Saga of Pak PMs

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Yet another blow, but why?

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing, boisterous speeches, mysterious helicopter rides, and a clandestine meeting between now-ex prime minister Imran Khan and the military and intelligence chiefs -- nothing fundamentally important shifted in Pakistan.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Pakistan’s democracy: Yet another blow, but why?

Despite all the unusual events occurring around Sunday midnight – a parliamentary vote of no confidence, an emergency Supreme Court hearing,
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Saga of Pak PMs

No prime minister has completed a full five-year tenure in Pakistan’s 75-year history. Pakistan has had a total of 29 prime ministers since 1947. The shortest
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Entertainment’ at the cost of cropland

The Forest Department is set to excavate an artificial lake at Amtali in Madhupur National Park to attract tourists, despite objections from the local ethnic minorities who fear this would damage their livelihoods and culture.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Never-ending tensions

Madhupur has a history of conflict and tension between the foresters and forest dwellers, especially the indigenous people.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Re-excavate natural waterbodies’

Environmentalist Asit Ranjan Paul, who served as the divisional forest officer in Tangail from 2010 to 2013, says waterbodies are blessings for all. But before digging any new waterbody near or in the localities, locals should be discussed.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM

‘We cannot let that happen’

 Bipin Nokrek, a Mandi man from Pirgachha village, said his family members cultivate two paddies and mustard on seven bighas on the low-lying land inside the forest.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Crisis in Sri Lanka: What is the lesson for Bangladesh?

Despite repeated warnings from economists, Bangladesh so far hasn’t taken any major stride toward diversification of its export basket. It still depends heavily on the garment sector.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM

How Sri Lanka’s booming economy ended in the worst crisis in its history

An unprecedented economic crisis is disrupting life across Sri Lanka. The government is running out of dollars to buy essentials.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM

New draft social media, OTT regulation: Why we should be worried

The Digital Security Act (DSA) has been proven repeatedly to criminalise the online activity of citizens, using flimsy criteria.
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Online Birth Registration: Futuristic or farcical?

Naim Ahmed, a father of two, has been struggling to get the new digital 17-digit birth registration (BR) certificates for himself, his wife and children. All of them already have the old 16-digit BR certificates, and passports which were issued against them.
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM

UKRAINE AT A GLANCE

In January 1990, more than 400,000 people join hands in a human chain stretching some 400 miles from the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk to Kyiv in an anti-communist protest. The Rada, the new Ukrainian parliament, votes to declare independence from the Soviet Union on July 16, 1990.
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Both could’ve done better

Kyivan Rus, the first Slavic state, is considered the birthplace of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. In the 11th century, the vast territory of Kyivan
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM

What is Putin’s endgame?

The Russian president is facing an unexpected level of resistance but remains determined to continue on a belligerent path.
4 March 2022, 18:00 PM

What does it mean to 'hurt' a religious sentiment?

There’s a fine line between combating hate speech and being intolerant of differences in opinions and viewpoints.
25 February 2022, 18:00 PM

‘We are simply not equipped to run safari parks’

Eminent wildlife conservationist Dr Reza Khan said Bangladesh needs to open an independent department with a mandate to manage all the wildlife of the country, including those in safari parks and zoos.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM

A trail of death and mismanagement

Despite the forest department lacking the skilled manpower needed to run two existing safari parks, plans are underway for yet another safari park project in Lathitila forest in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila, at the cost of destroying natural forests.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Historic tale of Gandaria

For 67 years, Simanta Pathagar (library) has been bearing Gandaria’s torch. Established under the children’s organisation Khelaghar Ashar, it is also located on Din Nath Sen Road.
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM

Gandaria: Grand area no more!

This is how the saying goes -- back in the days, a British traveler arrived in the area and was so blown away by all he saw, he exclaimed, “What a grand area!”
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM