The nation embraces 2016 with a degree of scepticism and anxiety. With the experiences of disenfranchisement and violations of ...

NOT only was 2015 filled with moments of national pride and joy but also moments of national tragedy and shame. Bangladesh was faced with some of the worst instances of violence against women, children and minorities in 2015.

BANGLAWASH, ALL THE WAY

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the highest environmental accolade of the UN – Champions of the Earth – in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address climate change (September 27, 2015).

You needed something special to defeat the likes of India and South Africa, and that, for Bangladesh, came in the form of Mustafizur Rahman -- a freak of a bowler, who absolutely changed the entire balance of the Bangladesh team.

LAUNCHED in 1967,“Operation Smallpox Zero” was a unified, global effort to accelerate the eradication of smallpox within a decade.

THOSE WE'VE LOST

It has been 18 months since Narendra Modi became India's prime minister, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's historic general-

This year Europe suffered the worst terrorist attacks in 11 years with Paris being hit two times.

The economy, moreover, is on a strong footing with the gross domestic product growing above 6 percent. Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 10 months in November. It averaged at a stable 6.21 percent throughout the year.

Cultural events around the year 2015. Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performs at the Sufi Music Festival...

Former US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke once said that the world is suffering from a “savings glut.”

Encroachment and pollution of its water channels, rivers, wetlands, retention areas, beels and jheels.

ECONOMY - THE YEAR IN REVIEW

The Sundarbans has been subjected to natural and manmade calamities for many decades. Declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations...

THE November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris – which struck at the heart of France and of Europe as a whole – have brought the terrorist threat...

Rivers in the country, mainly the small and medium sized ones, are being filled up from bank-side; land is developed for various...

AS 2015 draws to a close, we stand witness to another year of world-wide terrorist activities threatening peace and security.

It may be noted that in Copenhagen Bangladesh had placed 1.5 degree centigrade as the preferred objective on behalf of the LDCs and most vulnerable states.

"It cannot be accepted that they cannot give 7.5 percent VAT while they pay Tk 30,000-Tk 50,000 as tuition fees.”