New Year Special 2016

New Year Special 2016

[Watch] Top 10 Bangla songs of 2016

Watch the top ten Bangla songs on YouTube coming out of the Bangla music industry this passing year; all in one place!

Editor's Note / A Year of Shocks and Expectations

Last year has been one of continuous shocks as well as pleasant surprises both on the international and home fronts.

2015 in Perspective

Regrettably, 2015 started on the same pitch as did 2014 - with hartal and blockades by the Jamaat-BNP alliance and with the leader...

POLITICS / Is Fascism Back?

In 2015, “fascism” once again became the highest-octane political epithet in general use. Of course, the temptation to apply the fascism label...

POLITICS / 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...

UNQUOTABLE QUOTES

"It cannot be accepted that they cannot give 7.5 percent VAT while they pay Tk 30,000-Tk 50,000 as tuition fees.”

TERRORISM / 2015: The Global Terror

AS 2015 draws to a close, we stand witness to another year of world-wide terrorist activities threatening peace and security.

TERRORISM / Unifying the struggle against ISIS

THE November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris – which struck at the heart of France and of Europe as a whole – have brought the terrorist threat...

Major World Events in 2015

This year Europe suffered the worst terrorist attacks in 11 years with Paris being hit two times.

Good, but can be better

The economy, moreover, is on a strong footing with the gross domestic product growing above 6 percent. Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 10 months in November. It averaged at a stable 6.21 percent throughout the year.

A VIBRANT SCENE

Cultural events around the year 2015. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performs at the Sufi Music Festival...

The great malaise continues

Former US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke once said that the world is suffering from a “savings glut.”

Towards a liveable Dhaka

Encroachment and pollution of its water channels, rivers, wetlands, retention areas, beels and jheels.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

ECONOMY - THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Sundarbans in peril

The Sundarbans has been subjected to natural and manmade calamities for many decades. Declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations...

Save Rivers, Save Bangladesh

Rivers in the country, mainly the small and medium sized ones, are being filled up from bank-side; land is developed for various...

Paris Agreement and the Bangladesh Perspective

It may be noted that in Copenhagen Bangladesh had placed 1.5 degree centigrade as the preferred objective on behalf of the LDCs and most vulnerable states.

AN EVENTFUL YEAR

EDUCATION EVENTS OF THE YEAR

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