Editorial

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...

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...

THE government should abandon all plans to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees on an uninhabitable island in the Bay of Bengal and increase pressure...

AS per a decision by cabinet committee on economic affairs on Monday, the Textile and Jute Ministry is taking back five silk and textile mills...

Bhashani’s memorabilia This is in reference to the news titled “Maulana Bhashani memorabilia” which appeared in this newspaper recently. It comes as a shock to...

Stella Paul :Land restoration is not a “glamorous subject even when you give all the numbers,” admits Monique Barbut, the Executive Secretary of United Nations...

Geoffrey Harris :As with any major historical event, perspective is needed before concluding what really happened. The timing of Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing in...

IT is totally unacceptable that the return of a migrant workers corpse from Saudi Arabia takes six months time as it sounds quite unimaginable at...