Politics
But, thank you India
ONE cannot thank India for having a hand in drying our rivers across which today ply bullock carts, not by any act of magic but by
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Can elected mayors save the city's water bodies?
THERE is a close link between economic growth, human development and good management of natural resources, mainly water bodies
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Mayoral Election hype and fact
FOR understandable reasons the ensuing mayoral election in the national capital and the commercial capital of the country has
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The Odyssey of self determination and equality
WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Hundred years of death, destruction and destiny
THE centre of gravity shifts every few years. The shattered buildings look like real estate displays as if walls and roofs were
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
From first lady to first woman president!
She has finally announced her candidacy for the president of the United States of America. In a short video
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The changing dynamics of power in the Middle East
POLITICAL develop-ments in the Middle East are changing and dynamics of realpolitik is at play on the heels of Tehran's recent framework
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
BANGLADESH
ANOTHER blogger" is the phrase most English news media worldwide used in their headlines of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu's
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A free and fair election may break the ice
THE election schedules for Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong City Corporation have been declared. April, 28th is the voting date.
12 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The debate over war crimes trials: Is there any merit?
IF the formalities are completed as expected, war criminal Muhammad Kamruzzaman's execution might have been carried out by the
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Iran's nuclear deal
AFTER 18 months of gruelling negotiations, Iran and the P-5+1 (United States, France, Britain, China, Russia—and Germany) reached a
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Meeting the challenges of climate-induced calamities
FOR more than 40 years, the earth has been sending distress signals.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
An unexpected lesson on neoliberalism
THE impunity of every citadel of patriarchy is intact -- family, marriage, public servants, army, police," observes Dr. Amrita Chhachhi...
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Bloggers and the bigoted
THE brutal murders of two bloggers by extremists, one in full public view and the other in broad daylight, in a residential area of the city in disturbingly quick succession have understandably created a wave of fear amongst the people.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Children of democracy
RELIGIOUS sensitivity has deepened since the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Does political unrest have a positive side?
I won't be surprised if the title of the article raises many eyebrows.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Winning Sri Lanka's Peace
WINNING a war or revolution, only to lose the subsequent peace, is one of the grim political truths of our time.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Why does the Indian home minister have a beef with beef?
GOD knows what madness came upon the Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on April 1, the day he instructed his BSF men to put a complete halt to the smuggling of cattle to Bangladesh.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Dumb's the Word
A closet Muslim US President strikes a nuclear deal with the Shia Muslim President of Iran that enrages the Jewish Prime Minister of Israel.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Impunity undermining justice
IT has been three years since the tortured body of labour organiser Aminul was discovered in Ghatail, Tangail, about 100 km away from his work place in Ashulia.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM