One cannot but marvel at the sense of proportion, or the lack of it, of the finance minister.

Early morning tweets are something I wake up to and they form the structure of my day. Most news items shape the next 16 hours.

Over the past couple of years British political landscape has undergone dramatic changes. When David Cameron won a Conservative

…the government in Bangladesh, instead of holding bankers accountable, bailed out the fraud-riddled banks using thousands of crores worth of taxpayers' money, year after year

I want to focus on a little known Article of the Paris Agreement, which may well come to haunt the US and will be an unintended consequence of the US withdrawing from it.

Bangladesh's national budget for FY2018 comes at a challenging time. Despite being powered by high growth and cushioned by low international prices, the Bangladesh economy has been facing a number of disquieting features.

The budget, which is basically an annual outline of fiscal policy, has over time turned into an all-encompassing document for the

It is the time when the head of the roadside restaurant is covered up during lunchtime as we only see the legs, knees downwards. Just

Ekushey Padak awardee, sculptor Hamiduzzaman Khan Sir was my senior colleague at university. It's been quite a while, close to a decade, since we last met. After all these years consulting Sir was critical, because I was exploring the possibility of his art objects adorning the garden of a bungalow I designed.

As the news of the cyclone named Mora (a Thai word which means 'star of the sea') erupted on social and traditional media, I couldn't

“An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain — the equality of all men.”

On that note, today, I will try to make the case why every new diplomat from Bangladesh needs to be climate literate, if not a climate expert.

Our officers are (in)famous for making foreign trips as part of any government project. Executives of some private enterprises are also

The banking sector has been passing through a turbulent period for some time. Given that a sound financial sector is key to sustained

Rarely have we seen both politicians and economists dance together and play the same tune on the state of the economy.

Films are powerful tools that shape ideas, attitudes and social norms. But as any art form, the message can be diffused or even distorted if it's not presented in the right way.

The notion of today's press freedom is deeply rooted in the idea of freedom of speech and expression, intellectual freedom, liberty of thought, etc.

A man in Bronx, New York, gets into his Honda just like another man in London who gets into his Hyundai. The Bronx man drives

Vulnerable riverbeds, shorelines and even fresh water lakes are being damaged by sand dredgers across the world.

US presidents seem to have a predilection for dispensing homilies directed at the Muslim countries just before the month of Ramadan – pre-Ramadan speech if you like.