AL'S affable finance minister is a lucky man having done the national budget more number of times than any other finance minister.

That time is upon us again. Not just to witness people hitting markets for shopping, but also to see them leaving in droves for homes to see their dear ones.

Imagine a life of never fitting in, of constant ridicules and derisions, of being shunned by your own family, of being denied jobs and a chance at a “comfortable” life, of being harassed and assaulted, often sexually, because of who you are.

For citizens of Bangladesh, the news of fellow countrymen dying some horrible death is not new. Reports of gruesome murders, torture,

Contrary to all that can be defined as the reality around me, I do believe in miracles. Call me naïve, delusional or just plain silly, but when you see a really grotesque problem actually being solved in none other than our beloved but impossible-to-live-in Dhaka city, it is akin to divine intervention.

With a constitution that granted it sweeping powers and a compliant parliament, the generals are now presiding over a Potemkin democracy.

Begum Zia will now have to take on the responsibility of transforming BNP into a truly democratic, secular and dynamic political party. She will have to renounce dynastic politics and empower honest and committed leaders.

Bangladeshi-American engineer Shah Talukder had definite reasons to feel proud when his daughter launched a language coaching programme for poor students back in his motherland four years ago. And he had reasons to be frustrated too when Leilah, in the US, had trouble communicating with her students in Bangladesh due to hartals, weather, or traffic jams.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh comes a year after Modi took office.

Following the unanimous passage of the Land Boundary Agreement by the Indian Parliament, there is widespread optimism amongst our people for a major breakthrough in our bilateral relationship with India including the signing of the treaty on Teesta water sharing during PM Modi's visit to Dhaka.

Recalling a nightmare is never a pleasant experience, yet every year this time my mind is thrown back to the eerie morning of May 30,

Gone are the days of cricketers donning flannels or sipping light liquor in tiresome evenings. Convention, tradition and do-good

I won't be surprised if the title of the article raises many eyebrows.

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.

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

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.

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.

THERE'S many a slip twixt the cup and the lip,” goes the old English proverb.

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.

PARDON me, if this reads like a gossip column. For, this is no grapevine stuff, if you should look at it up close.