It was the last Friday of Ramadan. A day when, Muslims believe, peace and compassion reign on earth. Ironically, this was the

Two investigative reports have been published recently. The US FBI on July 5 revealed its report on Hillary Clinton's e-mail

BANGLA-DESH currently belongs to the official United Nations recognised group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), along

The mighty British pound falls like a pound of bricks. Hey, it's not called ounce, is it?

In a larger context, friendships actually allow societies to function and this includes countries that may turn them into formal unions or agreements. Hence the disastrous effects when friendships sour – you get Brexit, you get hostile neighbours, ruthless aggressors and worst of all, you get wars.

Of late we have seen pictures of the police handing over bamboo sticks to groups of people in various districts ostensibly for the purpose of combating militancy and extremism in the country.

LISA, a thorough Texan, had left the United States only once for a vacation. She had never travelled the world before.

While European leaders dreamt of an intertwined economy across Europe 43 years ago, the British people desired something else.

While in the middle of writing my column for this week, I was hit by a deeply disturbing piece of news - the assassination of

The Muslim world is in agony each time there is a killing in a non-Muslim locale. Who did it? Why, is not important, and most often never known. Will it be a person carrying a Muslim name? Will they then search for his terrorist linkage? Will it be a non-

The road side crepe in Paris looks delicious. I ask my mandatory question to the vendor who looks like he will understand my question, “Is the chicken halal?”

We should feel happy that the police have been able to round up 189 'listed militants'. It speaks of the very good intelligence of the intelligence agencies that they have been able to cull the names of the militants and their address too, but the question is why they had to wait for the special drive and not pick them up sooner. What one interested in now is how the police deal with the 'listed extremists'.

The mid-year event of discussing the national expenditure and income, and their implications, has caught the attention of a broader section of people over the years. The national budget, which is also supposedly the reflection of the political

Defence ministers and military chiefs of the Asia-Pacific region were in Singapore from June 3-5, 2016 for the 15th session of the

Countries with a successful PPP programme have built it on a solid framework. The Government of Bangladesh passed the PPP law last year. Before that, in 2011, it formed the Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL), a government-owned non-banking financial institution with a mandate to invest in large infrastructure projects, including power and energy, ports, connectivity, tourism and economic zones.

Uber offers private rides in private cars at your own convenience. It means you don't have to wait for the rain to stop; you don't have to queue up...

Selfies were born when people found no one to take their photo. Again, no one among family and friends wanted to be left out, and so the crowding into the frame began.

What is revealing is that both BJP and Congress have not contested the recent State Assembly Elections on their own. They have invariably tied up with one or more state level parties. It reflects that these two national parties do not have enough vote-share in those states to go alone.

During my recent visit to Sicily, a chance meeting with a pavement vendor selling hats and belts left me in a reflective mood.

Arrest under Section 54 for prosecution under preventive detention cannot be entertained.