On October 13, 15-year-old Kabita Das, a class-X student of Bijoy Sarani High School, was stabbed to death when she came out of school on a lunch break.

Plenty of things need to happen in the world and in this country, like putting a stop to invading countries for oil, reducing inequality and establishing the rule of law. Can poetry make that happen?

He was in class-IX when he had to drop out of school. Poverty, a common foe to countless talents in Bangladesh, forced him to fend

So Thomas Paine had said. But unfortunately that is not so in Bangladesh. In our country the saying, 'show me the man and I will show

Each year the World Food Prize Laureate delivers the Borlaug Lecture at Iowa State University, principally on the subject agricultural science and its potential to advance human progress.

The key facts of the case I analyse here are as follows: An underage driver crashed into two rickshaws. He was caught red-handed. Police officers who responded to the incident have given statements confirming that the perpetrator was drunk, that he did not hold a driver's licence.

Despite endless untiring songs about bringing equality for all humanity (for instance, One World One Song, Dionne Warwick), even...

The issue of exploitation of child domestic labour does not catch our attention unless there is sensational news of torture in the media.

I feel I know enough, not about life and the universe, but to assess the current security situation for foreigners in Bangladesh. At the least, from having lived here for several years, I should know about as much as I need to know.

Mahfuza Akhter Happy, age 11, has suddenly become visible for the wrong reasons. She became newsworthy for being the unfortunate victim of a well-known cricket player and his wife.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has done well to declassify the files on Subhas Chandra Bose. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have followed suit and make available to the public the documents and papers which the Centre possesses on Bose.

We were “assured” after the attack that the in/action of the law enforcers would be “looked into” and “action taken against anyone found negligent of his duties”. However, till now, no administrative or legal action has been taken against any person

The exchange rate which Bangladesh Bank determines now has been largely market-based since May 2003, although the central bank irons out fluctuations to maintain stability in the exchange rate so that foreign investors feel confident while investing in Bangladesh.

Following the killing of an innocent Italian citizen on September 28 in Dhaka, tensions have been engulfing us on all sides. Diplomatic missions, quite naturally, alerted their citizens to stay safe and take precautions while moving around the city.

A couple of days ago, while I was waiting at a traffic signal I noticed a thought-provoking bumper sticker on the car in front: “I am a proud parent of a Middle School Honor Roll student.” My immediate reaction was bafflement coupled with disdain. I wondered why any parent would want to flaunt a child's achievement so blatantly! “And, should middle school grades matter enough to warrant this kind of bragging?” I muttered to myself, while staring at the sticker.

There is remembrance of the 9000-plus dead, yet there is an underlying resolve among the people. The dead shall not rise for sure, but

Since the 14th century, the world has come to the Vatican, the walled, city-state within Rome, and never the other way around. That's

A party's constitution encompasses the written rules by which political parties form and organise their affairs. A well-crafted constitution incorporates democratic values and procedures which is an essential first step in party-building.

Pritilata was much more than just a nurse or a sexual object as portrayed in the media; she wanted her death to mobilise women to join the fight against imperialism, to prove detractors wrong about their abilities.

Public university teachers have recently generated some heat in an otherwise banal socio-political scene through their movement against the eighth national pay scale. What are their concerns? Do they want extra benefits?