Becky Heeley :International Mountain Day and the Mountain Partnership’s 15th anniversary coincided on December 11, kicking off a three-day Mountain Partnership Global Meeting at the...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Almost 70 years since the Genocide Convention was adopted, the international community still faces a continued and growing risk of genocide.On the International...
Maeve McLynn :The One Planet Summit, organised together with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong King sets out to demonstrate...
AN attempted terrorist attack in a New York City bus terminal by a US national of Bangladesh origin has caused widespread surprise and condemnation here...
IT is a stunning disclosure at a seminar that about one-third of Bangladesh nationals are still deprived of adequate meals. It is sad indeed when...
Miroslav Lajcák :I want to thank Director-General Lacy Swing for inviting me to address you today. My thanks also go to Ambassador Mauras, as Chair...
Ishaan Tharoor :There is a small constituency in the United States that genuinely cares about the location of the American Embassy in Israel. Evangelicals and...
OVER 1,500 colleges are in fear of closure as they have failed to fulfil the condition of the Education Ministry in terms of students’ admission...
OUR banking sector is perhaps going through the toughest phase of its testing times. On one hand, the Prime Minister’s Office has given consent to...
Tackle drug problem Nowadays, too many young people from high school to university are taking drugs of different types such as marijuana, phensedyl, etc. I...
Mismanaged healthcare system An article published by this newspaper on December 7 about hospital mismanagement caught my attention. The report shows how terribly the healthcare...
James A. Paul :Since the end of the Cold War, the UN Security Council has dramatically increased its activity and authority. Though the Council has...
