A year ago from today not even a savvy soothsayer would have dared to predict the change in our political climate that we are witnessing now.

In his farewell address in 1796, the first US president George Washington warned against the influence of attachment of one nation for another.

It's 5 am. A record number of us offer our Fajr prayers ON time, WITH humility AND with sincerity. I am sure it's a similar situation in the case of a record number of those of all religions.

While maxi-oil wars are playing out in the Middle East and North Africa we have our mini version of an oil battle to be won at home.

Life, death, and everything in between – is what I see when I look at the paintings of my mother, Shameem Subrana.

The recent gruesome killings and attack of young bloggers, and the murder of a publisher by unknown assailants last year...

Empathy, like all virtues, must have some application to the future. If we do not deeply feel the deaths we are apparently powerless to prevent, how would we be alert to the deaths we might put an end to?

It may not be wise to compare Bangladesh with France, but is there any scope of denying the fact that the true essence of democracy lies within the space of freedom of expression?

There was great hope that having tackled the immediate crisis, the government will put the energy sector on a robust track to achieve sustainability. But, it appears that it has been derailed. True, there is no load shedding, and the government will be able to meet increasing demands in the next two to three years, but many issues of the energy sector will plague us for a long time to come.

It is a great relief that 5th January passed off without any untoward incident, although the stipulations set by the DMP before giving the go-ahead were observed only in their violation.

One may wonder if our politico-bureaucratic elite suffer from a lack of tradition on strategic thought. Such a worry arises in the...

No elections in a democratic world are perfect, be it in a liberal or an emerging democracy.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore, Pakistan, on Christmas Day brought his hyperkinetic year of global diplomacy to a headline-grabbing close.

There are many quakes that rock us on a daily basis. As a nation, we are hardly allowed to be at ease.

45 percent of all videos uploaded to YouTube in 2015 were of cats or other pets. Without demand there is no supply, and this huge supply of cat videos perhaps speaks to some mysterious acute need.

While Islamist terrorists have re-emerged recently, killing bloggers, writers, foreign nationals and Shias, and attacking an Ahmadiyya mosque, with impunity, one wonders how leaders, intellectuals, and ordinary people in Bangladesh can afford to waste time and energy in partisan politics!

It has become difficult to follow Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's style of diplomacy. He is seen as a darling to the West

Tightening of recent security measures at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, is a laudable initiative of the government.

The Paris deal on climate change has already created substantial optimism across the world. It is mainly due to three high notes of the deal, at

The NHRC was guided by the Paris Principles to propose the inclusion of a civil society member in the Selection Committee. However, we are afraid that the proposal would not be able to bring any fundamental change in the independent functioning of the selection committee, as it is still very easy for the government to make the appointments as per their interest.