Those claiming that Rampal will generate employment are not wrong. Not at all. But, we must ask: at what personal cost? Who will bear the cost of their health? Who will be held personally responsible?

There is little reason to think Trump's new staffing arrangement will yield a new, more coherent candidate. Throughout the campaign, he has vacillated wildly between poise and pugilism.

Stabbed by her alleged stalker at the entrance to her school, Suraiya Akter Risha, a student of Willes Little Flower School, Dhaka, succumbed to her injuries last Sunday.

As per the existing socio-cultural practices, a community like ours value CGPAs very highly. Students firmly believe that obtaining a high CGPA is the only gateway to secure a good job.

Although termed a 'fire accident', most fire incidents are far from being accidental. In fact, most fires are preventable.

Today's piece is not remotely connected with the name of the column. But I couldn't pass up the chance of putting to paper some random thoughts about the just concluded quadrennial sports extravaganza and the performance of the organisers and the sportsmen and women in Rio.

The World Bank (WB), at the end of April this year, had some very encouraging things to say about the Bangladesh economy.

In spite of a regular budgetary allocation, the reason as to why government after government has not shown any concern to reorganise the Zila Parishads into a properly functional local government institution, remains unclear.

A bill to criminalise 'defamation' was immediately proposed by President Yameen and his supporters. Upon hearing this, journalists campaigned against it, claiming that it was designed to kill press freedom and pointed out that it would also threaten online debates on political issues.

It's called a sprawl. We just happened to experience a mushroom growth. It happened to us when schools, garment factories, stores, boutiques, offices just stealthily popped up in our neighbourhood.

The information being gleaned from suspects and their laptops is that there is external finance being funnelled in through informal channels such as hundi. But the most worrying development is the discovery of bomb making material and knowhow amongst some of those arrested.

When the “Land of Smiles” was celebrating Queen Sirikit's 84th birthday on August 11, 2016, eleven bombs went off in five popular tourist towns in southern Thailand, killing four locals and injuring dozens, including foreign tourists.

Stable Thai-Myanmar relations would increase their overall strategic value for China, both within the shifting geopolitics of Southeast Asia as well as in the Asean context. Tension in the South China Sea will continue but without the outrageous claims as before among the conflicting parties.

Those who have done well in the higher secondary exam results on Thursday (August 18, 2016) have earned the right to show their exuberance as depicted in the media.

There was nothing distinctive about Maulana Alauddin Akonji and his associate Tara Uddin, except their Islamic garb and flowing beard.

As we celebrate our achievements in reducing death of mothers, newborns and children, and we do have a lot to celebrate, we must also take action to ensure that the benefits of our advancements reach everyone, and no mother or child is left behind.

For many years, it was assumed that the main causes of radicalisation were political marginalisation, economic disadvantage or religious indoctrination. However, these theories have proved untrue. Rather, radicalisation can be explained more as a sociological event that pushes individuals to search for an identity and attachment to a particular group.

Shock and awe just about sums up the stunning achievement of young Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling at the Rio Olympics.

Science was born out of the human necessity to investigate nature, but now it's also growing on the necessity to investigate human nature.

I hope Donald Trump doesn't get wind of this border. If so, he will surely be itching to build a wall and halt, once and for all, humans crossing it in both directions. But has he accounted for quadrupeds?