Our appeal to Nobel Laureates: Get UN more involved in refugee crisis
THREE Nobel Peace Laureates on Monday clearly stated that the atrocities on the Rohingyas in Myanmar were clear acts of genocide besides demanding that Myanmar...
Editorial
Development ignoring environment is counter productive
ENVIRONMENTAL Performance Index 2018 posited Bangladesh at the penultimate last ranking in the world in terms of handling environmental issues. This year Bangladesh has ranked...
The future of renewable energy investment
Rodrigo Villamizar :In 1997, the supercomputer Deep Blue, developed by IBM, beat the world’s best chess player, Garry Kasparov, using a program that took three...
Xi Jinping assumed responsibility for meeting challenges
CHINA’S ruling Communist Party on Sunday has set the stage for President Xi Jinping to continue in office over the constitutional limit for two terms....
Confession not enough, ACC must go after big fishes
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Sunday said corruption is taking place in the country on a massive scale but the ACC and...
Readers’ Forum
MCQ is a universal option MCQ is a universally recognised method of assessment practised worldwide. Only someone who studies seriously and truly understands all the...
Russian role in US elections is not fake news
Jennifer Rubin :Making the first documented case of a complex plot by Russians to influence US elections and specifically to bolster President Donald Trump, special...
North Korea flatters to deceive again
Marc A. Thiessen :Watching the media fawning over the North Korean delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics, I recalled a picture that my old boss, Secretary...
Readers’ Forum
Danger of cyclones The coastal belt of Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to natural hazards. In the last century, our country experienced some devastating cyclones, such...
Consumer-driven energy transition
Aurélie Beauvais :The EU has promised a consumer-driven energy transition since the very first proposal of the ‘Clean Energy For All Europeans’ package, but European...
Are geopolitics, trade and human rights compatible enemies?
Tomáš Zdechovský :Engagement in geopolitics and setting standards for others to follow has always been the leading role of Europe.Trade has been central to developing...
World powers have a duty to end bloodshed in Syria
Michel Duclos :Some kind of agreement between world and regional powers would be absolutely crucial to any peaceful solution for Syria. This should have been...