Editorial

HERITAGE sites in the capital and elsewhere in Bangladesh are in the danger of disappearance. The authorities’ apathy has been blamed by archaeologist, architects and...

Luis Alvarado Martinez :The opportunity to set a new course for Europe is within reach. Discussions are already ongoing in the European Commission to determine...

André Borouchaki :I am sure this sounds familiar: You see that your hotel room has a new ventilation, yet you are desperate to open the...

Cruel practice of corporal punishment :Bangladesh this year observed the 7th anniversary of enacting the law that banned cruel practice of corporal punishment in schools...

A YEAR into the Trump presidency, he has set an unprecedented record of displaying the highest form of revulsion against immigrants. Having imposed an immigration...

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...

Naimul Haq :With discussions underway between Bangladesh and Myanmar about the repatriation of more than a half a million Rohingya refugees, many critical questions remain,...

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...

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...