Views & Opinion

Sheikh Hasina’s Visionary Leadership and Crisis Management Strategies

Dr. Rashid Askari: There is no scarcity of people who suffer from inverted snobbery or tall poppy syndrome. There is never the dearth of people who fancy denouncing the power that be without rhyme or reason. What good is it criticising for the sake of criticism itself? When it comes to evaluating Sheikh Hasina’s achievement as the pr...

PM's India Visit and Opposition's Unwarranted Criticism

Pranab Kumar Panday:  The visit of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India has been the subject of many conversations over the last few days. While the ruling party takes the PM's trip seriously, the opposition still seeks to discredit it. Experts agree that the bilateral negotiations between India and Bangladesh's heads of gover...

Smart Bangladesh-2041 and the 4IR

Hiren Pandit:  The Smart Bangladesh Task Force was formed under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Smart Bangladesh-2041 vision to establish Bangladesh as a knowledge-based economy and an innovative nation to implement Smart Bangladesh-2041.It is being implemented by the ICT Division.Building inclusive digital societies ...

A brief history of Bangladesh through Sheikh Rehana’s eyes

Tonmoy Ahmed: As she turns 67, Sheikh Rehana looks back at life with a Shakespearian ending: “All’s Well That Ends Well.” When her father the great Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was gunned down with almost the whole family, the teenage Rehana wished she had died. “How could I live with so much pain!” she told...

The international community must see the Bangladesh of 2022

Professor Mohammad A. Arafat: The world sees Bangladesh as a success story and, indeed, it should. The bustling South Asian nation is frequently cited as a global model for development, economic growth, poverty mitigation, and gender equality. Dhaka has built homes for more than 150,000 destitute families. Its infrastructure has made giga...