February 16, 2016
Would someone stop the madness of these sycophants, please?
There are many in our land, living either at home or abroad, who possess the unflinching dedication to the values of our Liberation War...
February 9, 2016
Let the truth speak for itself
It came to my knowledge through social media that The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam in a TV interview has admitted to his “biggest
February 2, 2016
Development and Democracy: Time to look to the East
It was December 6, 1971 in the White House situation room when the joint forces of Bangladesh and India were quickly marching towards Dhaka.
December 25, 2015
ENOUGH WITH THE DENIAL
The BNP chief, in her first public address in more than a year on Monday said, “There is still a controversy about the exact number of
December 16, 2015
THE UN'S SILENCE
Despite history's numerous precedents, the word “genocide” did not exist until legal scholar Raphael Lemkin, a
November 22, 2015
War crimes trials: The lobbyists are at work again
The much-awaited verdict on the review petition against convicted war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed (incidentally, my
October 31, 2015
War Crimes Trials And now the Amnesty International
And now the Amnesty International (AI), the watchdog body for world-wide human rights has come up with a statement on its website under the title Bangladesh...
October 23, 2015
Canadian election and Trudeau's victory speech
The general election that took place on October 19 ushers in a new era for Canada, as Justin Trudeau, the son a former Prime Minister and Canadian ...
September 1, 2015
Should our professors 'hang' themselves?
As I write this piece, a picture of a stunned Professor Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, drenched in rain, after an assault on a teachers' demo at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on August 30 has gone viral, thanks to social networking sites and the media.
August 15, 2015
THE SHEPHERD KING OF HISTORY
The tragic hero, Aristotle wrote, suffers a change in fortune because of a mistaken act to which is led by his “error in judgement” or his “tragic flaw”.