Editorial

City’s air pollution Air pollution levels in Dhaka are already high. With uncontrolled emissions from motor vehicles, constant road repairs, and poorly managed construction works,...

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...

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...

Martin Khor :The next time you have a bad cold and reach for the antibiotics left over from your last visit to the doctor, think...

RELOCATING the tannery industry from Dhaka to Savar was taken in order to prevent land, water and air pollution, and also to install discipline and...

DESPITE the tremendous contributions to the country’s agriculture by small farmers, the small and medium farmers have little access to the agricultural credit offered by...