Editorial

A clean Dhaka I live in Banasree. The area has a lake, but unfortunately, it is filled with filthy substances. The lake is dying due...

Martin Khor :Last week’s action by President Donald Trump has ended the United States’ leadership on liberal trade and may trigger a global trade war...

Eleni Choidas, ShareAction :The Commission launched this month its Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth which marks the culmination of an arduous three-year journey. A...

Sopho Kharazi :This year, World Water Day, celebrated annually on 22 March, is themed “Nature for Water”, examining nature-based solutions (NBS) to the world’s water...

MEDIA reports on Saturday said the Myanmar government has started a Rakhinization programme in areas mostly cleared by its Rohingya Muslim residents. It appears they...

EIGHT members of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) have been closed on charge of arresting and torturing a local correspondent of DBC television on Tuesday last....

Save nature On the two sides of Lakshmipur-Chandpur highway, there are thousands of large trees. At least, 700 of the trees are a hundred-years-old. However,...

Thomas L. Knapp :Nectome, a startup headed by two former artificial intelligence researchers, is serious about immortality. They’re touting a process for preserving the human...

Sophie Edwards :An internal survey among United Nations staff has revealed one-third of workers see “a lack of performance and ethical accountability” within the institution...

Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini :In 1909, the Socialist Party of America, in support of female garment workers protesting working conditions, designated March 8 as a day to...

AFTER the US-Bangla plane crash, the Prime Minister has instructed the Civil Aviation Authorities to give highest priority to flight safety and maintenance of planes....

THE University Grants Commission (UGC) has long been pressing for establishing a Higher Education Commission providing more power to it, reform in admission process, increase...