।। Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan ndc, psc (Retd)।। Strategic assets are those that demand attention from the highest levels of the state, and are subject to interstate competition. For the lea... Read more
।। Maung Zarni ।। Last Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations that deals with legal disputes among member states, dealt a blow t... Read more
।। John Rozario ।। Newspapers and news portals have been the most conventional and popular medium of conveying local, regional, national and international news to the readers. Newspaper serv... Read more
।। Shah Sabbir Alom ।। In the last three decades, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has followed a trajectory that deviated itself from its stated goal of liberating Assam from the... Read more
।। Amborish Bordoloi ।। Cinema has come a long way since its first commercial screening in an underground basement in Paris in 1895. At that time the creators, the Lumiere brothers, were con... Read more
।। Anisul Hoque ।। The sufferings of the people in the flood-hit areas are not over. From Kurigram to Sunamganj, from the west to the east of Bangladesh’s northern regions, thousands of peop... Read more
।। Anisul Hoque ।। The way things stand in Bangladesh, you just have to be a Bangali! It won’t do if, instead of being born to a Bangali family, you are born in a family of Santal, Ora... Read more
।। Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman ।। It has been quite clear in various segments of society in Bangladesh that the solution to the Rohingya crisis is becoming a distant dream. The attitude of the... Read more
।। Kamal Ahmed ।। When Bangladesh needs to show that it has been listening to the concerns about respecting human rights and upholding the rule of law, it has done quite the opposite. The re... Read more
।। Md Touhid Hossain ।। A few days ago I joined a discussion on a television channel along with the state minister for planning. During the discussion he said that there was no unemployment... Read more
।। Mahfuz Anam ।। With the numerous laws that already exist to regulate—or better still, suppress—the media, and the diligence with which new ones are being prepared, one would think that of... Read more
।। Mahbubul Shourav ।। As a working professional, entrepreneur, social worker, and a former student of communications, practicing emotional intelligence and communicating effectively with mu... Read more
।। Siri Cindra ।। The international community, especially Bangladesh and most Western countries, have been struggling to handle, control and solve the Rohingya issue by spending massive huma... Read more
One of the major reasons behind our economy being pitched into threat is our distorted perception of ‘development’. Improving people’s living standards through education, health, environment... Read more
।। NH Sajjad ।। Is suicide a right way of protest? Can it ensure exemplary punishment for rapists? Can it protect the family honour from being tarnished? The answer must be ‘NO’. People who... Read more
।। Md Touhid Hossain ।। No one really believed the war would actually take place. Historically speaking, Russia and Ukraine are of the same kith and kin. They have strong language, religious... Read more
।। Parvez Uddin Chowdhury ।। Late December 2021, a-45-year-old Rohingya man and his wife came to our office in one of the camps at Teknaf. Devastated and crying, they told us that their 16-y... Read more
।। Guila Clara Kessous ।। ‘The crisis situation disproportionately affects women, girls and the most vulnerable and marginalized Rohingya refugee population groups by reinforcing, perpetuati... Read more
।। Shahdeen Malik ।। Those who are aware of the current events have already known that the search committee for the formation of the election commission has declared that they would not disc... Read more
।। Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan ।। According to recent news reports, Bangladesh’s per capita income has crossed 2,500 US dollars. Economist Zahid Hossain has questioned the veracity of t... Read more