New Year Special 2016
[Watch] Top 10 Bangla songs of 2016
Watch the top ten Bangla songs on YouTube coming out of the Bangla music industry this passing year; all in one place!
Editor's Note / A Year of Shocks and Expectations
Last year has been one of continuous shocks as well as pleasant surprises both on the international and home fronts.
2015 in Perspective
Regrettably, 2015 started on the same pitch as did 2014 - with hartal and blockades by the Jamaat-BNP alliance and with the leader...
POLITICS / Is Fascism Back?
In 2015, “fascism” once again became the highest-octane political epithet in general use. Of course, the temptation to apply the fascism label...
POLITICS / Of turmoil and complacency
THE year 2015 began with a perilous journey of confrontation between the main opposition and the government. On the anniversary of the 2014...
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES
"It cannot be accepted that they cannot give 7.5 percent VAT while they pay Tk 30,000-Tk 50,000 as tuition fees.”
TERRORISM / 2015: The Global Terror
AS 2015 draws to a close, we stand witness to another year of world-wide terrorist activities threatening peace and security.
TERRORISM / Unifying the struggle against ISIS
THE November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris – which struck at the heart of France and of Europe as a whole – have brought the terrorist threat...
Sundarbans in peril
The Sundarbans has been subjected to natural and manmade calamities for many decades. Declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations...
Save Rivers, Save Bangladesh
Rivers in the country, mainly the small and medium sized ones, are being filled up from bank-side; land is developed for various...
Paris Agreement and the Bangladesh Perspective
It may be noted that in Copenhagen Bangladesh had placed 1.5 degree centigrade as the preferred objective on behalf of the LDCs and most vulnerable states.
Keeping the promise to our children
Mariam, a bright nine-year old girl with dangling ponytails, sat in one of the middle rows in a class of about 50 students in a rural primary school.
European solidarity in a world of crises
It is time we had a little more faith in Europe's ability to provide collective solutions to problems felt acutely and independently by each EU member state. Doing away with EU asylum laws will not take away national obligations to abide by the humanitarian principle and requirement under international law to offer asylum to those in need.
Protect our migrant workers
IN 2015, we witnessed the ghastly experiences of thousands of Bangladeshi migrants, rescued from the death traps set by the human traffickers...
Hopes for a fresh beginning
The nation embraces 2016 with a degree of scepticism and anxiety. With the experiences of disenfranchisement and violations of ...
When rights go wrong
NOT only was 2015 filled with moments of national pride and joy but also moments of national tragedy and shame. Bangladesh was faced with some of the worst instances of violence against women, children and minorities in 2015.