Views & Opinion

Friendly foreign policy: The catalyst for Bangladesh’s economic development

Since its inception, Bangladesh's government has followed a foreign policy based on the notion of "friendship to all, malice towards none" -- which Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding father, ingrained in the 1972 Constitution. Till today, the country carries on upholding this diplomatic concept to promote economic developm...

The BNP’s Trojan Horse Politics

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has sadly got his history wrong. The Trojan Horse of legend was a trick played on the people of Troy by the Greeks at a point where the Greeks, having besieged the Trojans for years and unable to vanquish them, settled on the nasty idea of concealing their soldiers inside a wooden horse, terming it as a gift for the Trojans, an...

Sheikh Hasina is building a Smart Bangladesh following the vision of Bangabandhu

The Awami League, founded by the leadership of Maulana Bhasani as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League on June 23, 1949, in Tikatuli, Dhaka, celebrated its 75th founding anniversary. The party dropped the word "Muslim" from its name six years after its debut to promote secularism and non-sectarianism. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman emerged as the leader...

75 Years of Awami League: Turning Bangladesh into an Independent and Prosperous Country

Sheikh Mujib was made a member of the convening committee in a meeting at Dhaka University Fazlul Haque Hall Auditorium to attain the rights of the people of East Bengal under Pakistan, which was born based on backward and false nationalism two-nation theory On January 4, 1948. There was a polarization of politics that began in 1949 to be organi...

Spreading of Misinformation and Disinformation on Social Media is Alarming

Abuse of social media platforms has become a catalyst for social, religious, political, and economic conflicts in Bangladesh. This misuse is causing significant damage, misinformation, and harmful issues that are being used to create tension and destroy the peace of society. Social media is flooded with fraudulent material, and political unrest ...