You don’t have to be a Muslim to feel for the Palestinians
It is heartening to note that many large demonstrations held in Western capitals and major cities were participated in by people of all religions.
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The long road since 48 hours
After the investigating officer being changed six times, the case has, in all probability, stalled.
1y ago
Who killed democracy in Bangladesh?
The recent by-polls represent the state of democracy in our country fairly accurately.
1y ago
A ‘tonic’ for our security forces?
It is unfortunate that security agencies have been used in a manner that has generated more fear in people’s mind than confidence and faith in them.
1y ago
Please spare us your ‘khela’
We do not know what exactly the Awami League general secretary means when he warns the BNP and advises his cadres to gird for khela on December 10.
1y ago
Next Election: A Replay of Old Politics?
It is apparent, from what has transpired in the last fortnight, that any attempt to exercise political rights, and to seek space, will be curbed by force.
1y ago
What have we done with our strategic assets?
Strategic assets are those that demand attention from the highest levels of the state.
1y ago
Democracy means more than the ability to vote
Unfortunately, winning an election has become the synonym for achieving power.
1y ago
January 7, 2021
Bangladesh-India border relations fifty years on
Two important Bangladesh-India meetings at the national level took place in the last month of 2020.
December 29, 2020
The Hasina–Modi December summit
We are on the cusp of our 50th anniversary. Come March 26, 2021, it will be 50 years since Bangladesh had declared its Independence.
December 22, 2020
A sad day for RAOWA
The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) vide their letter of December 14, 2020, “temporarily dismissed” the Executive Committee (EC) of the Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Welfare Association (RAOWA) and replaced it with a five member committee consisting of two serving army officers—a Brigadier and Major respectively, a retired member of RAOWA of the rank of Major, and two civil cadre officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary.
December 10, 2020
Why can’t Iran have its own Samson Option?
It is now officially known that Israel carried out the targeted killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
November 23, 2020
A tale of two elections
Gokahle’s tribute, “What Bengal thinks today, India will think tomorrow”, reflected the leading role that Bengal was taking in the anti-British movement.
November 11, 2020
Yasser Arafat: Modern era’s Saladin
The west saw him as a terrorist; to the rest of the world he was an intrepid warrior trying relentlessly to right the wrong his nation was done in 1948.
November 9, 2020
Can Biden restore America’s lost soul?
The 2020 US Presidential election has been perhaps the most closely contested election that came down to the wire.
November 1, 2020
BECA, the Indo-Pacific bandwagon and Bangladesh
Lenin once said that “there are decades where nothing happens and weeks where decades happen.
September 19, 2020
Caught between the humble onion and regal Hilsa
I’m told that there is only one vegetable that can make people cry. And this tubular vegetable is making almost an entire nation cry, except those unscrupulous traders who shut the doors of their godowns as soon as India announced a moratorium on the export of onions.
September 15, 2020
What is the health of our Republic?
It is just as well that we are kept reminding by the UN on this very day since 2007 of the values of democracy and its importance in our life through the observance of the International Day of Democracy.
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