Views & Opinion

Bangladesh Is Moving Towards a Welfare State Under the Leadership of Sheikh Hasina

Hiren Pandit The main theme of the Bangladesh Awami League Charter for Change in 2008 was to build a developed Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty. Bangladesh is now moving towards a Smart Bangladesh. According to the Prime Minister's promise, a universal pension scheme was launched. The universal pension scheme has been launched keeping in...

The False Narratives around Bangabandhu

Syed Badrul Ahsan: In independent Bangladesh, we have gone through a long process of distortion of history. Again, there have been attempts by people to give us sanitised and selective versions of history. And there have been individuals and quarters jumping into the discussion with falsifications of history. In these past few years, moves hav...

IRI Survey: What accounts for Sheikh Hasina’s sustained popularity?

DR. PRANAB KUMAR PANDAY:  The recent release of a report by the Washington-based International Republican Institute (IRI) – a non-profit organisation funded and supported by the United States federal government – has sparked considerable debates and discussions within Bangladesh’s political sphere. This dynamic discourse ...

21 August is a terrible day in the politics of Bangladesh

Hiren Pandit: Only history can tell how many more years of struggle and sacrifices are needed to completely erase the scandalous chapter written in the life of the Bengali nation by killing the greatest Bengali Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family on August 15, 1975! Not only 75, but August reminds us of the incident of 21 August 20...

From grief to power: August 15’s transformative journey

Dr. Pranab Kumar Panday: In the global spotlight, Bangladesh proudly waves its resplendent flag, a testament to the unyielding resolve and visionary genius embodied by its founding architect, the revered father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Across a millennium of Bengali history, his radiant presence stands as brilliant as a...