I had known for a while that Samad bhai was not doing well. I called him up a number of times but no one picked up the phone. I asked a mutual friend about him who said, Samad bhai was incre ...

Bangladesh media, or what is termed as "mainstream media," "professional media" and so on is in an identity crisis. Though it calls itself by positive and affirmative branding names, there a ...

There is speculation in regional media that one reason why the US chose rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan is the hope that it will cause problems for China. There is expectation that a Talib ...

Tofael Ahmed is sad that amlas have so much power while politicians have less. It’s sad that it took him so long to notice this. They have been losing their power for a long time. Thei ...

A screaming Collared Kingfisher was the first to greet us at Joymoni, a quiet place by the Sundarbans quietened further by a recent surge of coronavirus infections and deaths. The high-pitch ...

The Porimoni affair has shown how money, sex, clubbing and power all combine to produce the current Bangladesh sleaze. Many seem shocked but most are not. They are doing the proverbial "how ...

Barrister Ziaur Rahman Khan passed away in Dhaka on 25th April. His demise came as a deep shock to me as it did to many of his friends. A memorial was organized by his family on 5th June in ...