The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has again started taking the opinions of various journalist organizations…
Category: Political Opinion
UK electoral reckoning, what’s going to happen
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak quite suddenly announced the election date on May 22. July 4 means…
The end of the suffering of birth registration and correction in Hatia
Common people are constantly harassed and suffering for birth registration, birth registration correction and English online.…
Bangladesh: Increasing repression of Freedom of Expression and the Right to Protest
Freedom of expression and the right to protest are being repressed in Bangladesh in the build-up…
On Worker Rights and Wage Protests in Bangladesh
The United States condemns recent violence against workers in Bangladesh protesting over the minimum wage, as well…
Bangladesh must end persecution of journalist, say UN experts
GENEVA (26 May 2020) – UN experts* expressed alarm about the ongoing persecution of journalist Shafiqul…
Bangladesh political protests
We are deeply concerned by a series of violent incidents during ongoing protests in Bangladesh. As…
No integrated or effective measures to curb inflation
Take beef and eggs for example. The price of these two commodities is higher than in…
Women of Pride and Prejudice: The Good, the Bad and the Just Okay
Written in the late eighteenth century, Pride and Prejudice perfectly encapsulates the many relations we have…
IMF satisfaction: Respite or disquiet for Bangladesh?
The post-Covid global recession and spiralling costs of fuel import triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war, put…
Donald Lu speaks of putting bitterness aside and taking relations ahead
The United States had wanted to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. They went as…
Israel is rogue, but Iran must demonstrate restraint
Israel and Iran have finally come out of the closet with their unquenchable thirst for might…
Women breaking the glass ceiling? Not so much in sports
We are all aware of the recent fiasco during a Dhaka Premier League (DPL) match when…
Dhaka’s toxic air: An invisible killer on the loose
Imagine an invisible serial killer lurking around the corner, waiting to suck the life out of…
The making of Coke Studio Bangla’s complex subjects
I am neither a musician nor a music critic. Nor am I trained in assessing the…
Looking back at Klopp’s amazing Liverpool journey
Back in 2015 when Liverpool first announced that Jurgen Klopp would be taking on the reigns…
Message from Donald Lu’s visit: Reset, rebuild, and strengthen
The words “reset,” “rebuild”, and “strengthen” normally imply the use of mechanical tools to reconstruct something…