Boatloads of human misery
For full two weeks or thereabouts in April the media in the west, particularly the US, were ablaze with news of hundreds of migrants
23 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The blurring of distinction between law enforcement and law breaking
This is not common in countries where the law enforcement machinery is handicapped by a serious gap in training and education in professionalism, human rights, and behaviour.
15 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Witnessing another ELECTION CHARADE
STUFFING of ballot boxes whether in national or local elections is nothing new in Bangladesh.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Losing a battle to win a war?
The rather undramatic end to the three plus months of blockade punctuated by strikes has elicited a sigh of relief from hartal stricken people of Bangladesh.
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The stalled war against Islamic militants
THE war against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) is about to observe its first anniversary.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
March 7: An eye witness account
THE speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib given at the Race Course (now Suhrawardy Uddyan) forty-four years ago on March 7...
8 March 2015, 18:00 PM
A murder most foul
It seems there is no end to sensational news from Bangladesh. Smack on the face of the dramatic revelation of the phone conversations of a civil society stalwart that shook the society, came the horrific news of a most brutal killing of an activist writer in public view. His offense was seemingly his writings that advocated tolerance, freedom from bigotry of all kinds, love and respect for all humans, and above all a just society.
1 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Hype over Mamata Banerjee visit
Mamata Banerjee came, saw, but did not quite conquer the Bangladeshi heart. But then, the last may not have been her plan.
24 February 2015, 18:00 PM
Pondering the imponderable
A few days ago, in a news interview in Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) radio here in the US, a journalist covering events in Afghanistan provided a grim view of the prospects of democracy in that country.
18 February 2015, 18:00 PM