Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy Democracy is not only a form of government but a way of life most suited to the civilized people. Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. It has been said ...বিস্তারিত
Natalie Nougayrède/The Guardian, UK A force capable of rallying public opinion, NGOs and politicians across borders – how distant that feels in the time of Trump I’d like to talk about heroes – and mine are people who defend human rights. They are the people who ...বিস্তারিত
Dr. Zahid Hussain, Lead Economist, World Bank: The lending rates cannot be reduced by issuing threats. It is not possible to cut lending rates by merely issuing directives to the banks unless we effectively address the fundamental reasons behind high lending rates. Liquidit ...বিস্তারিত
Md. Rizwanul Islam, Associate Professor, Department of Law, North South University: Lobbying or persuasion for gaining undue benefit is not only one of our national diseases; it is so ingrained in our culture that most of us not only consider lobbying as natural and fair bu ...বিস্তারিত
Humayun Kabir, Former Ambassador to USA : The international community is now realizing the truth over the Rohingya issue. The world is admitting that mass murder and ethnic cleansing were carried out in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. We, on behalf of the forcibly displaced R ...বিস্তারিত
Air Commodore (Retd) Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury, International Affairs and Security Analyst: Bangladesh will reap benefit of the pressure on Myanmar, wherever it comes from. The UN report, released on Monday, which accused Myanmar's military of carrying out mass killings and ga ...বিস্তারিত
UNB On three accounts, Kofi Annan, perhaps one of the most distinguished and illustrious UN Secretary-General, was quite different from rest of the lot. One, he was the first UN Secretary-General ever to come from a lifelong career in the UN bureaucracy. Two, he was also ...বিস্তারিত
Sabrina Hasan, Law Research Officer, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) Road traffic incidents around the world have become a daily occurrence in these days. Even in the early times the occurrences were there, however, with the development of mo ...বিস্তারিত
Nicholas Kristof, American journalist, author and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes/Gulf News He tackled impossible issues like Syria and campaign finance and immigration, and worked ferociously hard to lead America John McCain’s most courageous moment arguably did not ...বিস্তারিত
Ali Abo Rezeg/Daily Sabah, Turkey For more than a month, the Palestinian territories have been immersed in shuttle diplomacy lead by the head of Egyptian intelligence, Abbas Kaamil, and U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov. The two ...বিস্তারিত