accord has apparently become a burden to the country’s garments sector...

Personal hygiene to fight flu The news of flu claiming lives of young people is terrifying. Flu may seem like a minor issue that a...

Stavros Papagianneas :We are currently living in the midst of a historic time period in which mistrust and polarisation between societies are rising. Disinformation, fake...

Stella Paul :As 2018 nears its end, the world faces a new wave of food insecurity with the level of hunger being on the rise...

Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :The word ‘globalization’ generally means increased economic integration through trade and investment. This is a process requiring the integration of national...

THE Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the allegation against its Office Assistant for raping a female weightlifter, who is...

THE government agencies will soon start monitoring social media sites, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, round-the-clock to check any smear campaign ahead of the December...

Urge for a new Upazila in Rangamati Langadu Upazila, a sub-unit of Rangamati district, consists of a number of unions. Three of its unions –...

Miguel Arias Cañete :The transition towards a low-carbon economy, as we tackle climate change, is one of the biggest opportunities of our time. As Commissioner...