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Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan ndc, psc (Retd)
The writer is Associate Editor, The Daily Star.
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When tamarind tastes sweet
Religion-based parties have a canny method of making political space for themselves and becoming a part of the mainstream political system eventually. -
Free the transport sector from the vices of the most powerful syndicate
Our trans-port sector can never become what it really is supposed to be—an important people-friendly service provider. That is unless the sector is freed of the political grip influencing, running and shielding it. And that, perhaps, is a tall order. -
It is better to talk to each other than at each other
Nelson Mandela had once said that dialogue is the most powerful weapon at one's disposal. Yet it is surprising to see how often we have abjured the path of discourse and allowed short-sightedness to influence our decisions. -
The EC should be beholden to the people only
Clearly, there is an absence of sync in the EC, and a palatable lack of internal organisation. Firstly, it seemed unnecessarily evasive about the date of the election. -
One can't choose one's neighbours
“We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.”