We have just witnessed the birth of a new buzzword. Suddenly, policymakers in the United States and across Europe want to "de-risk" the relationship with China. The term owes its new popu ...

Everyone thinks highly of Afghanistan when it comes to cricket. Listening to Indian and Pakistani cricket commentators, it would seem that they are one of the top teams playing. Why is there ...

Enigmatic person and politician, who influenced the passage of Bangladesh, Serajul Alam Khan, -dada to most- passed away aged 82 years. It was a long life but in the last few years of his li ...

Pakistan and Russia are trying their best to become friends. Reasons are as simple as they come. Russia needs to sell and Pakistan wants to buy "quick and cheap." Russia recently d ...

Due to work assignments I have travelled to several parts of the world including the so-called hot zones. So I am no stranger to serious hot weather. To be honest, I am used to many kinds of ...

Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, President of the Cosmos Foundation (philanthropic arm of the Cosmos Group) in Dhaka, has been appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the International Insti ...

It takes a lot of strength to read headlines nowadays. There is only misery and hopelessness. Everything is crashing and everything is dismal. There was a time during the Corona days when th ...