Too many leaks are happening these days. White House staffers have been leaking information.

The heightened media response and public outcry prompted by the rape of two girls at a Banani hotel in Dhaka city deserves

If we compare an economy to an aeroplane, fiscal policy and monetary policy would be its two wings.

You have a son and you worry about that boy. You have a daughter and you have to worry about every boy on the block, because not every parent is worrying about his/her boy.

Gone are the days of “honest Abe” or of the president who as a boy refused to lie, after chopping down a cherry tree, a favourite of his father, knowing fully well the consequences of admitting the truth.

As we try to make sense of consent, we have to recognise that consent is a nuanced issue. We have to unlearn what the media and mainstream entertainment have taught us about rape—that it has to be violent and involve physical coercion for it to be rape. We cannot underestimate the power of coercive control, or manipulation.

At the turn of the century, under the United Nations, all countries agreed to try to achieve a set of ten Millennium Development Goals

Itr is a crucial time for the political future of theocratic (Shia) Iran. Around 55 million voters are scheduled to go to polls on May 19,

The word maya originates from Sanskrit, meaning attraction that you feel for your loved ones with a sense of bond and attachment.

The rise of ultra-nationalist populist parties in Europe has been a threat to European unity. The French presidential election came at a

You have to hand it to the former general/president. Nobody can really match the age-defying, flamboyant showstopper like Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.

The only consequence for the rest of the world if the US stays in it is a very negative one of having to fight them on every little issue in the negotiations, as they will inevitably try to hold back all our actions.

I am so glad that children of powerful people are not being able to get away with rape.”

In January this year Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.

Illicit cross-border financial flow is not uncommon. It happens in all countries. With globalisation it has become more complex.

Some years ago a South Asian friend shared an interesting anecdote with me. When she landed her first job in the corporate banking sector in London, she bought herself a new wardrobe of business suits and dresses.

Ever since the second IPL, obviously I could not do it any earlier, it has been a matter of wonderment for me why the three-piece

The famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, at the peak of his success over 100 years

We live in a notoriously polluted city of the world, and still we choose to live here because we have a dream. We live in a system where

The haor basin in the northeastern part of Bangladesh is currently experiencing severe flash floods, causing considerable hardship to people, and destroying crops and other infrastructure.