At the same time, a large number of farmers are overusing pesticides and chemical fertilisers, creating environmental and health hazards.

So where is the flaw? When the crème de la crème from all the three services are supposed to be selected for employment in the special force, how is it that we find many of them indulging in behaviour unbecoming of their calling?

Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed countries have agreed to provide developing countries with USD 100 billion per year, starting from 2020 onwards, to help tackle climate change through both mitigation and adaptation.

The Rohingyas are a people struck by tragedy. Persecuted in their home country, Myanmar, over 65,000 of them have fled to Bangladesh between October 9, 2016, and January 5, 2017, according to a report from the United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs.

The long awaited solution to the Palestinian conflict appears to have been abandoned by Israel. With the collapse of US-sponsored negotiations in April 2014, there has been no direct contact between the Palestinians and Israelis.

Police Week 2017 commences from today. It is time to once again dwell on the imperative of police professionalism because to ensure good governance, maintenance of public order and peace are preconditions. In doing so, the rule of law is facilitated that characterises a democratic society.

The banking sector in Bangladesh has been plagued with a number of disappointing trends for some time.

All good things must come to an end, but some things leave us with a lingering “feelgood” emotion. Such was the Presidency of Barack Obama.

Over every summer, I leave the US to visit my village in Nalitabari where I look after construction work and run an online class for the students of mainly upstate New York.

The issue of reassessing RAB's operation was dwelt on in these very columns when the gruesome murders came to light in April 2014.

A democratic polity venturing to maintain order by repression and criminality is actually creating ultimate disorder because in so doing it creates a link between social order and atrocities.

Three hundred and sixty nine billion people, who constitute the poorest 50 percent own USD 426 billion.

As the outrage over a ragging incident at Jahangirnagar University died out, news about gangs of Uttara took its place, complete with a picture of a young man gone too soon.

As we approach January 20, 2017, all eyes are fixed on the inauguration of one of the most talked about President-elects of America – Donald Trump. What is appalling is that the shadow of Russia looms large over Trump's presidency.

Export performance of Bangladesh in the recent past has been somewhat gloomy. During July-December 2016, Bangladesh's exports grew by only 4.4 percent which was targeted to achieve a growth of 8 percent.

In 1900, Argentina looked like a promising country with respectable growth. It was queueing to be an industrialised country like many other western European nations.

Following an investigation launched in October 2015 by the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, on January 5, 2017, India imposed substantial 'anti-dumping duty' on imports of jute and jute goods from Bangladesh.

The issue of loss and damage from climate change has been a very politically contentious issue in the international negotiations under

Every society has its articles of faith. The strength of a society depends on the extent to which its articles of faith match the realities

The two major parties celebrated January 5 this year in different ways, as they have been doing since 2014. But to start with, the BNP's