Op-Ed

An apology to Shamim Osman?

Mahfuz Anam , 10 June 2014, Tuesday

Many years ago, towards the end of Sheikh Hasina's first term as prime minister we, in the media, failed to recognise the true value of a politician like Jainal Hazari. We kept on revealing his criminal activities and the then PM kept on telling us that it was all part of a conspiracy to malign this veteran Awami Leaguer. When Hazari nearly killed a local journalist and left him on the roadside to bleed to death, and when the media got together to raise funds for his treatment, including sending him abroad, it was seen as part of a conspiracy to malign the government itself, and a few media houses, including ours, were never forgiven for this temerity. After nearly a decade we made another mistake. The media totally failed to understand the true value of Abul Hossain, the former communications minister, the man the PM termed as a “true patriot” but who the World Bank held responsible for an alleged corruption conspiracy involving the Padma bridge project. So what if the nation Detail >>

Proposed mechanism will prove futile

Syed Mansur Hashim , 10 June 2014, Tuesday

AT the end of 2012, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) had launched a survey to calculate the number of homeowners and landlords in metropolitan cities. This was undertaken to see how many people Detail >>

Ethical basis of economics

Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled , 08 June 2014, Sunday

Adam Smith (1723-1790) is famous for founding economics as an independent field of study by synthesizing and systemizing classical economics in The Wealth of Nations (1776). But he was also a Detail >>

India’s relations with America

Mohammad Amjad Hossain , 30 May 2014, Friday

Since sweeping landslide victory in Lok Shabha election in India by Ultra Nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) in 30 years on May 16 with Narendra Modi as designated Prime Minister, immediate Detail >>

A failure of practice, not the system

Al-Masud Hasanuzzaman , 25 May 2014, Sunday

Professor of Political Science at Jahangirnagar University Al-Masud Hasanuzzaman talks to Ahmad Ibrahim of The Daily Star on the role of the opposition party in the Bangladeshi parliament and the many Detail >>

Backbiting brings ruins for a Muslim

Engr. Md. Anisur Rahman , 22 May 2014, Thursday

There is no way to deny that backbiting (Geebah) is a very serious sin. In the Holy Quran, the complete code of life for the Muslim, Allah used it synonymously with disaster or ruins in the verse 1 of Detail >>

Empowered people build resilient nations

Pauline Tamesis , 19 May 2014, Monday

THE term 'Resilience' was introduced in the development discourse in the context of ecosystem stability and disaster risk reduction. However, both the discourse and the development landscape has Detail >>

Towards a comprehensive juvenile justice system in Bangladesh

Mushuda Zaman Soby , 16 May 2014, Friday

THE juvenile justice system all over the world has undergone changes over the years. The changes are revolutionary in nature and feature, so to speak. The prime object of juvenile justice is to Detail >>

Hillary Clinton’s explosive interview on Al Qaeda

M. Serajul Islam , 08 June 2014, Sunday

Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State, has said in a recent interview with FOX TV that the United States’ military is fighting in Afghanistan Al Qaeda that it had helped create! The Detail >>

An unbalanced cabinet

Praful Bidwai , 01 June 2014, Sunday

NARENDRA Modi's oath-taking in the presence of 5,000 invitees at a ceremony unprecedented for its grandiose style and pomp resembled a King-Emperor's coronation more than the installation of the prime Detail >>

Elite force or force for the elite?

Mohammad Badrul Ahsan , 30 May 2014, Friday

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) is getting its house in order. Last Monday, a spokesman for the force announced that it would no longer set up checkpoints to carry out stop and search since it falls Detail >>

Thai army’s 19th move

Farooque Chowdhury , 24 May 2014, Saturday

THAILAND’S status quo-democracy required an army intervention. The mainstream’s fight for democracy, political arrangement appropriate to its interests, legally brought the army at the centre of Detail >>

Fascist entropy of democratic politics in Bangladesh

Mohammad Zaman , 19 May 2014, Monday

EVEN after a decade of Mussolini’s pronouncement as to the basic reactionary tenets of fascism, the word rapidly suffered a massive interpretative inflection, so much so that George Orwell in his Detail >>

Sheikh Hasina: From a politician to a statesman

Dr. Abdul Mannan Choudhury , 17 May 2014, Saturday

Sheikh Hasina, the present Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib - the founding father and architect of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh virtually Detail >>

AL must fight the enemy within

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury , 15 May 2014, Thursday

Almost a week has passed after the Narayanganj tragedy. RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) has appointed an inquiry committee to investigate the brutal killings of the 7 persons who were first kidnapped, Detail >>

Will India have its own world media

Saeed Naqvi , 08 June 2014, Sunday

OUTSIDE the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Chinese premier Li Keqiang was the first world leader to call the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. This was followed up by Beijing Detail >>

Study Abroad: Things to consider

M MURSHED HAIDER , 01 June 2014, Sunday

Are you planning to go abroad for higher study? Have you decided which course you would like to enrol into? Which country do you prefer to go too? What’s you plan after you’re done with your study Detail >>

Simple steps for solving traffic jam in Dhaka

Tanvir Raquib , 29 May 2014, Thursday

Life in Dhaka seems unbearable to many due to constant traffic jam on almost every road and street. Everyday we are becoming less productive due to the time we spend on the road, not even mentioning Detail >>

Sixth phase upazila elections: same sham and scam

Omar Khasru , 22 May 2014, Thursday

SHARMEEN Murshed, general secretary of the election observer group Brotee, indignantly and frustratingly commented in a late-night TV talk show that the standard of election has fallen to an all-time Detail >>

Children of War: A movie depicting Bengali women’s plights in 1971 - See more at: http://www.daily-sun.com/details_Children-of-War:-A-movie-depicting-Bengali-women%E2%80%99s-plights-in-1971_860_2_5_1_1.html#sthash.DTA1ce3n.dpuf

Audity Falguni , 19 May 2014, Monday

The Trojan Women,” produced in 415 BC, by ancient Greek playwright Euripides, was the third tragedy of a trilogy of dealing with the Trojan War. Considered as first anti-war drama in human history Detail >>

Beginning of new era in Indian politics

Tahmina Rahman , 17 May 2014, Saturday

THE 4.7% rise in Sensex Stock index after the public release of the preliminary results of the 16th Lok Sabha election says it all. India has voted for economic development and stability. This Detail >>

Indian election: cursory observations, analysis

Omar Khasru , 15 May 2014, Thursday

AT 6:00pm Indian Standard Time on Monday, May 12, the last of 930,000 poll booths were closed and the six-week-long biggest democratic exercise and voting procedure in history finally came to an end. Detail >>