Editorial

DHAKA North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq was laid to rest at city’s Banani Graveyard Saturday afternoon. He was a highly loved and admired...

A DRUG store offering private hospital service may hear strange but it’s a reality at work. A joint inspection team of Rapid Action Battalion, Directorate...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are essentially long-term contracts, underwritten by government guarantees, with which the private sector builds (and sometimes runs) major infrastructure...

Baher Kamal :Believe it or not, the way to eradicate hunger from the face of the Earth is as feasible as it is handy. In...

Douglas Waley :Fish are difficult to sympathize with. They live underwater, we are unfamiliar with their lives and behaviours. They do not make facial expressions,...

Uncontrolled wealth disparity :World Wealth Report – 2017, published by Credit Swiss Research Institute a few days ago, shocked us. The report exposed the growing...

AFTER Farmers Bank’s debacle failing to clear checks for fund shortage, which forced Bangladesh Bank to dissolve its board including removal of its chairman to...

BANKING purely on Russian loan and promises and also by dumping potential risk factors the PM has inaugurated the initial phase of Rooppur’s nuclear power...

Save children from hazardous work Many countries around the world, including Bangladesh, banned child labour. At an age when children are supposed to receive primary...

Arne Jungjohann :After exploratory talks to form a new coalition broke down on Sunday (19 November), Germany enters a period of uncertainty. It seems unlikely...

Urvashi Aneja :The vulnerability of information and technology infrastructures is becoming more visible and alarming by the day. Earlier this year, two separate malware outbreaks...

Stefan Crets :Nowadays, young people find it more and more difficult to get a decent and stable job, despite being one of the best-educated generations...