July 25, 2018

M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to go tough on illegal drugs, tender mongers, extortion, muscle power and terrorism. She came up with the directions while inaugurating the three-day annual DC Conference at Prime Minister’s Office here, reports BSS. The prime minister said the deputy commissioners have to…

Mohammad Ali Sattar, Columnist and Biographer: Pakistan, the unique political landscape in this world, is in turmoil once again. History of Pakistan is interesting in that it has witnessed political and feudal lords engaged in unending internecine strife ever since its independence. The provinces, with its varied culture and practices always remained far from each…

Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age:  The tragedy of Tajuddin Ahmad is part of our history we can overlook at peril to our future. He remains ignored, or even sidelined, in our assessments of the evolution of this Bengali state through the autonomy movement of the 1960s and the War of Liberation of 1971….

Masud Kamal, Senior News Editor, Banglavision: We have been hearing for many years that the population of Hindus in Bangladesh is declining. We cannot claim that some Hindus are not migrating to India. I hail from Muktagachha of Mymensingh district, which is a Hindu majority area. Once there were Hindu zamindars. The educational institutes, roads,…

Maj Gen Abdur Rashid (Retd), Security & International Relations Analyst: There are visible possibilities of military coup in Pakistan. The possibility of another military rule in the country cannot be blown into the air. The various types of incidents and their flows suggest that a devolution may not be possible for the sake of peace….