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
October 2, 2015
Italian citizen's murder, a rude awakening
The antennae of some Western diplomatic missions in Dhaka had received a signal that 'Western interests' might be targeted in a terrorist attack.
September 18, 2015
Is Bangladesh on the right track?
A quest for inclusive democracy, once timed-out, needs to be undertaken in good time.
September 11, 2015
New pay scales
When an author of Oscar Wilde's stature could say, "A cheque is the only argument I recognise," he merely switched from his loyalty to philosophy over to the practicality of being money-wise. What would other mortals then do except follow in his footsteps!
September 4, 2015
Mother earth, wailing humanity, sacrificial lambs
Slovakia, the tiny republic in the middle of Europe has imparted a lesson that the high and mighty in a disordered world would do well
August 28, 2015
Japanese therapy and British diplomatic savvy
Last week, a group of Japanese university students swept clean some busy dirt-filled street corners around Farmgate.
August 22, 2015
STORY INSIDE THE STORY
Sometimes, a most obvious question of history remains unasked and unanswered through a lack of pursuit of or targeted research into an overwhelming event.
August 14, 2015
US' 'No' to GSP: One-sided love affair!
Though US-Bangla interactions have evolved on a love-hate trajectory, an exception is made in relation to the GSP facility for Bangladesh. Dhaka's obsession with it has not been reciprocated by Washington.
August 7, 2015
Cruelty beyond measure and transferred trauma
The social compass misdirected as it is, clearly needs readjustment to meet the contemporary challenges in the mental world.
July 31, 2015
A ceasefire between the battling Begums!
Another twist in the tale is that where previously Sheikh Hasina wanted to draw Khaleda Zia into elections on her terms, now it is the latter who is trying to draw the Prime Minister into calling a snap election.
July 24, 2015
Petty causes, demonic crimes, a way out
The surge in sadistic crimes before and after the Eid has given us some bone-chilling realisations about where our society is headed.
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