Editorial

Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have emerged in recent years as the development ‘flavour of the decade’ in place of aspects of the old...

Baher Kamal :US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital does not represent only a ‘kiss of death’ to the two-State solution,...

PRESENCE of dust and pollution in the air of our cities has reached alarming levels. It’s happening mainly due to chaotic construction works, poor management...

ECONOMISTS opted for merging the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) and the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) with each other as both are carrying...

Naimul Haq :In less than four months, over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled brutal persecution in Myanmar to seek safety across the border in Bangladesh....

Baher Kamal :The growing resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobials due to their overuse and misuse both in humans and animals has become an alarming...

Heinous move from President Trump :Donald Trump became the President of the United States. He trumpeted in and succeeded to turn everything upside down. The...

A SENIOR official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday that repatriation of Rohingya...

DESPITE fertile land loss, inclement weather and depleting irrigation water, Bangladesh’s agriculture keeps contributing a fifth of the GDP each year. Along with other factors,...

Tharanga Yakupitiyage :The UN has made its largest appeal to work towards reaching the more than 135 million people across the world in need of...

Monaem Sarker :Building a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh was proposed in 1961. Since then a number of reports have affirmed the technical and economic...

LEADERS of the ruling part affiliated student front (BCL) at Rajshahi University (RU) mounted physical attack on female students on Wednesday and attempted to sexually...