A recent study conducted by the health ministry has found that Bangladesh’s out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure has been rising

The South Asian developing countries today face challenges of economic vulnerability due to the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and the rise of serious geopolitical rivalry posed by emerging military groupings and showdowns.

When Indian-born Muslim cricketer Nasser Hussain captained the England team, no one could have imagined that after nearly two decades, the game would be facing a storm of this magnitude and compel the wider society to confront one of the most sensitive issues: racism.

After India’s recent defeat by Pakistan at the T20 Cricket World Cup tournament, Indian bowler Mohammed Shami faced vicious trolling on social media.

On November 17, 2021, a resolution titled “The Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar” was adopted at the United Nations with unanimous support—a first for a Rohingya-related resolution since the crisis began in 2017.

The legal bindings stopping the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) from playing an effective role in preventing money laundering are counterproductive and should, therefore, be immediately removed.

Following the conclusion of the high-level 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the world is set to observe another international conference at the ministerial level.

It is good to see the government planning to merge the development and revenue budgets, amend income tax laws and establish a

Aside from the essentialist concepts of male and female, gender identities are most often socially constructed and driven by the ideology of a community.

Quickly enabling greater and more affordable production of and access to Covid-19 medical needs are urgently needed in the South.

One thing that our industry people appear to be the best at is explaining, often in great detail, the problems and challenges that we face.

Now that the Covid-19 situation has finally come under control in Bangladesh, it is careless of railway officials to plan trips to high-risk countries—that, too, at the public’s expense, and for reasons that the government’s own directives would not consider essential.

Life is extremely complicated and will only become more so.

Was COP26, held in Glasgow, a success or a failure? It appears everyone has a different opinion about what the two-week-long summit achieved.

We are shocked to learn about the alleged involvement of a public university professor in the question paper leaks of five state-owned banks’

Electoral politics in a democracy like India is all about taking the right decision at the right time and popular perception.

The month of September saw the opening of educational institutions in Bangladesh after an 18-month hiatus starting in March 2020.

The recent and continued reports of increasing violence in the Rohingya refugee camps are deeply concerning.

Survey after survey has shown that the government’s stimulus packages for micro and small businesses have failed to deliver their desired results. This is

It saddens and maddens me when I hear speakers making it a point to announce that they will be speaking in Bangla—to a Bangla-speaking audience. Think about it.