Shamsher M Chowdhury, BB

A victory for democracy that Bangladesh can learn from

Sri Lank's neighbours have to come to terms with the fact that AKD was the democratic choice of the mass people.

2m ago

US delegation visit: A new chapter in Bangladesh-US relations?

The symbolic value of the visit and its timing cannot be overemphasised, this being the first such visit since the change of guards in Dhaka on August 5.

2m ago

Reform the system, politics will fall in line

But let's remember, this victory is just the beginning—10 percent of the journey. The real challenge lies ahead. This is where we, Sri Lankans, faltered.

2m ago

Teesta is no longer a bilateral issue

Teesta has ceased to be just a river; it assumed a status of strategic importance

4m ago

Message from Donald Lu’s visit: Reset, rebuild, and strengthen

Although Donald Lu had visited Bangladesh more than once before the general election, this was his first visit after the polls.

6m ago

Student protests in the US: A déjà vu of 1968

The students’ protests have nothing to do with anti-Semitism, a narrative that successive Israeli governments and the powerful Jewish lobby in the US have cultivated with deadly effect.

6m ago

Israel’s sense of moral immunity needs breaking

How much of the global outrage for Gaza will impact Washington’s attitude and its policy of blind and unconditional support for Israel?

7m ago

Are ministers not complicit in time, cost overruns?

Why singularly blame bureaucrats and project directors for cost and time overruns?

7m ago
September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024

A victory for democracy that Bangladesh can learn from

Sri Lank's neighbours have to come to terms with the fact that AKD was the democratic choice of the mass people.

September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024

US delegation visit: A new chapter in Bangladesh-US relations?

The symbolic value of the visit and its timing cannot be overemphasised, this being the first such visit since the change of guards in Dhaka on August 5.

September 5, 2024
September 5, 2024

Reform the system, politics will fall in line

But let's remember, this victory is just the beginning—10 percent of the journey. The real challenge lies ahead. This is where we, Sri Lankans, faltered.

July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024

Teesta is no longer a bilateral issue

Teesta has ceased to be just a river; it assumed a status of strategic importance

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024

Message from Donald Lu’s visit: Reset, rebuild, and strengthen

Although Donald Lu had visited Bangladesh more than once before the general election, this was his first visit after the polls.

May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024

Student protests in the US: A déjà vu of 1968

The students’ protests have nothing to do with anti-Semitism, a narrative that successive Israeli governments and the powerful Jewish lobby in the US have cultivated with deadly effect.

April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024

Israel’s sense of moral immunity needs breaking

How much of the global outrage for Gaza will impact Washington’s attitude and its policy of blind and unconditional support for Israel?

April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024

Are ministers not complicit in time, cost overruns?

Why singularly blame bureaucrats and project directors for cost and time overruns?

July 7, 2023
July 7, 2023

Two storms and a nation’s birth

The Vortex is a collage of selfless acts to help victims of the Bhola cyclone and the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Let the world not forget Nakba

History would show the degree of betrayal by the key players involved with the Palestinian question