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
March 18, 2016
Gambling with the sweat of our workers' brow!
We are doing a postmortem on the sensational cyber crime that has depleted us of Tk 800 crore in foreign exchange from the reserve
March 11, 2016
A classy win at a height and more
The early success should act as tonic for the Bangladesh team which they need, especially in the nippy weather of Dharmashala to face Ireland, a good team, and Oman which has defeated the former in a two-run stunner.
March 4, 2016
Hail the Midas touch on national cricket!
Bangladesh's jinx over the highly popular T-20 format cricket has disappeared in a flash as if in a comic strip to put it picturesquely.
February 26, 2016
Indian victory largely scripted by luck
The backdrop was dramatic, full of expectancy for the growing numbers of cricket-lovers in the country – almost to a last man...
February 19, 2016
Truth making itself felt
The beehive mentality of surpassing each other in ingratiating themselves with the higher ups, if not checked, may hold the system to ransom.
February 12, 2016
Passports ranking, IS' mapping and us
The up-scaling of the passport is indicative of the country's potentiality as a vibrant investment destination. We must build up on the image, and not allow it to be chipped away by any indiscretion whatsoever...
February 5, 2016
From the crossroads to the highway
When I joined The Daily Star in mid-December 1993, a few months after the sudden and sad demise of the Founding Editor S. M. Ali, I was struck by the organisation's attention to detail and the starry-eyed philosophy behind it.
January 29, 2016
From the frying pan to the fire?
If the last two centuries were of inconclusive and asymmetrical globalisation, the present one deserves to be called the century of migration.
January 22, 2016
Ershad, still an unspent political force
Whatever may be his infamy, flippancy and punching above his weight in the eye of his critics, H. M. Ershad hardly seems ready for his swan song.
January 8, 2016
Sloshing oil, slapping bouts, our interests
While maxi-oil wars are playing out in the Middle East and North Africa we have our mini version of an oil battle to be won at home.
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