।। Md. Farooque Hossain ।। In Bangladesh, the quest for robust and high-speed internet connectivity remains an on-going pursuit. Amid the limitations of the current run-of-the-mill internet... Read more
Russian warships in Chattogram port: Bangladesh become a prime battleground for great power competition ।। Michael Kugelman ।। Last month, three Russian warships docked at Chattogram port fo... Read more
II Ali Riaz II While in constitutional and legal terms the formality arranged for 7 January 2024 may be described as an ‘election’, if the ongoing events are taken into consideration, it wou... Read more
।। Sumbul Rizvi ।। As the concrete road leads to a brick-laden one, and the surrounding changes from old trees and crop fields to barbed wire fences and shelters of bamboo and tarpaulin; the... Read more
।। Shamsad Mortuza ।। Numbers are magical; they can evoke both shock and awe. Much like illusionists who mesmerise audiences by making objects vanish and reappear, those dealing with numbers... Read more
।। Obaidul Hamid।। THE origin of the Palestine-Israel conflict is nothing short of an armed robbery of an unusual kind and at unimaginable scale. This is how I make sense of it: ‘You have li... Read more
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
