August 16, 2016
Reviving the Age of Wisdom
The obsession with a section of youths of the country about “dying” for Islam gives rise to the paradoxical question: How can one
June 25, 2016
Beginning of the end of ISIS?
It appears that ISIS is in big trouble in some of the major towns of Syria, where Iraqi and Syrian regular forces and Peshmerga
April 14, 2016
Cultural construct of Pahela Baishakh
The cultural construct has evolved slowly over the decades, to display loudly the rich cultural heritage of Bengal before the world. Interestingly, the Pahela Baishakh festival is the only of its...
February 2, 2016
Reduce cost of doing business for faster growth
Bangladesh is proving to be unstoppable in achieving success in almost all the sectors of development at the moment. Even the harshest of its critics are taking a back seat now to watch in awe the...
December 16, 2015
On a foggy Narsingdi road
NARSINGDI had its share of battles during the long nine months of the Liberation War. Many fighters of the Mukti Bahini were lodged in the deep forests and villages on the two sides of the 30 km...
November 25, 2015
PARIS ATTACKS: Massive intelligence and security failure?
What if about a hundred of them came with a similar mission? If we analyse the nature of the attacks and their near-perfect execution, we are inclined to believe that the level of preparedness of...
September 6, 2015
CHINA: A worthy trade partner
The recent visit of Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng to Dhaka no doubt reinvigorated the existing bilateral relations, laying
August 21, 2015
AKIHITO EXPRESSES REMORSE: WHY DOESN'T PAKISTAN?
Pakistan had to pay the price for its misdemeanour and misadventure in Bangladesh. It learnt the hard way that guns cannot always solve all problems in this world.
August 4, 2015
Japan picks up sword again after 70 years!
Politics in the Far East region is getting interesting by the day with ample hints that it would get complicated soon with some new developments in the region.
August 2, 2015
Improving health indicators of Bangladesh
Recently Bangladesh has been invited to join the Advisory Board of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva which has an advisory committee consisting of