Editorial

Productive use of the Internet While many people demand high-speed internet be available across the country, the problem also lies with the inability to utilise...

Adva Saldinger :While 2016 was a big year for United States development legislation, last year was markedly quieter, dominated instead by budget debates and efforts...

Stefan Degener :As the chorus in favor of raising Europe’s renewable energy targets grew throughout 2017, it remains to be seen if 2018 will be...

FOR the past decade our winter months have become the months for acute gas crisis across the capital. Once more, many areas in the city,...

THE Malaysian Immigration Department on Friday detained a Bangladeshi in Alam Megah area of Shah Alam city [27 km from Kuala Lumpur] for running a...

Soniya Akter Lima :Banks are the mainstream agents of the monetary arrangement of a nation playing a vital role in economy by giving credit to...

Thalif Deen :With a track record of six underground nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017, North Korea is desperately yearning to be recognized as the...

SAVERS’ appetite for high-yielding schemes shows no sign of fading as net sales of savings certificates rose 4.19 percent year-on-year basis in the first five...

THE World Bank has retained economic growth projections for Bangladesh at 6.4 per cent for the current fiscal year 2017-2018, much lower than the government’s...

The recent news that newborn babies are being stolen from hospitals, especially public hospitals, is a matter of grave concern. Earlier, in 2015, an Al-Jazeera...

WHILE the cost of living for millions of Dhaka residents keeps going higher with little to no change in their income, the situation is not...

THE Education Ministry on Monday ordered closure of all coaching centres from three days prior to beginning of Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations...