Does political unrest have a positive side?

I won't be surprised if the title of the article raises many eyebrows.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Rooftop Innovation: A potential growth industry

HAVING had the occasion to be on the 12th floor of an apartment building in Dhaka, I was taken in by the panorama that was both breathtaking and dispiriting.
8 April 2015, 14:38 PM

Bangladesh's Intractable Political Woes

IN his book The Art of Positive Leadership: Becoming a Person Worth Following, leadership expert Retired Air Force General John E. Michel states that...
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

OFF WITH THE OLD ON WITH THE NEW

The quintessential red and white has been revamped and is all set to blow fashion sirens for Boishakh. Pohela Boishakh is no longer limited to a hearty breakfast and a morning spent at the 'Botomul' musical soiree.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

A premature Prize that has matured

One of the minor mysteries of this teenage century is how a toddler American President managed to win the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2008 after just weeks in office.
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM

The Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal

THERE'S many a slip twixt the cup and the lip,” goes the old English proverb.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM

No big deal, but yes big deal

DATELINE New Delhi, 27 February 2015: BCCI's side-lined president N. Srinivasan (World Cup's booed trophy handler) apologised unconditionally to the Supreme Court for presiding over the February 8 BCCI Working Committee meeting in breach of the January 2015 Court order.
3 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Anticipated frolic and festivity in city corporation polls

PARDON me, if this reads like a gossip column. For, this is no grapevine stuff, if you should look at it up close.
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Dangerous desensitisation

We have known of many deaths over many years. In fact, we are running the risk of becoming desensitised about it all as if unnatural
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM

The eerie sound of silence

IT'S almost like a ritual killing that will happen every now and then. The word 'blogger' has become the most hateful word in the dictionary of religious extremists.
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Paucity of purpose

THE people of Bangladesh do not take any insults hurled at them lightly.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The trial is more important than the accused

Here we publish a letter written by Kamruddin Ahmad to the Law Minister on November 21, 1972. Kamruddin Ahmad was a Language Movement hero, politician, lawyer and diplomat.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Strategy and tactics of the Liberation War

Here we publish an excerpt from Air Vice Marshal ( Retd.) A. K. Khandker's speech on the strategy and tactics of the Liberation War.
28 March 2015, 18:00 PM

"As we win the war, we must prepare to win peace"

Here we publish Mr. Tajuddin Ahmad's speech addressed to the nation on December 8, 1971. He was the Prime Minister of the Mujibnagar government.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

My husband Moazzem Hossain

Here we publish an account of Kohinoor Hossain, wife of Lt Commander Moazzem Hossain, who was killed on March 25 by the Pakistani occupation army. He was the number two accused of the Agartala Conspiracy case.
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM

'Enemy morale is deteriorating very fast'

Here we publish Major Khaled Musharrof's confidential letter dispatched to Colonel Osmani in August 1971. During the Liberation War, Major Musharrof was Sector Commander of Sector-2.
23 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Can a self respecting nation treat its brave sons like this?

THIS is my first opportunity to speak to an audience after our Independence. I convey my sincere thanks to Bangla Academy for affording me this opportunity.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Solar solution for Jhenidah farmers

There is no power in the village, but an initiative by a farmers' cooperative has boosted their hopes of bumper crop yields in the
17 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu and the freedom of Bangladesh

OUR nationalist movement that led to the War of Liberation began soon after the creation of Pakistan. Since inception, the Pakistani rulers began maligning our culture to destroy our independent cultural identity.
16 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Pakistan Divided

Here we publish Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Sydney H. Schanberg's famous article titled "Pakistan Divided".
13 March 2015, 18:00 PM