Readers’ Forum
Environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and pollution. In recent years, we have...


Environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and pollution. In recent years, we have...
Anna Sauerbrey :Militarily, Germany and Europe depend on the United States, too, still ducking under its nuclear umbrella. Trump took office, and Germany is still...
Purnaka L. de Silva :“Unity is the path. Our future depends on it,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as he issued an unequivocal global ‘Red...
Sohara Mehroze Shachi :Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugee women from Myanmar are currently living in the cramped camps along Bangladesh Myanmar border. Victims of...
YES, in terms of combating corruption at the very high levels of our society and particularly ranging from bureaucracy, banking to almost all spheres of...
FORMER World Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy on Saturday said the problem of rising inequality in countries across the globe could be resolved internally....
UNABATED air, water, sound and other environmental pollution in and around the capital continues to shoot up at an alarming level. We have repeatedly penned...
THE New Nation reported that Titas Gas Company’s target to install some 200,000 prepaid meters in Dhaka city is unlikely to be achieved within the...
Driving school in districts Last year, more than 4,000 people were killed in road accidents, with more than 9,000 others injured. Many of these accidents...
Antoine Ripoll :Will 2018 be a meaningful year for Europe, hemmed in as it is by powers that are relinquishing their roles or disagreeing on...
Kelly Levin :Parts of the United States are experiencing blizzard and record low temperatures, with sharks freezing in the Atlantic and cold-snapped iguanas falling from...
Melissa Sassi, Stephen Wyber :Roughly 52 percent of the world remains offline. With the internet shouldering more of the global economy – as well as...