People in Bangladesh are being deprived of their right to proper medical service and healthcare, which the constitution has guaranteed as a fundamental right ।। Jabed Iqbal ।। The Bangladesh... Read more
।। Md Touhid Hossain ।। Former US secretary of state and national security advisor Henry Kissinger had his 100th birthday in May this year. This made news in the media worldwide and many fel... Read more
।। Waliur Rahman ।। The people in Bangladesh have been grappling with soaring commodity prices since the very beginning of the fiscal year 2023-24, particularly with the retail price of gree... Read more
In April this year, South Africa’s BRICS ambassador Anil Sooklal told Bloomberg that a long list of nations were now looking to join the bloc. ।। Eresh Omar Jamal ।। According to an official... Read more
The more likely reason behind policymakers’ silence, however, is that they simply wish to brush it under the rug (their most favoured tactic when it comes to dealing with just about any issu... Read more
।। Rabiul Islam ।। The US recent announcement of its new visa policy has stirred the Bangladesh political arena. Politicians, civil society members, analysts, journalists and others have bee... Read more
।। Syed Faiz Ahmed ।। Mrinal Sen would be 100 had he lived today. The great auteur director, despite having experiences worth thousand years lived only 95. One would say he deserved to be a... Read more
Without press freedom, governments may censor or restrict information, preventing the public from receiving important information about their leaders and the policies they are enacting. ।। Z... Read more
How does soft power shape Bangladesh’s foreign policy in the fabric of current global politics? ।। Razia Sultana ।। On March 2, 2023, Brand Finance – the world’s most famous consultanc... Read more
।। Saleemul Huq ।। The year 2022 was indeed a critical year for tackling climate change at global, national, and local levels. Let me start at the personal level by acknowledging two major e... Read more
।। Anu Muhammad ।। The year 2022 brought with it some big challenges for the majority of people in Bangladesh. The cost of living increased, and prices of oil, gas and electricity went up. E... Read more
।। Eresh Omar Jamal ।। When the Awami League came to power in 2009, the amount of defaulted loans stood at Tk 22,481 crore. During its tenure in the government, that amount increased to a ma... Read more
।। Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan ।। Certain incidents in recent times, and of the past, have brought to mind that old proverb, ‘look before you leap’. The first event concerns the c... Read more
।। Shekhar R Biswas ।। A series of recent media reports – about the proposal to hand over chunks of a reserve forest to different non-forestry departments, the removal of old trees from seve... Read more
।। Badiul Alam Majumdar ।। A couple of weeks ago, our prime minister talked about protecting Bangladesh from a possible famine in the coming days. More recently, her power and mineral resour... Read more
।। Eresh Omar Jamal ।। On October 5, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other oil-producing countries, including Russia, agreed to cut their oil production by t... Read more
।। Aasha Mehreen Amin ।। A few days ago, I woke up to a disturbing message from a friend who had migrated to the US, “You should really work on getting a second passport for all three... Read more
।। Mohammad Shamsudduha ।। The year-round availability of groundwater resources has played a vital role over the past few decades in providing water for drinking and irrigation in Bangladesh... Read more
।। Saleemul Huq ।। Over the last 50 years, Bangladesh has been recognised in South Asia as well as around the world as a laboratory for development success in alleviating poverty, girls... Read more
।। Sohrab Hassan ।। According to a report appearing in the Daily Star on 11 August, Bangladesh Bank is relaxing the foreign exchange regulations in order to increase the flow of foreign curr... Read more
