।। 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

।। 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

।। 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