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
January 20, 2017
Good cricket is not enough, better cricket expected!
The second and final Test is on at Christchurch. The Tigers, hopefully, are going to make their last stand in the same venue they had
January 6, 2017
Team Bangladesh can still bounce back
Even after three straight ODI defeats against New Zealand, our world ranking on this format remains unchanged at 7th by virtue of the points we had accumulated during the last few years.
December 30, 2016
With confidence we move ahead
We see the back of 2016 and soak up the freshness of the dewy dawn of a new year. The year gone by, however, has left the world at a
December 23, 2016
What's next on the Rohingya issue?
It was called an Asean crisis meeting at a Yangon retreat on December 12. It might well have been termed a solidarity get-together to do some much-needed hand-holding to Aung San Suu Kyi facing criticism for the atrocities on Rohingyas in the northern Rakhine state.
December 16, 2016
Fake news epidemic: Inoculation possible
Hillary Clinton has issued a call to action against the “epidemic” of fake news in a rare public appearance since her unexpected loss to
December 9, 2016
The far-right's rising tide
The psychology of the “other” creates and nurtures distance, and consequently sustains mistrust. While technology has bridged physical distances, in filling the vast void in psychological spaces, communication is our best bet.
December 2, 2016
Wind of revisionism blowing in the UK and USA!
Two former British prime ministers, Tony Blair and John Major, have within 24 hours of each other questioned the Brexit process, stating “there's a perfectly credible case for a second referendum on leaving European Union”.
November 25, 2016
Leave the beach lovers in peace!
We boast the world's longest sea beach and its roaring waves casting a mesmerising spell on visitors to the majestic landscape.
November 18, 2016
Can the US president–elect stay the course?
What a silly question to ask, and may be unsettling too, for the world's greatest power! When Trump has been elected US president,
November 13, 2016
When the world turned upside down!
It looks like a case of the remedy being worse than the disease! If multiplied and extrapolated on future reckonings, we may be looking at a phenomenal disaster of the century in the making!
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