The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recently made recommendations on the upcoming budget in the unveiling of 'State of

A city can become famous for one or more reasons; for instance, Dhaka is famous for its myriad of masjids, although some may prefer tagging traffic jams or 'relieving' denizens standing against a wall, looking smilingly towards the sky every now and then.

Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.

The caveat imposed by the DMP on the Pahela Baishakh celebrations in and around Suhrawardy Udyan and Ramna Park, reminds me of a

Mahatma Gandhi had once said, to judge how civilised a nation is, just look at how it treats its own minorities. Going by this yardstick, Bangladesh does not make a passing grade.

What is happening in the world today? An apt manner to describe the current economic situation and future prospects is to paraphrase

The recently concluded World T20 Championship in India started with a bang – with Martin Guptill of New Zealand hitting the first ball

The Election Commission has become a metaphor for ineptitude. The gradual downslide in the performance of the main democratic institution of the country is disconcertingly palpable.

We really don't pay attention to the common nouns, do we? Can we really remember the name of the four Bangladeshis who died in Libya in March? Or the ones who were murdered in Maijdee in 2007? What really happens is that these temporary protagonists remain relevant in our selective memories as long as we benefit from it every time we write a report, take to streets to protest, or use statistics in our speeches.

In the limited scope of this piece, I intend to remember the role of a great Bangalee in our Liberation War of 1971 - the Bangalee who, through his contributions..

It is interesting that the election to Assam's legislative assembly in India has aroused much debate recently. The election is expected to be held in two phases on April 4 and April 11 this year. Seats in all 126 constituencies are up for grabs; a political party will need 64

ON the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, I would like to share my experience in bringing up my son Aadil.

It is in the interest of the Army's credibility that everything should be done to resolve the mystery. Cantonments are not sacrosanct areas and from time to time criminal acts do occur in there.

She could have been ours. She could have been our daughter. She could have been returning home after a dinner, stopped at a traffic signal...

Suicide bombers belonging to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar set off explosions at a park in Lahore on Easter Sunday killing more than 70 people and

Justice for Tonu has taken social media by storm after the body of 19-year-old Tonu was recovered from Mainamati Cantonment area

SM Sohel stooped over the keyboard in front, with close attention to a speaker, as he was trying to fix an image of a macaw over a text

All over the country people are protesting – students, parents, cultural activists. They are calling for justice for Tonu.

US intelligence analysis had predicted early that the separation of Pakistan was imminent as the political situation in East Pakistan descended into chaos in March 1971.

The Sundarbans, the last reserve forest in the country and a world heritage site, is again under attack. On March 19, 2016, a cargo