Editorial

Afghans can do it It is amazing. It is magnificent for cricket. The Afghans overcame stumbling block like Himalayans, and the ocean like Pacific to...

Shada Islam | Friends of Europe :There’s nothing like a trade war – or even the possibility of one – to get the juices flowing:...

Ramu Damodaran :One of the first resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, on the location of the headquarters of the Organization, gives the...

Mark Dummett :On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced...

THE nation celebrates the 48th Independence and National Day today. March 26 is observed as the Day of Declaration of Independence in 1971 although we...

TRAFFIC congestion in Dhaka eats up around 5 million working hours every day and the average speed of vehicles during rush hours has come down...

Ensure quality education The 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh proclaimed that the state must be “establishing a uniform, mass-oriented and universal system of education and extending...

Ranjit Devraj :With India’s citizens clamouring for breathable air and efficient energy options, the country’s planners are more receptive than ever to explore sustainable development...

Tih Ntiabang :Last week, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) governing body postponed yet again a decision to stop accepting money from the tobacco industry for...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :As we know Union Parishad has a myriad of development functions. This is to promote participatory rural development at the grassroots....

BANGLADESH, for the first time in history has fulfilled the UN eligibility criteria to become a developing country. It will be able now to graduate...

CONSUMERS are increasingly becoming helpless victims of false information from innumerable advertisements in various platforms. Both private and government firms are routinely exploiting the people...