It is worth noting that decisions need to be taken considering the overall scenario, not just the crisis situation.

The most common question that people are asking these days is: will the upcoming general election be free and fair?

High commodity prices in the global market are often used as an excuse to justify price hikes in the domestic market, even if there is no direct correlation

Such an extraordinary emphasis on having elections in some constituencies make us wonder whether there’s more to this than meets the eye.

Without fashion retailers and their suppliers working together, our industry as a whole will continue to see emissions rising.

Through the Liberation War of 1971, the people of this region wanted to establish a state that would not be built in the model of Pakistan. Fifty-two years later, can we say we have achieved that goal?

Bangladesh was supposed to be a country run by its people, but we are dangerously moving towards a country being run by a coterie.

Two recent studies under government auspices have confirmed the warnings given by Education Watch.

How should a nation memorialise its history?

Bangladeshi poetry has always been sensitive to socio-political issues and public themes. In discussing the poetic response to the Liberation War, therefore, it is useful to start with the broad historical background, move on to the literary tradition, and then consider the poetry itself.

The banking crisis that hit Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) recently has spread.

Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).

On the fateful night of March 25, 1971, Prof Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta was dragged out of his university flat and shot repeatedly on the back by the Pakistan Army.

The debate that has erupted now involves the desire to de-sire colonial legacies.

Pakistan is the metaphor of everything Bangladesh doesn't want to be.

Watch this print space for the Talespeople's weekly reflections on creative writing.

How can you talk about peace without taking into account war? Both are subjects not only of Tolstoy’s great novel but also of the two founding epic poems of Greek as well as Indian literature.

Now is the time for the policymakers to think and reflect on Bangladesh's geopolitical value.

Be it uncleanliness, chaotic immigration lines, or unnecessary drama at baggage claim - our Dhaka airport has a lot to offer.

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.