You don’t have to be a Muslim to feel for the Palestinians
It is heartening to note that many large demonstrations held in Western capitals and major cities were participated in by people of all religions.
2m ago
The long road since 48 hours
After the investigating officer being changed six times, the case has, in all probability, stalled.
1y ago
Who killed democracy in Bangladesh?
The recent by-polls represent the state of democracy in our country fairly accurately.
1y ago
A ‘tonic’ for our security forces?
It is unfortunate that security agencies have been used in a manner that has generated more fear in people’s mind than confidence and faith in them.
1y ago
Please spare us your ‘khela’
We do not know what exactly the Awami League general secretary means when he warns the BNP and advises his cadres to gird for khela on December 10.
1y ago
Next Election: A Replay of Old Politics?
It is apparent, from what has transpired in the last fortnight, that any attempt to exercise political rights, and to seek space, will be curbed by force.
1y ago
What have we done with our strategic assets?
Strategic assets are those that demand attention from the highest levels of the state.
1y ago
Democracy means more than the ability to vote
Unfortunately, winning an election has become the synonym for achieving power.
1y ago
September 9, 2020
How goes the Sinha killing inquiry?
One would like to know more than what one has come by so far about the killing of Major Sinha. There were two ongoing investigations of the murder—a rare thing—and the report from one, instituted by the home ministry, has been submitted. Usually, one would hear very little of a criminal investigation till the framing of charges.
August 29, 2020
The ‘legacy’ of crossfire
Bangladesh has inherited many legacies by virtue of its long history as a constituent of a larger geographical entity, of which it was a part till not very long ago.
August 16, 2020
Who will guard the guards?
There is a common refrain amongst the public circle whether things would have moved with the speed that it has in the case of Major Sinha, were it not for the fact that he was a military officer.
August 8, 2020
The “Frankenstein” and the new world order
It is not often that one hears the putative lone superpower ruefully ventilating its frustrations in public.
August 6, 2020
I weep for Sinha
Perhaps this was one murder too many by the police. Sinha’s is yet another name added to the long list of victims of the law enforcing agencies, killed in gross violation of all norms of law.
July 26, 2020
There is indeed something ‘rotten in the state of Denmark’
We knew that our system was plagued with moral and systemic corruption, but we couldn’t imagine that it was this bad, and were it not for Covid-19, much of the muck that has surfaced in the last four months might have remained under the surface.
July 16, 2020
Most people like Regent’s chairman are always safe
“Don’t worry, I’m safe where I am now!” The scamster had thus assured his wife after multiple fraudulent acts committed by him were exposed by the media, and he found himself a wanted man under the law—the law that he has been violating with reckless abandon as a pretender claiming an ambidextrous competence.
July 10, 2020
The “Living Eagle” who beat the heavy odds!
He departed rather unsung, his glorious past recalled in this country by only a few of his friends and admirers, limited to Facebook posts mainly.
July 6, 2020
Politics, geopolitics and the economics of the pandemic and human security
No pandemic has had such severe global impact, both in terms of its global reach and the related consequences, as has Covid-19. Records show that major pandemics have occurred at a hundred year interval, if we consider the last half the millennium, e.g., the cholera epidemic which originated in India and spread up to China by 1920, lasted seven years.
June 12, 2020
The Upside of a Crisis
“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters: one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.”
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