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India's Reckoning With Its Dangerous Neighborhood

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Although instability is endemic to South and Southeast Asia, it is becoming increasingly dangerous both for India's neighbors and India itself. This was reflected most recently in t... Read More


Ice, Spice, and the Dollar Enticements to Plumb Alien Oceans

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- In the coming decades, a new drilling frontier awaits, one exponentially more exciting than the desert oil fields that defined the last century. The pursuit of extraterrestrial life... Read More


Chilling Memories of November 1971

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- A few evenings ago I was sitting in the Shahabuddin Park, deep in thought. My hands were holding either side of my face when an elderly man came up and put his hand on my shoulder a... Read More


Farida Parveen's entry, farewell and the world of changes

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- The one person, the one voice which had come to symbolize Lalon music in Bangladesh is gone. Farida Parveen had become the voice that mattered when singing Lalon songs. In fact she ... Read More


Sribanglapal

Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Two weeks ago, I wrote a column in these pages using the term "Banglanesia" to metaphorically describe the connections between the Bangladesh uprising of 2024 and the Indonesian one... Read More


Lack of transition roadmap may prolong energy crisis in Bangladesh: Experts

Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- Energy experts are worried about Bangladesh not having an energy transition roadmap yet, warning that the acute energy crisis is likely to persist. The experts, however, had differ... Read More


From Thimphu: A New Chapter in Bangladesh-Bhutan Ties

Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- Bangladesh and Bhutan share a special relationship. Bhutan was the first country in the world to recognize the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. On the morning of 6 December 1971,... Read More


A harbinger of things to come?

Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- In a political earthquake that has been rumbling underneath the surface of post-Uprising Bangladesh, the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel's candidates swept the first DUCSU electi... Read More


Inside the spiritual world of Bangla Ghazals by Khwaja Haider

Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- Ghazal. A lyrical form rooted in Arabic poetry, traditionally centres on themes of love, both earthly and spiritual that conveys the duality of longing and fulfilment, often portray... Read More


Indonesian Democracy on the Brink

Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- Less than 11 months into his term, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto faces a stark choice. He can be remembered either as a leader whose presidency was defined by public anger a... Read More