The government has got a lot to boast about on its two years in office. It has a firm grip on things and those who might try to convey otherwise...

Chittagong airport is small in size. So it's easy to spot someone special. A tiny, 'special' woman was holding a placard in her hand...

One should not be surprised if Washington re-establishes diplomatic ties with Tehran before the end of President Barack Obama's term in November 2016. However, what will be the fate of the JCPOA after the November 2016 US presidential elections is anyone's guess, particularly if a Republican is elected to the White House.

Recently, in Davos at the World Economic Forum, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan sent a strong message to the Indian businessmen who default thousands of crores of bank money...

According to a recent report “An Economy for the 1%” released by Oxfam, “wealth inequality has grown to the stage where 62 of the

The year 2015 that has just ended has been a landmark year for both the development as well as climate change discourse at the global

A concerned commentator feels uneasy at the modus operandi of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in laying down conditions for holding...

Let's face it, training is not the first thing people think of doing when they have some free time, no matter how easy it is to access...

A forty-six page report is supposed to be impressive. An educated guess would indicate that there are at least twenty thousand words in there...

Two reports appeared on the same day. Sal forests in Gazipur are heavily degraded. They have reduced by 79 percent within a decade.

The Arab Spring had deeply destabilised the Middle East. A new dimension was added to the existing instability on January 4, 2016, when the (Sunni) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) severed diplomatic ties with (Shia) Iran.

The valiant role of police in general in our War of Liberation, the distinctive valour with which some of them fought for the cause of our

Believers know full well that patriotism is an inseparable part of faith. That being so, persons accused of crimes against humanity in 1971 have quite manifestly defied and defiled their own faith.

The trouble with technological evolution is that it is driven by what we are led to think we want as opposed to what is adaptive.

The climate change research community in Bangladesh, which consists of several dozen organisations, including public and private universities...

We must confront the uncomfortable truth that beyond paying lip-service to the “ideals of secularism and tolerance” (if that!), we have done precious little to show we care about the Hindu population of this country.

Long ago, an essay on cow was the easiest challenge of a primary examination. We were always given hints on what to write in case we chose to attempt such a “common” essay.

No one had expected that the Modi-Sharif Lahore dialogue on December 25, 2015 would be challenged so soon.

Dr Mahabub Hossain dedicated his life to understand and explain the dynamics of the agricultural economy of Bangladesh.

I often hear Bangladeshis say: “Most Americans are racists.” Interestingly, 50 percent of Americans also support the view that racism is