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...
The Road to 2030: Development Challenges in Bangladesh
LAUNCHED in 1967,“Operation Smallpox Zero” was a unified, global effort to accelerate the eradication of smallpox within a decade.
When dreams turned into reality
You needed something special to defeat the likes of India and South Africa, and that, for Bangladesh, came in the form of Mustafizur Rahman -- a freak of a bowler, who absolutely changed the entire balance of the Bangladesh team.
India's investment anemia
It has been 18 months since Narendra Modi became India's prime minister, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's historic general-
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.
Major World Events in 2015
This year Europe suffered the worst terrorist attacks in 11 years with Paris being hit two times.
The great malaise continues
Former US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke once said that the world is suffering from a “savings glut.”
A VIBRANT SCENE
Cultural events around the year 2015. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performs at the Sufi Music Festival...
Towards a liveable Dhaka
Encroachment and pollution of its water channels, rivers, wetlands, retention areas, beels and jheels.
