Perplexing choice about security

The postponement of the Australian national cricket team's tour to Bangladesh has dealt a blow to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Demystifying non-tariff barriers in South Asia

In the initial years of SAARC in the 1980s, the popular hypothesis for the reason behind limited intra-regional trade was the prevailing
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

QUESTION PAPER LEAK: IT'S TIME TO OVERHAUL THE SYSTEM

Uestion paper leak phenomena in Bangladesh are as old as the hills. We read or hear about such instances every single year. In light of
2 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Innovation in climate finance

The recent Champion of the Earth award conferred upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the United Nations Environment Programme
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Giving the noble profession its due

Possibly most people with some degree of familiarity with the state of education in primary schools in Bangladesh would acknowledge
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Nothing is impossible

Since the 14th century, the world has come to the Vatican, the walled, city-state within Rome, and never the other way around. That's
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Turning grey into gold

Just a few decades ago, the population of the Asia-Pacific region was dominated by the young. Now, as birth rates have dropped and
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

China's Belt and Road Initiative

The 'one-belt-one-road' (OBOR ) initiative is the most talked about agenda – which has captured the imagination of a great many
30 September 2015, 18:00 PM

DHAKA'S TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK

Two recent op-ed articles on the pages of The Daily Star caught my attention. The first one was written by architect and planner Adnan
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Migration augments development

Are poverty and persecution the only reasons why we have seen so many people desperately trying to leave the country on boats?
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Refugees need more than just emergency support

Like millions around the world, I have been moved by the recent public outcry and spontaneous acts of solidarity towards refugees in Europe. It has been riveting to watch, as well as greatly encouraging. As an Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, I have
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Passenger launch accidents: Time to wake up

Worldwide Ferry Safety Association (WFSA), a non-profit organisation dealing with the improvement of ferry safety globally...
21 September 2015, 18:00 PM

A different pivot to the East

China President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States next week will mark an important stage in Sino-US relations, the most critical of current geostrategic relationships.
21 September 2015, 10:52 AM

The next phase in the global battle

The recent award of Champion of the Earth conferred upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the United Nations Environment Programme
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM

UN-sustainable development goals

As the time frame for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) draws to an end in December 2015, the United Nations is about to
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Hype vs hope

NEW York is buzzing with hype and hope, as world leaders are about to gather here from September 25-27 to ratify another set of
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM

The Commitment To Bring peace to the world

The achievements of the UN's peacekeeping operations (UN PKO) should be credited to both the military forces and police service. UN
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM

How 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed's arrest backfired!

Up until September 14, fourteen year-old Ahmed Mohamed was an unknown teenager starting his freshman year at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas,
19 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Find pragmatic solutions

Public university teachers have recently generated some heat in an otherwise banal socio-political scene through their movement against the eighth national pay scale. What are their concerns? Do they want extra benefits?
19 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Is 70 too old for the UN?

As world leaders prepare to gather next week at the United Nations in New York to ratify the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and commemorate
19 September 2015, 18:00 PM