Averting violence through youth inclusion
Scott Weber :Dozens of cars ablaze in the streets of Gothenburg. The images, relayed widely last week by the country’s media, have shocked and sometimes...
Editorial
Ecological lessons from the Kerala disaster
S. Gopikrishna Warrier :On August 10th, water released from the Cheruthoni dam of the Idukki Hydroelectric Project rushed down the Periyar river valley to Aluva...
Earthquake preparedness: Bangladesh perspective
Dr. Foqan Uddin Ahmed :In the global context, earthquake stands as the number one natural disaster in terms of damage, destruction and loss of lives...
EVM is a farce when there is no certainty about free election
News media reported that the Election Commission is planning to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the upcoming national election amidst the fear of uncertainty...
Not for public but for personal interest the mega development projects are taken
IT’S another classic case of delay in project implementation and a whopping rise in the project cost in the process. The project for an extended...
Readers’ Forum
National interest first Malaysia has suspended two big economic deals signed with China in the national interest. We welcome the decision and we think that...
Future manifests through children
Sir Frank Peters :It is common knowledge the future of a nation manifests through its children… the caretakers of what they have inherited and the...
Change management perception
Taslim Ahammad :Organizational change will be extremely difficult in most of the cases. Changes in processes, systems and technology require that jobs be structured and...
Rohingya refugees left in limbo one year on
Jan Egeland :Aid funding for refugee relief is running out while conditions are still not in place for the safe return of over 700,000 people...
Roads and highways become highly risky, number of deaths increasing alarmingly
DESPITE different initiatives taken by the authorities, the number of accidents on roads and highways is increasing alarmingly. At least 13 people were killed and...
The government is too weak and ineffective in solving suffering of Rohingyas
AFTER one year of ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State of Myanmar that triggered the greatest exodus to Bangladesh border, no practical development of their repatriation...
Affordable housing for all
Dr. Foqan Uddin Ahmed :A house is a place where a man lives. A house can be used for other purposes, but usually housing means...