Why North Korea is UN's Achilles Heel

The movement toward an individualised conception of security lies, first of all, in the evolution of the international society's
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Patriotism in the age of globalisation

The new fault line in politics, according to Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front, is between globalists and patriots.
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Happy endings to a troubled year?

The year 2015 began with firebombs thrown at people, but if everything goes well it may end with people throwing firecrackers into the
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

The bias against Madrasa students

Dhaka University, the premier public university of Bangladesh, reportedly does not admit madrasa students in selected departments
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

A significant milestone

On December 21, 2015, a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the draft Domestic Workers Protection and
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Saudi Arabia's phony war on terror

Containing the scourge of Islamist terror will be impossible without containing the ideology that drives it: Wahhabism, a messianic,
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Critiquing the “Informal”

The picture that you see here is not of a Bangladeshi “informal” or “formal” garment factory. It is one of the photographs taken by
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Entrepreneur turned saviour

Back in April, 2015, the world watched in horror as news flashed around the globe of a ship capsizing in the Mediterranean and
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

The Road to Resilience

Set at the mouth of three great rivers that flow through the low-lying land to pour their waters into the Bay of Bengal, and because of
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

The Polio Heroes

The world's progress in fighting polio might be one of the best-kept secrets in global health. Indeed, my heroes for 2015 are the men
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Message of Kaushik Basu for Bangladesh

Economics can turn into an inspirational story if the economist deals the subject with passion and insight. That is what Professor
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Stop the senseless cruelty against children

It pains the hearts of many, no doubt, to read an editorial headlined “Another Minor Tortured”, as was published in The Daily Star on November 13 this year.
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM

A new century for the Middle East

The United States, the European Union, and West-led institutions such as the World Bank repeatedly ask why the Middle East can't
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM

The Nobel Prize that got away

On Saturday, December 19, the Bangladesh Society of New Jersey (BSNJ) celebrated Bangladesh's Victory Day at Rutgers University's
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM

WTO's Nairobi Package for LDCs

The outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation has received mixed reactions. From very depressing
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Tea Workers' 'No' to Economic Zone on Paddy Land

It was a very tense morning for Udoy Modi, a tea worker of Chandpore Tea Estate on December 15. In his sixties, Udoy wrapped his
19 December 2015, 18:00 PM

A cloudburst out of thin air

DELHI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's outburst against the Union government after the CBI raided the offices of a member of his
19 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Unaccountable China

SINCE late 2013, China has been engaged in the frenzied creation of artificial islands and the militarisation of the South China Sea. This
19 December 2015, 18:00 PM

A harsh reality for Muslim-Americans

When I first heard about the San Bernardino, California shootings that happened on December 2, I hoped that the gunmen didn't turn
18 December 2015, 18:00 PM

COP21: What's next for Bangladesh?

As global leaders reached an agreement at the conclusion of COP21, international cooperation for addressing climate change has
18 December 2015, 18:00 PM