A few weeks  ago one member of cabinet of the present government announced that Bangladesh is aiming to build a welfare state. This is the first time that anyone in the inner sanctum of power in Bangladesh where policies are made gave vent to the ambitious plan for an inclusive and just societ

The war against Iran had been on the anvil for Benjamin Netanyahu over 40 years which saw him in different political roles in Israel during that period. In his grand geo-political design for the Middle- East the Bibical 'promised land' for the tribe of Israelites was resurrected in conformity with

Sonia Akhter is a mother who lives with her middle-class   family in Gopalganj. She came to Dhaka with her measles-afflicted daughter Ramjana on June 22 for treatment at the advice of the doctor there. She at first went to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with Ramjana where she was told to go to

Formulating an annual budget has never been easy in Bangladesh, given the plethora of demands and paucity of resources. But 2026-2027 fiscal is perhaps the most challenging time for balancing the two sides of the economy embedded in the annual estimate. A brief resume of the backdrop of the challen

It is not a news that will startle the readers but deserves repeating as a reminder. Since the colonial times, the ‘cvilised’ west has looked upon the rest of mankind as the ‘other’, lacking in the qualities that made them “civilised’, particularly in technologic

Unarguably, Donald Trump's just concluded visit to China has not been redolent of legendary veni, vidi, vici vintage. Some commentators have described it as a pathetic disaster and a landmark diplomatic faux pas the like of which has not been seen in recent years. The sound bites accompanied by the

Democratic culture, practised in Bangladesh since inception, has been marked by marginaisation of opposition. Towards the end of the autocratic rule that ended in a violent overthrow in July movement in 2025, the main opposition was completely throttled, its leaders either behind bars or on the run

It has become customary to disaggregate the impact of economic shocks on the global and national or regional economies. Needless to say that in broad terms the conclusions are the same in broad terms pointing to the same direction viz decline. While the world economy is the composite of all regiona