Nazbul H Khan

What if the minister did not seek to legalise or sanitise extortion, but unintentionally described an informal system of governance that already operates alongside the formal state?

Forty minutes on the sidelines: Did it set the right tone?

Recent developments, such as India’s outreach to Myanmar’s armed groups, reflect a shifting regional strategy.

During the lockdown, people stay at home unless there’s an emergency. Market places are shut down. Kitchen markets and super-shops are open for a short span. Evidently, the lockdown has compelled people to buy less.

Bangladesh will soon start manufacturing cars, that too electric ones, according to a news report published in The Daily Star with the headline “Local firm to set up a $200m plant to make electric vehicle” in July last year.

Because of the decline in donor financed projects, opportunities for NGOs are dwindling gradually. In the present day context NGOs should play multi-dimensional roles instead of just carrying out their daily tasks.