An album on the poet of politics
My first impression of Bangabandhu dates back to around the mid-sixties. A helicopter service had been in operation between Dhaka
5y ago
An avoidable mayhem
Last Tuesday, from the northerly Himalayas, a blustery wind cascaded down to Haripur area of Thakurgaon leaving a patch of ruins in
5y ago
Uprooting corruption: We can do better
The seasonal discussion on corruption is back in full swing following the release of Berlin-based Transparency International's global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), 2018.
5y ago
Which way is pluralistic democracy headed?
We have known democratic pluralism, pluralistic democracy and multi-party system to be synonymous terminologies. But is it as simplistic as that? Conceptually and ideally, it is; but in practice and real-world situations, it may not be so!
5y ago
Change of style or substance?
With at least 27 new faces and only a few septuagenarians around, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was greeted on her re-election to a record fourth term at Gono Bhaban on Tuesday.
5y ago
Sheikh Hasina's fourth term
It is the huge gaps in the numbers of votes polled by the winners and the losers in the 11th national election that apparently unveiled a “controlled and patterned” nature of the process of polls.
5y ago
Wintry mist from a non-level playing field!
If almost every past election in Bangladesh had been a test case for democracy, the one the nation is going to in two days' time is a veritable litmus test for the country's democratic future.
5y ago
Nomination cauldron bubbling away, electioneering heat awaited
It was for the BNP leaders “a strategy” of filing multiple sets of nomination papers to cover the contingency of rejections. This came in the way of 141 party nominees out of 696 who had applied to the EC for a go-ahead.
5y ago
November 4, 2016
Bangladesh stamps its rise on world cricket
England is a known power in the cricketing world. Bangladesh, for the most part of its 16 years since attaining Test status, has struggled to keep its nose above water, sometimes to the condescending stare of cricket gurus.
October 28, 2016
Is there a method in his madness?
Donald Trump may not win the US presidency but he has assured his place in history as an absurd choice for the GOP which literally means the God's Own Party.
October 21, 2016
The final debate: Highly contentious but decisive
It may have proved to be the make-or-mar debate in the US presidential election held at the university of Nevada ,Las Vegas on
October 15, 2016
Pickings on road to cricketing powerhouse
After six consecut ive series wins against world class cricketing sides and 11months of hibernation, the stage was set for three ODIs against an improving Afghan side, an associate member of the ICC. The latter played reasonably well against us but we did outclass them in the last match of the series.
October 7, 2016
Running mates set higher stakes for presidential debates
The appearance of swallows at the beginning of summer has helped craft a wonderful English idiom: “One swallow doesn't make a summer.” All it warns against is forming 'a general opinion or judgment on the basis of a single event, remark, etc.'
September 30, 2016
Uneven contest, not a classy debate
Let's begin at the beginning: Lester Holt, thought to be a Republican by political belief (so what!) was appointed Moderator for Monday's
September 23, 2016
Hillary-Trump slanging matches from the ringside
Next Monday, we will see the first of the three debates that are billed to bring out the best in the two candidates' competency, knowledge, leadership qualities and abilities to defend their policy positions, plans and visions for their incumbency.
September 16, 2016
Our girls' feat in football and localised pinpricks
The all-win success story of our U-16 girls' football team at the group championship stage has been a head turner. But with their entry into the top eight league which pits them against teams like Japan and South Korea, their struggle has only begun. They have a long way to go.
September 9, 2016
A foul-mouthed president showers acid rain
We have heard of a political banter of Churchillian fierceness. Of Stanley Baldwin, a former British prime minister, Winston
September 2, 2016
Kerry's diplomacy carries the day
There have been high- profile and well-orchestrated series of visits made to the region and beyond by top US dignitaries of late. Even as US Secretary of State John Kerry was in the midst of a whirlwind tour of Bangladesh, President Obama embarked on his valedictory odyssey across the Asia-Pacific region. Optimistically, if a little nostalgically, this may seem to rhyme with his geo-political pivot to Asia.
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