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
July 17, 2015
On to a stand apart Eid
Eid has always been a special occasion. But this time it stands apart from the Eids in recent years.
July 10, 2015
Mixed fruit salad sweet and sour
Lately, three exceptional pieces of news must have grabbed your attention, even sprung pleasant surprises at you, not without a 'toxic' bit lacing them.
July 3, 2015
No ill-will intended, just lighten up!
In a sharp contrast to the riled Indian media, the country's ad guru Prahlad Kakkar paid unqualified compliments to the Roshalo satire. Rating the graphics as 'creative' he had a good laugh over the funny streak. He asked, 'Wouldn't have the Indian readers enjoyed the caricature had it been used in case of Pakistan?”
June 26, 2015
Taking the rough with the smooth
One social message to draw from Mustafiz's rise is a tribute to an extraordinary talent bursting on to the scene entirely due to his merit and from humble origins.
June 19, 2015
We embrace what's best for Bangladesh
Take the name of New Delhi, Beijing comes along. If not in the same breath, by association of thoughts, for sure.
June 12, 2015
Hope it's not a post-dated cheque
Verbal webs continue to be spun by experts, academia, media and even man of the street around Modi's prolific trip to Dhaka.
May 29, 2015
Demographic dividends, Jinjira and vocational training
There is an African proverb: “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.” This sits in well with Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb pronouncing his life's lesson in his last days...
May 22, 2015
Playing with words or playing with fire?
With each get-away of the diabolical masterminds and perpetrators of the hackings, the vicious cycle of impunity gets an oxygen of support to spring more lethal surprises...
May 15, 2015
Free/r movement of human capital is a necessity
They are not thieves, robbers or pirates but desperate jobseekers ready to give service in exchange for something to live on.
May 8, 2015
Puppeteers go in different directions
Overwhelmed by the vociferous postmortem of the city corporation polls, two footfalls on the cityscape have gone unnoticed, unappreciated, as though coming and going on stealth.
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