Stress is different for different people
Mithu Storoni :A man in a suit has coiled springs leaping out from his head. One woman is trying to chew on her keyboard. Another...
Editorial
Will policymakers listen to climate change science this time around ?
Busani Bafana :Climate change is altering the ecosystem of our oceans, a big carbon sink and prime source of protein from fish. This is old...
Need for programmatic intervention to Rohingya crisis
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. Mohammad Yakub :Humanitarian crisis warrants careful development intervention. Now we are besieged by a sort of crisis created by...
ASEAN summit should come forward to save Rohingya Muslims
THE three-day ASEAN summit started Sunday in the Philippines capital Manila is mainly scheduled to discuss how to cool tension over South China Sea, Rohingya...
Readers’ Forum
Women and online business Online business is booming in Bangladesh. Online shopping enables the buyer to order a product or service through the Internet. Google...
Refugees are nothing but commodities
Daan Bauwens :As countless refugees arriving on Italy’s shores report torture, extortion and forced labour in Libyan detention centers, many say they never intended to...
The intern generation needs transparency at work
Bryn Watkins :It is best to do this now, because a growing movement of young workers is harnessing transparency to bring change to the office....
Climate change and local government
Stefano Bonaccini :In Bonn, the Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders is being convened by ICLEI with the support of the associations of local...
Disappearances are challenge to govt and govt must have an answer
At least 10 people, including a journalist, a university teacher, a publisher and several political leaders, have gone missing since August 22. Additionally, according to...
Magic 48 seconds for treatment in govt hospitals !
It is not surprising when a research study said that on average a primary healthcare seeking patient gets only 48 seconds of service from a...
Don’t label the children as refugees
Lavinia Liardo :All children – from Strasbourg to Syria – deserve to be treated as children before being viewed as refugees, migrants or any other...
Fighting the creeping catastrophe of climate change
Lourdes Tibig and Denise Margaret Matias :November 8 marks the fourth anniversary of Haiyan’s landfall in the Philippines. The super typhoon was the strongest ever...