Are GMOs the key to global food security?
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...
Editorial
A city cannot be held hostage by terrorism for years
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...
Plan wisely to keep intact ecology in expanding Jessore road
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...
Readers’ Forum
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...
Collective global response to migration
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...
Illicit trade undermining global efforts on tobacco control
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...
Be careful about corruption over the big projects
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....
Welcome `Hello`
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...
Readers’ Forum
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...
Agricultural extension as a vital support to development
Austen Moore :The Sustainable Development Goals position agriculture at the forefront of addressing rural poverty, hunger and livelihoods. Evidence suggests that gains in agriculture have...
Fate of the Rohingyas
Naimul Haq :The repatriation of Rohingya refugees driven from their villages through violence and terror appears uncertain, with critics saying the agreement legalising the process...
Lies about economic progress are coming out
The economy has come under pressure due to the banking sector crisis, inflation and soaring imports amid inadequate export earnings and insufficient remittance inflows, the...