Jharna (not her real name), a 14-year-old girl living in Rayerbazar slum in Dhaka, fears that all her dreams may be dashed because of early marriage as she is from a community that expects girls to be married off and bear children even before they reach adulthood. Jharna, who is a child, doesn't want that.

All of a sudden Dhaka's Airport Road is looking like a Potemkin Road. With an exhibition of “bonsai” trees, odd garden-like set-ups,

On a mild morning last February, I summoned my Deputy Giuseppe Semenza for the rehearsal of a joint performance to be staged next day at Shilpakala Academy on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day.

Female genital fistula is an important health concern for women in about fifty Asian and African nations. As the World Health

The pervasive sentiment of Asian financial leaders and economists who gathered for the ADB's 50th annual meeting in Yokohama in

Managerial. Manpower. Mannered. Manmade. Fireman. Mantic. Penmanship. Humanitarian. Superman.

The subject of inequality is both interesting and important for a multitude of reasons. From a purely positive perspective, income

During the last US presidential elections, candidate Donald Trump always had rather harsh words including warnings for China,

Fake news spread during the presidential election of the United States caught global attention last year. The fake news went viral and shocked the public.

Dam after dam gave in to the unseasonably early rainfall in the Haor area (a floodplain depression in the Northeastern region) of Bangladesh. Desperate farmers watched helplessly as the onrush of water submerged their crops right before harvest. Millions of Haor farmers lost all of their livelihood to incessant rainfall and flash floods in Sunamganj, Netrakona, Moulvibazar and other adjoining districts.

How do we substantially increase the manufacturing value-added share in GDP and thus promote manufacturing led economic growth in South Asia?

The punitive measures introduce by Bangladesh government are harsher than the ones made by the colonial rulers. The controversial section 57 got embedded into the proposed digital security law which seems to have offered police much more powers to make arrest. Which one is more repressive law: the one made by the colonial ruler or our government, asks Shakhawat Liton.

As a commu-nication for development professional, I have always had an interest in press freedom and freedom of expression.

Nepal is now following the suit of Sri Lanka by initiating a move to impeach the chief justice.

It's a story that we have all heard before. A poor girl from the village gets married in her early teens. Her education is stopped because

The two major political parties that have run France for nearly 60 years lose power in the presidential election. Emmanuel Macron is the superman who led the ballot revolution with pro-people reform agenda. He entered the electoral race without the support of either of the two major political parties.

Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and

Selfless, loving, inspirational: these are some of the words friends use to describe Xulhaz Mannan, a dedicated colleague, loyal friend,

If one goes on YouTube and types Lucky Akhand in the search box, a 30-minute video titled “Best of Lucky Akhand” pops up as one of

We should not fear smarter thinking machines as these will free us to focus on performing even better.