Every four years, the world pauses. For a month, borders appear to blur. Political disputes recede from the headlines, replaced by line-ups, goals and dreams. Billions of people become captivated by a single spectacle. Yet beneath the colours, chants and celebrations lies a reality that governments understand well: the World Cup is never just football. …
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Photo Credit : MD MARUF HASSAN In today’s world, Bangladesh stands at a very important turning point. Over the last few decades, the country has made quite some progress in economic growth, infrastructure, poverty reduction, and human development. But most of these progresses are only superficial. Almost like an eyewash. Beneath these achievements lies a …
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Martyred President Ziaur Rahman and Bangladesh’s Unfinished Dream On the Occasion of His 45th Martyrdom Anniversary — 30 May 2026 The thirtieth of May is not merely a date on the calendar of Bangladesh — it is a silence, a pause in the nation’s breathing, a wound that time has scabbed over but never fully …
National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam ┃ Photo: BSS “আমি চির-বিদ্রোহী বীর — বিশ্ব ছাড়ায়ে উঠিয়াছি একা চির-উন্নত শির!” “I am the eternal rebel hero — I have risen beyond this world, alone, with my head forever held high.” From the poem Bidrohi (“বিদ্রোহী”), Agnibeena, first published in 1922. There is something quietly tragic about how …
Bangladesh’s initialling of the new European Union–Bangladesh Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) in last April 2026 received far less public attention than it deserved. Overshadowed by domestic political noise and treated in many quarters as another routine diplomatic exercise, the agreement has the potential to, in fact, represent one of the most consequential shifts in …
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Image: AI Generated The image is by now familiar, a fragile boat in the Mediterranean, young men packed shoulder to shoulder, somewhere between Libya and Italy. Increasingly and shockingly enough, many of them are Bangladeshi. Over the past decade, Bangladesh has emerged as a significant source of irregular migration to Europe. This is not a …
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“এসো, এসো, এসো হে বৈশাখ—তাপসনিশ্বাসবায়ে মুমূর্ষুরে দাও উড়ায়ে,বৎসরের আবর্জনা দূর হয়ে যাক।” এই চিরায়ত আহ্বান শুধু একটি গান নয়, এটি বাঙালির চেতনার প্রতিধ্বনি। পহেলা বৈশাখের সূর্যোদয়ের পরপরই ছায়ানট এর শিল্পীরা রমনার বটমূলে সম্মিলিত কণ্ঠে এই গান পরিবেশন করে নতুন বছরকে স্বাগত জানান। এই আয়োজন কেবল সাংস্কৃতিক নয় ; এটি বাঙালির আত্মপরিচয়, ঐতিহ্য ও সামষ্টিক আবেগের …
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Bangladesh’s future inevitably belongs to its youth. The question is whether its present institutions are prepared to share power accordingly Image : AI Generated Bangladesh stands at a defining political juncture. After an election that has stirred debate about accountability, governance and reform, the question before us is not only who will govern, but how …
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Image: AI Generated Standfirst: Within just two decades, Vietnam transformed from a colonial battleground into one of the central theatres of the Cold War. The war gave rise to one of the most devastating military campaigns in US history. On the very first day of the joint assault on Iran, Israel launched more than 1,200 …
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 ‘𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫’? A white paper is a comprehensive document that presents an authoritative report on a specific issue, often used to inform and guide decision-making processes. It is designed to inform decision-making processes, propose solutions or present recommendations for an action. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 The interim government of Bangladesh, …