Anniversary Issue – 2025

Syed Tosharaf Ali : When a nation is going through a crisis, it is unrealistic to expect that domestic and foreign opportunists will remain idle. Dr. Yunus, using his wisdom and intelligence, has been...

Professor Dr. Zahurul Alam : When world leaders convened in Sharm el Sheikh in October 2025 to endorse a new Gaza peace declaration, there was cautious hope. After two years of intense conflict, political...

Dr Adil Mohammed Khan: Fire incidents have become a grim routine in the cities of Bangladesh. Each blaze takes lives and destroys property within moments, only to be followed by another tragedy soon after....

Asifuzzaman : August 31, 2012. Ghat No. 5 of the River Shitalakshya, Narayanganj. In the evening, the moonlight reflecting on the water, spreading the ancient passion leading me to think of the coast of...

Commodore Jasim Uddin Buiyan (Retd) : The foundational crisis facing Bangladesh today is not merely economic; it is a profound failure of institutional integrity and moral conscience that poses an existential threat to national...

Muhammad Muhid Hasan : After more than a decade and half of major economic disruption plagued by corruption, misuse of discretionary power and mismanagement during the regime of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s...

Mokarram Hossain : (Editor, The New Nation) It’s been nearly two years since he left us, but we still remember Barrister Mainul Hosein, a towering personality in the legal profession as well as in...

Businees Desk : The General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning Commission has issued a cautious outlook on Bangladesh’s economy ahead of the national election, warning that the central bank’s ongoing contractionary monetary policy...

Professor Dr M Muzaherul Huq : Bangladesh has established a well-structured healthcare service delivery system that extends from its villages to the capital, Dhaka. Over the decades, successive governments have made significant efforts to...

Md Istiak : The government has introduced a new rule requiring all automatic rice mills to obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Food before being established. The move aims to ensure...

Dr M A Rashid : While the phrase “100 years behind” is not a literal or statistical fact, it captures a deeper truth: Bangladesh has been held back, not by lack of resources or...