CHILDREN are legally entitled to work in Bangladesh starting at age 14 but without a formalised savings mechanism, they are not able

Today we mourn the loss of some of the brightest minds of our country. We mourn their cruel murder in the hands of a regime that

On December 2, 14 people were massacred in San Bernardino,

Acouple of days back, I was driving down a relatively quiet country road when a speeding car hit me from behind. I

ONE day, the town's new conqueror asked Nasiruddin Hodja, “If I were a slave, how much would I cost?” “Five hundred tomans,” Hodja responded.

The bizarre is not as distant from our political discourse as we might wish it to be. There are times, however, when a

DONALD Trump, one of the several Republican party candidates vying for the next US presidency, is in trouble.

Bangladesh has witnessed significant gains in the primary health care sector under the stewardship of the government...

DR Chowdhury Sajjad Karim, popularly known as Dr CS Karim, passed away on November 19, 2015 at 67 years. Karim will remain forever in the hearts of his colleagues, friends and relatives; his wisdom will surely be missed.

ALBERT Einstein announced his greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, in Berlin a century ago, on November 25, 1915.

TODAY the country is celebrating two historic events in one – Fall of Autocracy and Revival of Democracy. It was fall of autocracy alright but whether democracy has been resurrected in its true and pristine from is a matter for the people to tell.

WHAT can banks do with their rising volume of surplus liquidity? As Advanced-Deposit ratio has been declining, banks rushed towards

In the midst of my sorrow for the recent loss of my mother (on November 9, 2015), I sometimes find myself smiling. Memories dance

The “Mectizan (ivermectin) Donation Programme” to date has treated over one billion people, with 80 million still undergoing treatment in Africa, Latin America and Yemen.

Remember Churchill's description of China? He said that China is 'a riddle wrapped in an enigma'. What an apt characterisation which

Bangladesh is in the frontlines of mounting costs of climate change. With the United Nations Summit on Climate Change scheduled to

It is hard to believe that a year has gone by since Zaglul bhai passed away. A distinguished journalist and columnist, Zaglul Ahmed

While paying lip-service to a two-state solution—agreed upon in principle by the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority in

It’s been a week since the government has blocked public access to several social media and Internet applications...

Technology and social media have become inseparable from our daily life. But is it so bad when the most widely used social media site is banned by the Bangladesh government? Shanjida Sharmin writes about a day without facebook in her city life. "So now I felt different; I discovered that there are some green chilies hanging from a small plant in my balcony. And also some small, thin white chili flowers."