I hope that the government perceives what they would be missing out on, if such a heavy VAT is imposed in this regard.

Dewanbari is a beautiful historic site located at Aminbazar, Dhaka. Declared as a “heritage site” through a gazette notification on February 2, 2009, the complex is comprised of a palatial residence, a three-domed mosque, a pond and a graveyard.

Since the commencement of the tournament in 1975, the one-day international World Cup has traditionally been the flagship event of the International Cricket Council (ICC) whilst both the Test and T20 formats of the game have their own unique features.

According to the great philosopher Immanuel Kant, “all our knowledge begins with senses, proceeds then to understanding, and ends with reason.

When I check into a hotel, the first thing I do is people watch, and I do so with a smile. I play a game with myself to see if I can guess the reason why this particular person or group of people is at that hotel.

According to Premier Li Keqiang, 2019 is a “crucial year” for China. One reason for that possibly is the preparations currently afoot to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic on October 1.

Every country has their breaking point, where corruption, abuse and living standards reach a point where people are compelled to take to the streets and demand a change. Thailand’s breaking point appears to be much higher than most.

Tea was introduced into the Indian subcontinent as a colonial cash crop to preserve British and Indian commercial interests.

Bangladesh is not some Scandinavian heaven. It is poor and overpopulated, undereducated and corrupt, frequented by natural catastrophes, experiences occasional terrorism, and the farcical nature of its democracy was exposed in the December 2018 elections.

Going from a meeting in Gulshan to another in Motijheel one day earlier this month, I spent nearly two hours on the road which is quite common these days in Dhaka's traffic.

The Constitution, adopted on November 4, 1972 and which came into force on December 16 that year is unquestionably the outcome of our victory in the Liberation war. We can derive satisfaction that the Constitution has survived for over four decades. We, thus, have the opportunity to now assess the extent to which the goals of the Constitution have been realised.

I remember before the war, The hazy summer days, Warm monsoon nights, nothing to worry about,

The misty days of winter 1971 were full of surprises and excitement for me. I was a young lieutenant in the Bangladesh Army, and was asked to work as adjutant of the 2nd East Bengal Regiment which I rejected, saying, “I have left the medical profession to fight and drive out the invaders; sitting behind a table is not the job I want.”

On December 16, 1971, I was barely 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the second battalion of the East Bengal Regiment. I was the company commander of Charlie company of the battalion.

For most of 2018, the talk was there would be a Blue Democratic wave, sweeping the Democrats into power in both chambers of Congress. President Trump had unusually low approval rates over the last two years on average getting less than 40 percent approval ratings according to Gallup.

Since colonial times, the world has witnessed a number of revolutions and movements that brought enormous change in the social and political dynamics of the world, and above all, in the life of the common people.

Translating Bangabandhu's unpublished works has allowed me to see how and why Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a boy from a small, and in those days relatively remote rural community of East Bengal, became the father of our nation.

The advent of modernisation along with industrialisation across the world has seen the gradual erosion of the value attached to traditional skills. Mechanisation of production and the introduction of production lines ushered in the concept of workers needing to ceaselessly focus on one repetitive job.

The irony of peaceful protesters being beaten up by thugs claiming to uphold the spirit of our liberation war, at a spot which commemorates our language movement protesters who were brutalised by the powers that were, cannot be lost on anyone.

On the last week of May 2018, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that the signing of an agreement on sharing Teesta water would not be possible without taking West Bengal on board. She said this at a press conference in New Delhi, according to a video record published on the external affairs ministry website.