Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has voiced concern over “linguistic intolerance” in various states of India, especially against Bangla speakers who are suspected of being undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants.

Voicing concern over the situation in Bangladesh, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said his friend Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, is taking significant steps but has a long road ahead to resolve the impasse.

Professor Anisur Rahman was the founding father of the “Two Economies” theory, which formed the intellectual foundation of Bangladesh’s Liberation War.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen sent this tribute to the family of Barrister Kaiser Morshed, a former foreign secretary, who passed away on November 23, 2023.

Nandana Sen posted a picture with her father and confirmed the 89-year-old was "busy as ever".

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has voiced his concerns over the current political and social situation in India.

Recently Prof. Amartya Sen visited Dhaka where he attended a public lecture in Krishibid Institution. In that programme, Professor Rehman Sobhan termed Nobel Laureate Professor Sen as a 'true renaissance mind'. We don't consider this as a mere friend's praise; Professor Sen truly deserves this accolade. He is the pioneer of economic development with a strong human content and democracy with liberty and free discourse.

AT a hugely attended public lecture by Amartya Sen, courtesy of Prothom Alo and CPD on Monday, the Nobel Laureate, made some path-shinning comments of practical relevance to contemporary affairs in the subcontinent. In precise terms, he advocated development with a strong human content and democracy with liberty and free discourse.