Mahfuz Anam

BNP to some extent and AL to a far greater extent have changed Bangladesh. Can’t we expect them to change themselves, even a bit?

The prospect of a free and fair election is still eluding us.

The truth is, we have made a shambles of our elections and have weakened most of the accountability structures.

The intellectual trap refers to a country’s policymakers’ inability to ensure crucial intellectual freedom.

And it is being amended in the same way.

Pahela Baishakh is a reminder of our rich culture and beauty and we welcome the Bengali New Year with celebrations of our tradition in all its magnificence and glory.

Others will never do, as they only want to use us

On meeting Rokia Afzal Rahman for the first time, one would most likely be disarmed by her demeanour.

Many words are written every year in remembrance of the spirit of ’71. For all our essays, reports and opinion pieces on the legacy of the Liberation War, a certain texture of the history is nevertheless lost amidst the grand political narratives being crafted.

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.

So who determines what is ‘required’ to ensure that welfare?

The worrisome state of once glorious student activism

The real culprit is the BCL's sense of entitlement.

A government cannot always be totally moral, but a president has to be.

Rouf bhai was one of the most creative entrepreneurs in the country, having founded many companies in very diverse fields

There is a bias against the poor that leads to a general acceptance of violence against them.

There is no question as to who runs the country. It is Sheikh Hasina, our prime minister. But who does she run it through?

As if in vengeance we have been ferociously and relentlessly destroying our rivers in, what can only be termed as, a suicidal streak.

This election year, the question that will inevitably come to the fore is of how successful AL has been in keeping its promises.

Awami League’s journey from a party leading a struggle to a party long in power.