Jessica Cheam Here’s a look at the Budget measures of Asia’s top two cities from the sustainability perspective. This week, Asia’s top two cities Singapore and Hong Kong unveiled Budgets whose measures signal a growing recognition by their governments on…
Anita McKone If you have ever asked ‘Why?… How could they do this?’ in response to the latest report of terrorism, then Confessions of a Terrorist http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Terrorist-Novel-Richard-Jackson/dp/1783600020 is the novel for you. But only if you genuinely want to find…
Danielle Nierenberg Food Tank highlights stories of hope, innovation, and success in creating a better food system. From women’s land access in Chad and urban green spaces in Australia to chefs in the United Kingdom and the United States implementing…
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma If you need to spot a diabetic friend on the sprawling lawns at a marriage reception, all you need to do is to stretch your sight to the section serving ‘desserts’. Ten out of ten chances are…
Professor M Zahidul Haque If God allows me to fly Beyond the territory of living world I’d take my journey to heaven To bring you back dear brother On this earth once again! It seems as if you are still…
Danielle Nierenberg This Valentine’s Day, before planning your romantic dinner or buying roses and chocolate, think about how your choices will affect the hands that feed you. According to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, the average consumer spends around…
Robert J. Burrowes The usual definition of a ‘terrorist’ is simple: a person who uses violence in the pursuit of a political objective. By this definition, the two major categories of terrorist are those political leaders who perpetrate state terror…
Mohammad Zainal Abedin, writes from New York Though democracy in 1971 was the immediate spirit and reason of Bangladesh’s liberation war, it is now imprisoned in the country. As soon as Radio Pakistan in its 2-PM news bulletin broadcast on…
Danielle Nuremberg It’s time for a revolution in the food system—both young and new farmers need more support to nourish future generations. Farmers, businesses, policymakers, and educators need to promote agriculture as an intellectually stimulating and economically sustainable career, and…
By Nava Thakuria With persistent militant threats in mind, but patriotic fervor in heart, the people of northeast Indian staes once again rose to the occasion to observe the Republic Day that commemorates the adoption of Indian Constitution on 26…
Robert J. Burrowes Why do human beings fear love? That is, why do we fear loving ourselves and others, and why do we fear being fully loved ourselves? If someone does not receive what they need emotionally as a child,…
-By Raquib Siddiqi Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB)—the national tourism organisation devoid of any authority and effectiveness. Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Biman), the national flag carrier and other domestic private carriers are not in good health for various reasons. The hospitality industry…
Mohammad Zainal Abedin, writes from NY The ongoing happenings in Bangladesh worry the peace-loving people around the world. None gets logic why a controversially elected government that claims to believe in democracy could be so cruel and remain in power…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder All in Bangladesh have remained in a state of despair with the warring sides the AL-led alliance in the government and the Bnp-led alliance waging movement in the form of blockade not buzzing an inch from their…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The outgoing Chief Justice of Bangladesh Mr. Justice Muzammel Hossain has on the last day of his office on Thursday underscored the need for balance of power between the executive, the legislature and the judiciary for a…
Each story begins as a perfect example of ‘romantic love’ between a man and a woman, transcending into ‘intense passion’ before culminating into ‘spiritual ecstasy’. As much a part of folk literature as of contemporary rendering, the love stories from…
Prof. M Zahidul Haque Agricultural extension is a discipline of providing need and demand-based knowledge to farming communities in a systematic, participatory manner, to increase their production, income, and improving the quality of life. Extension is essentially an education system…
Robert J. Burrowes Unfortunately, in many circles, anger has a bad reputation. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that we are scared when people are angry at us, so we try to scare people, especially children, out…
Sudhirendar Sharma Let us start 2015 with a question about ‘question’, and an assurance that it will fit into the flavor of this page. Haven’t we been digging ‘questions’ where there have been ‘none’ from rather mundane happenings in life…
Chandra Muzaffar It is not surprising that Muslim governments, organizations and individuals right across the globe have condemned the heinous murder of 12 persons – 10 journalists and two police – at the headquarters of the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo,…
By Kartikeya V. Sarabhai Ahmedabad, India, Dec 2014 (IPS) – Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) brings together concerns about the environment, economic development and social aspects. Since 1972, when the first U.N. Conference on the Human Environment was held in…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder There had been a new dimension in the movement of the opposition and the government’s technique of tackling the same. While the programme for the ‘democracy killing day’ of the Bnp-led 20-party alliance had began with the…
Chandra Muzaffar For the first time in its history, China commemorated the Nanjing genocide on the 13th of December as a National Memorial Day. The mass killings and systematic rapes perpetrated by some Japanese soldiers against civilians and disarmed combatants…
Masum Billah We have witnessed the results of tiny tots for the fifth time since it was introduced in 2010. It was introduced with a very good intention undoubtedly but the repeated question leakage issue and turning the whole teaching…
Nava Thakuria The year 2014 passed away with a major change of perception among the people of northeast India. The residents of the trouble-torn region unanimously urged for peace and development from the authorities concerned. They have also extended whole…
Danielle Nierenberg and Sarah Small From the Saami in Europe, to the Maori in New Zealand, indigenous communities are creating and maintaining rich biocultural landscapes. A biocultural landscape is a holistic system of culture and nature that has been shaped…
Robert J. Burrowes If you hadn’t previously heard the expression ‘near term human extinction’, you have now. And you will get used to hearing it soon unless you insulate yourself from reality with greater effectiveness than you are doing by…
In a free market economy the incentive to externalize costs is so huge that the seller and the buyer get into an unapologetic understanding to get away with it. Cheaper products are a marketing gimmick. Enticing nonetheless, deep discounts on…
-By Raquib Siddiqi For the first time in its history Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, has a modern and dependable fleet. But there is no proper manpower to operate it. Imbalance in the composition of existing fleet is also positing problem…
Sophie Chalk “The role of the media in tackling HIV related stigma is crucial. It is seen as one of the drivers of HIV reduction, yet the media is far from reaching its full potential….Many of our interviewees believe there…