Views & Opinion

Rape, Social Demands and Government's Response

Pranab Kumar Panday: The news of rape and abuse against women has generated horror and anguish among the countrymen over the last few weeks. It is well-known that these incidents occur in our country very frequently. But due to the activism of social media, the news of these incidents is becoming public. In certain cases, it helps the abused or...

Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Digital Bangladesh

Dr. Rashid Askari: A child was born during the travails of the birth of his country. He was given his name long before his birth which denotes victory and the victory was won a few months after he was born. Who was the child and what is the name? We don’t need to puzzle over it or browse through the pages of world history to find the answ...

The diplomat in Bangabandhu

Syed Badrul Ahsan: Quite some conversation has been generated in light of a picture, posted by yours truly on Facebook, of Henry Kissinger with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in New York. The month is September. The year is 1974. Bangladesh had just become a member of the United Nations and Bangabandhu had spoken before the UN General Assemb...

Formation of National Investigation Commission Urgent

Dr. Munaz Ahmed Noor:   The sun of Bengal’s freedom had descended with the defeat of Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah to British East India Company owing to the betrayal of his own commanders in the battle of Plassey in 1757. Subsequent colonial periods tell tales of anxiety, anguish, discrimination, oppression and so forth. No one knew ...

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

Dr. Rashid Askari: If I am asked to describe Sheikh Hasina in one short sentence, it’s impossible though, I may fall back upon the well-known proverb—'the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world’. This is not a proverb as such. As a matter of fact, these are the concluding lines of a poem by a mid-19th century American poet...