In the days to come, it is the work of the IC that will be under particular focus of international scrutiny, as it is easier to assess its performance against the provisions of the RTI law and emerging international standards.

Misfortune has been haunting Democratic Party's presidential candidates for the last 200 years. The latest one, Hillary Clinton, has become victim to it as she won four hundred thousand more popular votes than Donald Trump, but could not win the presidency.

In Bangladesh public universities, a teacher can be promoted to a professor without a PhD degree if he or she serves eighteen years, has twelve published articles, and some administrative experience.

“I don't worry about our losing republican government in the United States because I'm afraid of a foreign invasion.... What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible.

"Sairachar nipat jak; Ganatantra mukti pak" (Down with autocracy; Let there be democracy). With these words painted on his chest and back, Noor Hossain took a stand against the autocracy of Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad as part of the the Dhaka Siege on November 10. The rally turned bloody, and Noor Hossain was killed under riot conditions, reportedly from police firing.

In January 1973, Paul Sweezy, a renowned Marxist economist, published an article in the Monthly Review Magazine on the causes of the decline of the US economy, and why stagnation and increasing dependence on a permanent state of war had become its regular features.

The statement by Awami League (AL) to draw a distinction between the party and the government could be quite significant if it is in fact implemented. It would mean that party leaders will not simultaneously be able to hold posts in the party and the cabinet.

Although a significant number of private organisations have come forward in the generation of electricity, no one is emphasising on developing skilled manpower.

One day after the terrorist attack in France last year, one of my students came to me and asked how far geographically Bangladesh was from the countries where ISIS is strong.

Agirl with dark skin, unruly hair or a plump figure gets called out – to her face or behind her back – for not being beautiful.

Asaduzzaman Noor, a star in the world of art, culture and especially theatre, will complete 70 years of his multidimensional life on October 31 this year.

In an editorial I wrote in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies in 2003, I had noted a perplexing and worrisome situation in Bangladesh's academic institutions, both public and private – lack of a research culture.

The four year old Syrian boy with a burnt face found his way to the final debate between Republican candidate for president Donald Trump and the Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton at Las Vegas earlier this week.

There is a conspiracy theorist lurking inside most of us. Some have the unshakeable belief that Elvis Presley faked his own death or that a UFO landed in Roswell, New Mexico and the US government covered up the story.

In the just concluded national council of the ruling Awami League, more than 6,000 councillors empowered by their party constitution to elect all office bearers of the party's central committee have been able to perform their jobs only partially.

A recent directive related to the recruitment of faculty members at public universities had a chilling effect on the universities.

It is a Mandir again. The controversy over it comes to life whenever there are elections. The Babri Masjid was demolished in December, 1992.

I recently went to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a city hospital. One of my students at BRACUniversity suffered a serious brain injury

The future is urban and nowhere is that more true than in Bangladesh. If current rates of urbanisation continue, the country's urban population will double by 2035.

These large investments from China and the prospect for more in the course of time have indeed ushered in a new era for the Sino-Bangladesh ties; and these investments will spark new dynamics in the two countries' cooperative relations and engagements, which would lift them to a much higher trajectory.