Bloodshed in Brussels and Angst of Muslims of the West
Terrorists struck again within six months of the carnage in Paris, this time in Brussels, the city that serves as headquarters of both NATO and European Union. Brussels is not unknown to terrorism; the city saw acts of terror no less than six times in the past few years, but none with the ferocity and violence
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Who guards the guardhouse?
In a surreal digital theft that befits a high octane movie thriller, we were recently informed of the daring heist at
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Donald Trump- using democracy to an autocratic future?
The avalanche of Donald Trump's presidential campaign success reached new levels this Tuesday...
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Nepal's plight: Land locked or India-locked?
After months of a chill in Indo-Nepal relationship, there is new sign of things warming up and India's loosening of the vise on Nepal. The Prime Minister of Nepal signed several treaties with India in his latest visit to Delhi early February, but only after his country had agreed to amend the recently adopted Nepalese Constitution that apparently had caused the Indian resentment, and put Nepal in the wrong end of the stick.
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Law enforcement and accountability
In the last one year, the news that mostly occupied headlines in the US concerned police excesses.
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A runaway bureaucracy
In 1972, shortly after liberation, I used to work in the Prime Minister's secretariat in a small cubbyhole of a room that was hardly big enough for one desk and two chairs.
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From a winter of discontent to a spring of hope
A year ago from today not even a savvy soothsayer would have dared to predict the change in our political climate that we are witnessing now.
8y ago
Of turmoil and complacency
THE year 2015 began with a perilous journey of confrontation between the main opposition and the government. On the anniversary of the 2014...
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December 16, 2015
Looking back into the mirror
In the apocalyptic days of early December of 1971, when Dhaka was a beleaguered city, there were very few shops
December 12, 2015
Donald Trump's America
Donald Trump, the blustering billionaire who made a name for himself by proclaiming President Obama as a foreign born citizen...
December 2, 2015
Collaterals of Terrorism
The suspicion and hatred that Muslims face today cannot simply be removed by condemnation of the terror acts and dissociation from these acts by calling them un-Islamic.
November 17, 2015
CARNAGE IN PARIS: What will follow?
Once again we are face to face with another bloodbath -- senseless and brutal killing of innocent people in Paris by a robotic gang that is recruited ...
November 13, 2015
Long road to democracy
Suu Kyi has reportedly said that she would control the future government even though she cannot be President, but she did not elaborate how she would square that circle.
November 4, 2015
Hiding head in the sands - Our inept pursuit of the killing hands
In our 45 years of history, we have never been able to establish a clear platform of governance structure that upholds rule of law, transparency in governance, or equality.
October 27, 2015
Assurances of safety and security
Our assurances will continue to sound empty unless the killers of the four bloggers and the two innocent foreign citizens are apprehended and demonstrably punished.
October 15, 2015
WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE
The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.
October 6, 2015
Russia joins the fray
At last Russia has decided that it will not be in the sidelines any more. After much speculation among western powers about its role in the four-year long Syrian war, Russia has come out full force to defend its long time regional ally, President Assad.
September 29, 2015
An accident or a man-made disaster?
Experts on crowd control explain that such stampedes occur when massive crowds of people, in a tightly packed space, attempt to press forward when there is no way to divert or turn back. Saudi authorities have explained the stampede as a fault of the pilgrims not heeding instructions.
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