People’s purchasing power is a key indicator of a country’s economic well-being, which gets eroded by high inflation.

All studies done by international and national agencies are in agreement that Bangladesh still has a significant amount of undiscovered gas under the ground.

To say that Roe v Wade does not affect us is untrue. It jeopardises women's right to choose all over the world.

An economy without an independent source of data is like an aircraft flying without its airspeed sensors.

UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.

The global shocks have proven to be particularly damaging for China because they have come on top of an ongoing, secular loss of competitiveness.

It is mind-boggling that, by claiming that all those killed at the border “are criminals,” the head of BSF has acknowledged that his force has concurrently arrogated the roles of petitioner, judge, jury, and executioner.

Tea is a sector that requires time and patience. The problem with our new entrepreneurs is that they all want instant yields.

People in power also need to be held accountable for addressing violence in their institutions, be they religious, educational or other.

With the expansion of the publishing business, bookshops also sprang up in various parts of Old Dhaka, particularly in Chawkbazar, Islampur, Mughaltuli and Patuatuli. It is estimated that the number of bookshops in Dhaka till 1900 were no less than 40. 

While speaking at an event in Chattogram, last evening (August 18, 2022), our Foreign Minister Abdul Momen, said “I went to India and said Sheikh Hasina’s continuation must be ensured.”

"The government is not dependent on public support. Hence, it gives no importance to public suffering."

If we want to stop being lectured by international bodies, then we as a people, and much more so our government, must listen to our own critical voices.

How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?

From what we see, read and experience, there is no accountability or oversight in the roads and highways sector.

The issue this country faces is not a lack of active political participation; people want to vote.

The book includes excerpts from Syed Waliullah's diary, snapshots of his editorial for Contemporary magazine, handwritten edits on his pieces for Shaogat magazine, and a comprehensive bibliography of the author's work and achievements.

There is a plot embedded here, but this novel is so much more: a long, winding journey, centred on a family, with acute eyes on love and distances within a family, but also through language, Partition and imposed borders, and so much more.

For Bangladesh, the window of achieving demographic dividend will close around 2040.

The Indian prime minister left little doubt that corruption would be one of the mainstays of his campaign against his political rivals in the run-up to the 2024 general election.