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Vitamin C a staple of ancient beauty

By: Dr Tauhida Rahman Ereen

It is not surprising that centuries ago Native Americans used to apply vitamin c rich paste out of t

Can I survive my midlife crisis?

Faced with the challenges of middle age, many people crash and burn. But is there another way?

As a well-adjusted middle-aged man, I like to define myself by the things I don't have. I don

Help! My partner's having a midlife crisis

With the right approach, you can turn a crisis into a golden opportunity, says therapist Andrew G Marshall

What not to do… 1 Ignore it Every relationship goes

Do driverless cars dream of electric sheep?

By Simon Chesterman

Autonomous vehicles offer the prospect of safer and cheaper transportation

The fusion of civilisations

(From yesterday's issue) It is true that a certain number

India-Pakistan ties head for dangerous low over Kashmir

By Ravi Velloor

(From yesterday's issue) What of the Kashmiris caught in the

Rampal and recent UNESCO move

The advice of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Travails of a war-torn people

The Northern Provincial Council, which came to power three years ago, has been an abysmal failure. And Colombo has descended to business as usual, writes Ahilan Kadirgamar

On September 21, 2013, tens of thousands of Tamils living in Sri Lanka’s heavily-militarised North d

Education’s first goal: quality teachers

It is high time Thailand seriously studied successful models like those Singapore and Finland have embraced. These two countries already rank best in the world when it comes to education, writes Chularat Saengpassa

A major overhaul of Thailand’s education sector has been taking

People's money for people's services

City fathers want to boost revenue collection

News Report The two city mayors in Dhaka recently sought the support of the tax authority to collect more household taxes and revenue from some sources to provide better services to the city dwellers. The city fathers cited a law passed in 2009 that provides these local government authorities to collect revenue from 26 areas in the form of tax, sub-tax and toll. "A city corporation is not a business entity. It has to get money from some sources such as government, to provide better services to people," said Annisul Huq, mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. "There is a law that gives scope to collect revenue to provide services." The call was made at a meeting with top officials... read more>>

Pictorial

Tamim Iqbal hitting a ball for boundary in the first ODI match read more>>

Modi stresses peace in Kashmir

News Desk Likening the anger in the country over Uri read more>>

Race for White House

Hillary's slim margin with Trump varnishes

WASHINGTON, Sept 25: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are in a virtual read more>>

By: Dr Tauhida Rahman Ereen

Faced with the challenges of middle age, many people crash and burn. But is there another way?

With the right approach, you can turn a crisis into a golden opportunity, says therapist Andrew G Marshall

By Simon Chesterman

By Ravi Velloor

The Northern Provincial Council, which came to power three years ago, has been an abysmal failure. And Colombo has descended to business as usual, writes Ahilan Kadirgamar

It is high time Thailand seriously studied successful models like those Singapore and Finland have embraced. These two countries already rank best in the world when it comes to education, writes Chularat Saengpassa

City fathers want to boost revenue collection

Race for White House

Unesco concern over Rampal plant