Like several others Dr. Akbar Ali Khan was to me a citizen of the 1971 liberation war. My first conversation with him was in 1978 when he was in government service and I was working for the ...

Dhaka is seeing more street begging than ever before. This is only natural. The amount of cash that circulates in society is huge and some has to be let go. While some are pushed by pity, ot ...

Human Rights Watch, a New York-based rights body, has urged the Bangladesh authorities to assist the United Nations in inquiries of enforced disappearances. The local and international watch ...

Everyone hates fans. The cricket establishment hates them most as they are on social media, always ranting and abusing when things go bad. Nobody likes to hear that one is not doing good, no ...

In the year since the Americans left Kabul, giving way to the Taliban waiting at the gate, Afghanistan’s economy has headed in a distinctly old-fashioned direction. The country is i ...

The recent strike by the tea workers has brought national attention to a largely forgotten community of Bangladesh. Very little is known about their ethnic identity, culture or what they thi ...

In Bangladesh Sri Lanka became a matter of great interest as parallels were drawn between the economic crisis it faced- its worst ever- and the difficulties Bangladesh also faced after spike ...