Editorial

THOUGH 47 years have gone after the independence, the nation is still hovering in defining ‘freedom fighter’ and the minimum age of them that allowed...

Lisa Cornish :Food security is, and will continue to be, one of our greatest ongoing development challenges. We not only need to provide food and...

THE Tuesday’s fierce clash between the followers of two rival ruling party leaders in Narayanganj has again exposed the nasty side of power politics. Both...

THE felling of century-old Jessore-Benapole highway trees has been halted for six months in the backdrop of protests against the government’s solution to widen the...

Plight of female migrant workers The Daily Star on January 13 reported about the horrific plight of female Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. They...

Eugene Robinson :If you want to know President Trump’s position on any given policy issue, the last person you should ask is President Trump. He...

Alleged killers roaming freely The four convicted killers of Zubair Ahmed are reportedly roaming freely. The killers were members of Chhatra League at Jahangirnagar University...

António Guterres :I am very pleased to present this report, “Making Migration Work For All”, which serves as my principal input to the zero draft...

Jenny Lei Ravelo :Illicit trade in tobacco products is costing governments billions of dollars, and is undermining global efforts toward tobacco control. A protocol aimed...

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said the China Harbour Engineering Company Limited that got the contract for expansion of Dhaka-Sylhet Highway had bribed government officials....

Remaining out of tech-based mobile apps like Uber and Patho for two years, the CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers are now coming to terms with the changing...

Groundwater problem of Dhaka city Dhaka city and its adjacent metropolitan areas have a population of over 16 million. The increasing population of this city...