Shamsher M. Chowdhury, BB

The writer is a former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and Ambassador to the United States and a decorated freedom fighter.

Images that changed history

Their deaths in the hands of cold-blooded law enforcement personnel might not have been in vain

3m ago

Rohingya, Geopolitics and Myanmar: An Uncertain Future

Myanmar's geopolitical value is putting Bangladesh in a tight spot

2y ago

A centenary, a golden jubilee and a vision for South Asia

The presence of no less than five South Asian heads of states and governments in Dhaka to celebrate the twin events of the centenary of the birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh was the most visible manifestation of the global respect for this great man and the journey of the nation he founded.

3y ago

A slugfest in the name of a political debate

It is, in the end, for the American people to decide who should occupy the coveted Oval Office on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the nation’s capital for the next four years.

4y ago

Palestine and the Nakba

Nakba Day signifies the date of the beginning of the forced Palestinian mass exodus from their land in 1948 by Israel.

4y ago

An unworkable approach

In an op-ed published on January 30 in The Daily Star, former Associate Editor Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan (Retd) described Washington’s Middle East “Peace” Plan as a “recipe for further conflict”.

4y ago

A watershed moment for global politics

Since Egypt's President Anwar Sadat shook hands with declared enemy country Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin under the appreciating eyes of US President Jimmy Carter on the manicured lawns of Camp David more than four decades ago, no other handshake at that political level has drawn as much global attention as the one between North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in the serenity of Singapore's Sentosa Island this Tuesday.

6y ago

Faruq Ahmed Choudhury: A consummate diplomat

While engaging an adversary, Faruq Choudhury demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism and tact, his strongest tools being his ubiquitous charm and ready wit.

7y ago
August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

Images that changed history

Their deaths in the hands of cold-blooded law enforcement personnel might not have been in vain

November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022

Rohingya, Geopolitics and Myanmar: An Uncertain Future

Myanmar's geopolitical value is putting Bangladesh in a tight spot

March 29, 2021
March 29, 2021

A centenary, a golden jubilee and a vision for South Asia

The presence of no less than five South Asian heads of states and governments in Dhaka to celebrate the twin events of the centenary of the birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh was the most visible manifestation of the global respect for this great man and the journey of the nation he founded.

October 3, 2020
October 3, 2020

A slugfest in the name of a political debate

It is, in the end, for the American people to decide who should occupy the coveted Oval Office on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the nation’s capital for the next four years.

May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020

Palestine and the Nakba

Nakba Day signifies the date of the beginning of the forced Palestinian mass exodus from their land in 1948 by Israel.

February 17, 2020
February 17, 2020

An unworkable approach

In an op-ed published on January 30 in The Daily Star, former Associate Editor Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan (Retd) described Washington’s Middle East “Peace” Plan as a “recipe for further conflict”.

June 14, 2018
June 14, 2018

A watershed moment for global politics

Since Egypt's President Anwar Sadat shook hands with declared enemy country Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin under the appreciating eyes of US President Jimmy Carter on the manicured lawns of Camp David more than four decades ago, no other handshake at that political level has drawn as much global attention as the one between North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in the serenity of Singapore's Sentosa Island this Tuesday.

May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017

Faruq Ahmed Choudhury: A consummate diplomat

While engaging an adversary, Faruq Choudhury demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism and tact, his strongest tools being his ubiquitous charm and ready wit.

February 11, 2017
February 11, 2017

An oasis in a volatile region

The Arab Spring that started with the self immolation of fruit vendor Mohamad Bouazizi in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010 had all the markings of a people's revolution breaking out against long running autocratic governments, especially in North Africa and the Middle East.

December 15, 2016
December 15, 2016

Balancing strategic friendship

The two-day official visit of India's Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Bangladesh has drawn understandable attention in the media and of political analysts alike for more reasons than one.