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India’s hubris
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Cleanse then reform
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Unanswered questions about the Pilkhana massacre
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BGMEA building – Carry out the court order immediately

How long does it take to bring down a 15-storeyed building? Certainly not three years.
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM

The state of Trump's America

According to President Donald Trump, a great wave of change is blowing over the huge landmass of America.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Looking back at this day eight years ago

Eight years have passed since the gruesome BDR massacre in 2009. The trial is in the process of conclusion, although several under trial BDR mutineers have died during the process, some due to heart attack.
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Which is the real face of America?

The anti-immigrant protagonists forget that the country is a nation of immigrants, although there has been periodic enactment of anti-migrant policies. Immigrants were at times unwelcome, out of fear and anger.
1 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Is recruitment the real problem for RAB?

So where is the flaw? When the crème de la crème from all the three services are supposed to be selected for employment in the special force, how is it that we find many of them indulging in behaviour unbecoming of their calling?
25 January 2017, 18:00 PM

RAB's methods need reevaluation

The issue of reassessing RAB's operation was dwelt on in these very columns when the gruesome murders came to light in April 2014.
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM

“Victory for Democracy” indeed!

The two major parties celebrated January 5 this year in different ways, as they have been doing since 2014. But to start with, the BNP's
11 January 2017, 18:00 PM

2016 Annus horribilis

There are good reasons to call 2016 a horrible year, and I am sure most of us will be glad to see the back of 2016. To say that it was a
31 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Female terrorists: What is so new?

Are we reading too much into the involvement of women in terrorist acts in Bangladesh? This by no means is a new spectacle. The so
28 December 2016, 18:26 PM

Democracy's faltering steps

Today is being observed as Democracy Day in the country, although given the moribund state democracy is in at present, one wonders whether the appellation for the day is justified at this point in time.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

A saga of un-kept promises

Although the CHT Land Commission Act has been amended, land issue remains the nub of the problem that must be addressed with honesty and transparency.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Rid Pharmaceuticals and Al Qaeda

The details of the case, the investigation in particular, will shame anyone claiming to be living in a civilised society ordered by a rule of law that seeks to deliver justice to the victims. But this is not the first case dealing with the production of toxic drugs.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

The 27 conditions and Bangladesh politics

While some of the 27 points were related to public interest, and one must appreciate the police's concern in this regard, one wonders whether such conditions had also been put on other political parties holding public gathering in the past; and will this be applicable to all such meetings in the future.
16 November 2016, 18:00 PM

An American Brexit?

It was beyond the imagination, even of the many diehard 'Trumpians' who, reportedly, were invoking a miracle for a Trump win.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Tavella's killing: Whose claim is correct?

We are now confronted with two very different findings of two investigations on the killing of the Italian Aid worker Cesare Tavella, shot dead by some assailants in Gulshan diplomatic zone on September 28 last year.
26 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Victim of new Cold War in South Asia

First it was an Indian government official belonging to the “National Institution for Transforming India” berating SAARC mercilessly and
5 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Is SAARC coming apart?

When we speak of SAARC, we usually hear two reactions – cynicism and skepticism,” Modi had told the 18th Kathmandu summit, which was to be held in 2012 but postponed to 2014.
28 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Escalating regional tension

Peace in South Asia is a direct function of the Indo--Pak relational dynamics.
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Politics with Jamaat

Like language politics cannot be taught – it has to be learnt. And one thing that one must learn in politics, as much as in war, is that a weak front should not be invested in and vulnerabilities plugged.
7 September 2016, 18:00 PM

He 'Kerry-ed' the day

John Kerry had listed the areas that the US government had aided Bangladesh in since its independence. But if it really wants Bangladesh to develop, the only policy that will make US' role as our development partner meaningful is a 'hand up' rather than 'handout' policy; handout is what foreign aid turns out to be in the long run.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM