Special Article

Growing bonds that link Singapore and Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina

The Straits Times, the highest-circulating Singapore newspaper on 11th March, published an article of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was then in Singapore on a four-day official visit. Following is the full text of the article headlined 'Growing the bonds that link Singapore and Bangladesh': Bangladesh and Singapore have been enjoying frien...

Our Deepest Tribute to The Brightest Minds of Our Soil

14 December, the Martyred Intellectuals’ day. The day we lost the best children of the soil. The most grieved day of the Bangali nation. On this day on 1971, when the final victory of the War of Liberation was sure to happen, at that very moment the attacking Pakistani forces and their collaborators – the Razakars, Al Badr, Al Shams ...

Niko Scam Revisited

Bangladesh High Court has declared contracts between Petrobangla & Niko and BAPEX & Niko illegal in a historic verdict recently taking into cognizance the allegations of a scam in the award of a contract. The contracts were concluded by BNP Jamat Alliance Government in 2003 for re-development of Feni and Chattack gas fields includin...

Anatomy of BNP Vision 2030

BNP Chairperson Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and widow of former President General Ziaur Rahman has announced 37 points vision 2030 of her party in a recent press meet in Dhaka. This write will make an attempt to review, analyze and comment on the salient aspects of the vision. Before going into sector wise discussion it may be useful to ...

Myths and Facts: Rampal Power Plant

The anti-Rampal Power Plant activists forming various marginal platforms continue their propaganda against the Rampal 2X660 MW power plant. The project is under implementation by Bangladesh-India Friendship Coal Power Company (BIFCPL), a joint venture of BPDB, Bangladesh and NTPC, India. The power plant location is on the bank of tidal Posshur ...