Bangabandhu: Portrait of a patriot
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of...
Editorial
Brig Gen Jamil: A profile in duty and courage
Enayetullah Khan : In the dawn of August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made one of his final phone calls to his military secretary,...
Does Suu Kyi’s house arrest bear any significant message?
M A Hossain : Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has recently relocated to the capital city of Naypyidaw, where she is now...
Political rise of the Global South
Kerem Alkin : Over 20 years, the importance of the Global South’s supply chain has diminished the Global North’s political sway in international organizations, fostering...
Why continues robbery on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway goes unchecked?
Robbery at different points of the busy Dhaka-Chattogram Highway continues unabated at night, causing severe panic among the commuters and transport operators. A newspaper report...
Manpower office undermanned, secretariat overstuffed
A recent media report exposes how a district manpower office is struggling with the shortage of manpower when the office is mandated to shoot the...
Why does highway construction need 3-times more money than similar ongoing projects?
THE relevant authorities in Bangladesh usually estimate the cost of a public project at an incredibly high amount. After a project starts, its completion time...
Urban food waste can be a source of renewable energy
BANGLADESH is still way behind in converting food wastes into a valuable and renewable source of energy. When the waste disposal systems especially in cities...
Living in a world of polycrisis
Dr Matiur Rahman : A polycrisis is a situation in which multiple crises are happening simultaneously and interacting with each other in a way that...
The economics of nature
Lei Lei Song : Nature’s ability to regenerate is dwindling as human demands on it increase. To reverse this trend, we need to incorporate natural...
OPINION: A child beaten today could be impaired for life
Sir Frank Peters : Bangladesh could have amazing bridges, transportation systems, and other top-notch infrastructures that people would come to admire in awe. It could...
Under Narendra Modi and his BJP, it’s a communal India all along
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government have all along let down the minorities in India especially the Muslims whom their ideological mentor, RSS,...