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Backtracking on the Paris Agreement
The only consequence for the rest of the world if the US stays in it is a very negative one of having to fight them on every little issue in the negotiations, as they will inevitably try to hold back all our actions.
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
“Providing” for the “Protected”
I am so glad that children of powerful people are not being able to get away with rape.”
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Trump's eventful first 100 days in office
In January this year Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
The missing money
Illicit cross-border financial flow is not uncommon. It happens in all countries. With globalisation it has become more complex.
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Coping with 'otherness'
Some years ago a South Asian friend shared an interesting anecdote with me. When she landed her first job in the corporate banking sector in London, she bought herself a new wardrobe of business suits and dresses.
6 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Astounding, bewildering and confounding
Ever since the second IPL, obviously I could not do it any earlier, it has been a matter of wonderment for me why the three-piece
5 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Starving those who save us from hunger
The famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, at the peak of his success over 100 years
5 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Fighting the financial hemorrhage
We live in a notoriously polluted city of the world, and still we choose to live here because we have a dream. We live in a system where
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Are the haor floods caused by climate change?
The haor basin in the northeastern part of Bangladesh is currently experiencing severe flash floods, causing considerable hardship to people, and destroying crops and other infrastructure.
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Independence from tokenism
We often lament, especially on days like our Independence Day, about how little our people (particularly the younger generation, always the younger generation) know about our history. We talk about how people conflate the day with the Language Movement,
30 April 2017, 18:00 PM
The paradox of institutional silence
The paradox of silence is that it only accentuates the sound of things you may not want to hear. The silence I am talking about here is the institutional refusal to acknowledge, let alone address an unsavoury truth.
29 April 2017, 18:00 PM
A new beginning for France?
The first round of the French presidential election was on April 23, 2017. This time the opinion polls were right and the results came out as predicted.
28 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Who is Daddy's Girl?
Let's face it, if there is anyone we love the most, it's ourselves. It is probably the biggest waste of human cells to have a pair of ears –
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Circle of Trust
Very often, we walk away from our losses and just expect to recover. Well, we don't. Memories last forever, especially if they are torturous in nature and form. The best way is to work around the pain and address it the way we ought to.
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Nuclear brinkmanship over the Korean Peninsula
Possibility of war in the Korean Peninsula has always been a source of deep concern. The peninsula came to be divided along the 38th
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Moving forward from the Rana Plaza tragedy
The readymade garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh has undertaken significant compliance measures to ensure safety of factories...
23 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Expect everything, appreciate nothing
Yet another Pahela Baishakh, the 1424th in fact, with lots of fanfare, merriment and of course hullabaloo came to pass. But one matter was confined in deafening silence for the second year running – the 20 percent bonus (of basic pay) for employees of all government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions disbursed as per a gazette.
22 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Roadblocks to our potential growth
When a mother claims that her son could have achieved a grade of A though he actually earned B+, we understand the son performed below his potential and did not work to his fullest capacity for the test.
22 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Midnight approaching over Syria?
This is because the US War Powers Resolution act only authorises the President to introduce US Armed Forces into hostilities...
21 April 2017, 18:00 PM
United we stand, overbooked we fall
My show hosts in Dallas, Texas treat me to a sumptuous biryani dinner. Being a wise man with an early morning flight the following
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM