Dramatic U-turn of Merkel over migrant policy is only to staying in power
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government remains intact after she reached a deal Monday over the country’s migration policy. She agreed to the latest policy...
Editorial
Sloppy drivers on roads, fatal accidents shooting up alarmingly
A GOVERNMENT probe has found the bus driver responsible for the Gaibandha road crash that left 16 people dead last month. Besides falling asleep on...
Tackling food waste : Turning nemesis into a saviour
Dr. Milka Sokolovic :We waste a third of the food globally produced, half of which at the consumption level. At the same time, 2 billion...
Fight against drug consumption needs gender specific treatments
Carmen Arroyo and Emily Thampoe :The World Drug Report 2018, launched this week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), highlighted the...
Saving water equals to saving environment
Professor Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder and Anika Tahsin :There is a line often said, “Bangladesh is the land of rivers”. Well, what would you call...
UN must ensure justice and safe return of the refugees
HAVING visited the Rohigya camps at Cox’s Bazaar, UN Secretary-General António Guterres admitted the extent of suffering of the refugees he experienced was unimaginable. António...
Najib saw no change was possible; suddenly change came and he is in jail now
FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was arrested on Tuesday by the officials of anti-graft body Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) from his...
Readers’ Forum
Perhaps some people help Nayeem get well again! Mahmudul Hasan Nayeem, one of our meritorious post-graduate and socialite students suddenly attacked by a rare neurological...
Readers’ Forum
Give women their shares We do not pay our women their shares, because we have submitted ourselves to the alien culture so deeply that mant...
Accountability is the only way to end violence in Myanmar
Yanghee Lee and Georgia Drake :Three women were at their farm when they were taken by 80 soldiers belonging to Myanmar military, and were repeatedly...
Developmental trends at the urban level
Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder and Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Urbanization is taking place in a rapid stride. Beautification of cities with wide roads, footpaths,...
Government`s student wing engaged in violence against fellow students : All are helpless
THE ruling party’s student wing is beating up the students who want the implementation of Prime Minister’s quota abolish promise. They are attacking quota reform...