Editorial

M. I. Rahman :The term Afghanistan Simply means the “land of the Afghans”. It was applied to the country for the first time during the...

Rafiqul Islam Sarker :In Kaliganj village, 20 kilometres south of Rangpur city in Bangladesh, small farmers are turning to vermicomposting after crop yields started dropping....

Call centre priorities Call centres have rapidly evolved from being a simple add-on or customer-facing service to an important differentiator. At a time when the...

Lathiful Khabira :Bangladesh is the small country of South Asia, which has crossed her 46th birthday and nearly going to celebrate the golden jubilee. But...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Quota system becomes meaningful only when it dies not come into conflct with merit. There must be the reflection of merit...

António Guterres :As this is the first time I have the opportunity to address a UN body after the Security Council resolution of last Saturday...

PRICES of rice witnessed about 30 per cent hike in the past year and yet it shows no sign of decreasing. According to government statistics,...

COUNTRY’S roads and highways have become deathtraps in the recent days. According to the report of National Committee to Protect River, Road and Railways released...

Naimul Haq :More than half a million Rohingya refugees crammed into over 30 makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh face a critical situation...

Dr Ian Anthony and Dr John Hart :The legal framework prohibiting chemical weapons (CW) is considered the gold standard for multilateral disarmament. It features both...

Protect the environment :Bangladesh is the second worst country in the world in terms of pollution, according to the Environment Performance Index. If the government...

A LEADING daily recently reported that around 51 percent of registered non-government organizations based in Dhaka do not file income tax returns to escape paying...