We mourn Hawking’s death, his vacuum will not filled so soon
STEPHEN Hawking died at Cambridge in England on Monday at the age of 76. A scientific genius who rose to eminence by his work on...
Editorial
Catch big fishes, small ones will eventually disappear
A GOVERNMENT employee, who joined the Public Works Department as a gardener in 1988 is a millionaire now with huge property in the capital and...
Myanmar militarising Rakhine State
MYANMAR is militarising Rakhine State at an alarming pace as it is building helipad and camps for security forces bulldozing Rohingya villages. The latest move...
Guest workers prop up the economy of home country
Erik Larsson :A few chickens are running around the courtyard in front of the corrugated iron shack. The village has just awoken. A bus passes...
The politicization of humanitarian aid
Ann-Kathrin Pohlers :Ahead of the pending ‘list of shame,’ the Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflicts, child protection actors share concerns about the...
Biodiversity and land degradation
Emma Archer Van Garderen :This month, five landmark expert assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will be considered...
Readers’ Forum
We are grief stricken by US-Bangla plane crash :May Almighty Allah spare us from hearing “Breaking News” which breaks our hearts in pieces, US-Bangla plane...
Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Malaysia
NEWS media reported that Malaysian Immigration Department on Thursday arrested 28 Bangladeshi citizens for allegedly operating an unauthorised homestay service in Kuala Lumpur. No proper...
Readers’ Forum
World Cup and Neymar Coach Tite must discover a Garincha and the Brazil’s soccer governing body must hire a mentor to restore confidence in them...
I am a migrant and work in Rome
Jordan McCord :Mika, age 35, arrived in Italy five years ago from Bangladesh, and actually came to Rome on a flight in search of work...
When environmental crises hit homes, women suffer the most
Victor Tsang and Shari Nijman :When Mandelena became a mother, she was only 16. During the prolonged dry season in Gwor County, South Sudan, her...
Putting an end to cosmetics testing on animals
Kerry Postlewhite :Next month will mark five years since the European Union placed itself at the very forefront of animal protection by banning the sale...