Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan ndc, psc (Retd)

The script is familiar; the cast recognisable, the performance well orchestrated if not well rehearsed. Some MPs of the ruling party have

We can say with utmost satisfaction that we were in the right in fulfilling our duty since we have had to incur the wrath of the ruling party, irrespective of which party was in power, in equal measure.

The government has got a lot to boast about on its two years in office. It has a firm grip on things and those who might try to convey otherwise...

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.

If all those extremists killed and arrested in the last one month belong to the JMB then all those that had written off the extremist group as a non-entity and without the capacity to create problems for the country must be eating their words, and that includes the head of our police too.

TODAY the country is celebrating two historic events in one – Fall of Autocracy and Revival of Democracy. It was fall of autocracy alright but whether democracy has been resurrected in its true and pristine from is a matter for the people to tell.

Today is the 18th anniversary of the CHT Accord, and it is pathetic to hear the tribal leaders still lamenting its non fulfillment in toto.

Bangladesh's experience with ribald extremism and terrorism is more recent and, so far, has been less painful in terms of mass attacks or casualties. But there has been a slow, but steady gnawing at the very soul of this country.

Like any other world leader invested with unrestrained power to act, every problem posed by Islamic extremism to France, and indeed to the Western world, appears to be a nail.

We are in accord with the attitude of the Russian Ambassador on the killing of the two foreigners, articulated in the most poetic manner.

The quick 'acknowledgment' of the killings by the IS, the method of which does not fit the IS footprint, raises doubts about the veracity of the post. However, let the IS issue not be a red herring.

So Thomas Paine had said. But unfortunately that is not so in Bangladesh. In our country the saying, 'show me the man and I will show

While it is essential to eliminate IS link without dismissing outright the possibility of their existence in this country, it is also essential to identify and nab the perpetrators, keeping our mind open to all the possible motives for the killings.

The 'one-belt-one-road' (OBOR ) initiative is the most talked about agenda – which has captured the imagination of a great many

Delving on the issue of media-military relations (MMR) in Bangladesh may sometimes be seen as an acknowledgement of the existence of a state of tension which is not totally untrue.

At last there is acknowledgement from the government party members that innocent people do get killed in “crossfire”. One wishes it had come sooner.

The reaction of the AL was predictable and one can safely assert that had it been the BNP in place of AL, the reaction would not have been any different. After all, who would want to have his or her 'powers' clipped?

Five bloggers have been killed in the last five years. And except for the alleged killers of Ahmed Rajiv Haider, no others have been brought to justice yet.

Seventy years after the greatest carnage of the 20th century was wreaked on a country by the dropping of the very strangely named atom bombs Little Boy on Hiroshima...

A political party cannot be merely reactive to political events and even much less suffer from duality of command exacerbated by string pulling by the absentee landlord.