An Analysis of the Dhaka City Corporation Elections
Voting began at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a second quick analysis of what happened so far.
1 February 2020, 09:08 AM
An Analysis of the Dhaka City Corporation Elections
Voting began at 8:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a quick analysis of what happened so far.
1 February 2020, 07:34 AM
Silent revolution to save lives
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed worked throughout his life and never spoke an unnecessary word. He was reluctant to talk about himself in particular. In fact, he was not interested to talk about Brac either as that would require him to speak about himself.
21 December 2019, 18:00 PM
When the allegation is of ‘death threat’ but the investigation is on ‘corruption’
The controversies revolving around Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Moazzem Hossain, former OC, Sonagazi Police Station, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, Director, ACC, came to the spotlight in close succession.
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM
No stars will shine for the farmers
It may seem like a scene from a Cold War-era political thriller: A farmer burns his own paddy field, out of frustration. The food minister declares: “This is a conspiracy against the government!” A parliament whip confronts the minister: “You cannot make fun of the farmers.” Enters the agriculture minister, apparently helpless, and offers his one pearl of wisdom: “More rice is being grown than needed. The farmers are not getting a fair price for their production, but nothing can be done about it now.”
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM
From a 'gun' to a 'toy gun' to a 'plastic pipe'
In today's world, airport and aviation security is tight that incidents of plane hijacking have almost ceased to occur. After September 11, 2001, when an airplane was hijacked to carry out the devastating attack on the World Trade Centres in New York, USA, aviation security across the world has been tightened even further.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Will yaba smuggling end with the surrender of some godfathers?
Some of our news outlets have termed the yaba smugglers as “yaba dealers” or “yaba traders.” I am not a grammarian. So I am not judging whether it is grammatically right or wrong to use the words “dealers” or “traders” to mention the yaba godfathers. I am talking from a general perspective.
21 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Ducsu election should be covered by CCTV
As the long-awaited Ducsu election is nearing, the issue of “co-existence” has widely been in discussion for some time now, just as the issue of “level playing field” was in discussion before the last national election.
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Tara Mia and the story of a warped conscience
We live in a world where things are constantly happening. Every day seems like an assault on our mental stability because of the nature of the events that take place, more so for a writer who has to go through the unpleasantness of trying to connect the dots and produce an analysis of them.
25 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The legacy of Zafrullah Chowdhury
Everyone employed at the hospital are involved in farming—from doctors, interns to general employees as well as its founder. It's not their hobby but part of their job description.
2 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Not just India's 'internal' issue
Although the issue of “infiltrators” or “illegal Bangladeshis” has currently been the main topic of discussion in India's northeastern state of Assam, the issue has neither generated any discussion in Bangladesh's political arena nor been given due importance in the media.
19 August 2018, 18:00 PM