Editorial

Shortage of physicians Recently, a Bengali daily, citing a study conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), reported that in near future candidates with...

Thierry Libaert :Europe has long been the ideal scapegoat. To be fair, this criticism had – and to some extent still has – considerable justification....

Dil Afrose Duetee :International Women’s Day! Every year we celebrate this day worldwide with lots of activities. The main dictum of observing this day is...

Naimul Haq :Nobel Laureates Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman met with more than 100 women refugees in camps in the coastal Cox’s Bazar...

MEDIA report on Wednesday said around 94 percent women are facing sexual and verbal harassment in public transport which is bound to discourage participation of...

ACCORDING to our scientists, rapid loss of soil fertility is posing a serious threat to the nation’s food security and future plans. The fast erosion...

Dhaka—the city of mosquitoes  We do not know what to say except hanging our heads with deep shame for the invasion of the country by...

Ilene Strauss Cohen :Know your inherent self-worth.When other people wrong you and you take their actions personally, it can feel as if you’ve been punched...

Molly Anders :For more than a year, Devex has been digging into the relationship between U.K. aid and the British media. Comprising more than 200...

Elizabeth Dwoskin :Mark Zuckerberg has mandated wholesale change at Facebook after a year during which the company was rocked by Russian meddling, fake news, and...

WE welcome Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang assurance that his country will play its role to find a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis. His assurance...

MORE than 500 big trees besides Airport Road have been axed by Dhaka North City Corporation apparently without any knowledge of Roads and Highways Department,...