Waterlogging in Ctg city must be decisively dealt with
WITH monsoon only few months from now Chittagong city residents are becoming panicked if they would suffer from severe water stagnation again compared to last...
Editorial
Growing threat to public health from air pollution
NO wonder why Dhaka is the most polluted city in the world. We have repeatedly penned on the capital’s increased air pollution, and now it...
A cohesive policy for jute sector
The conflicting statements by Finance Minister AMA Muhith to close the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and its mills for making huge loss and State...
Readers’ Forum
Make equal recruitment process Bangladesh is a densely populated country where unemployment is a huge problem. The government is one of the largest job providers...
Why a world without oil is easier
Robert J Samuelson :Anyone who tells you that dealing with climate change is simply a matter of sweeping away the obstructionism of oil companies is...
Protect the future for Palestinian refugee girls
Elizabeth Campbell :As people across the globe marked International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, the safe and secure education and possibilities for the future...
Bangladeshi community in Rome
Maged Srour :The Esquilino market, built at the end of the 1800s, is a pillar of Roman traditional daily shopping. It managed to survive the...
Trained caregiver for overseas market
MEDIA reports said that at least 12 countries including, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and China have offered highly-paid caregiver jobs to Bangladesh nationals, mainly...
Readers’ Forum
Youth must learn good leadership When it comes to success in business, most people think of business strategy. And yes, strategy is indeed an important...
Is deep-sea mining worth the risk?
Bart Staes, Linnéa Engström, Marco Affronte and Philippe Lamberts :In a Parliament resolution on Ocean Governance adopted in January this year a strong majority of...
Protect people regardless of migration status
Francesco Rocca :When I was elected president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies late last year, a journalist suggested that...
Women’s rights and corporate abuses
Adriana Espinosa and Claudia Saller :On 8th March 1857, fifteen thousand women garment workers rallied in New York in protest of working conditions, low wages,...