The only way to preserve our newly acquired freedom is to put power where it belongs—to the people.
Post-revolution challenges and the new generation’s role in shaping our future
Democracy cannot operate as a simple majority steamroller, as we also saw in the early days of our independence.
The July-August uprising cannot afford to falter in the face of an entrenched opposition within political parties.
The mutilation done to the nation would require more than run of the mill actions or traditional approach.
Isn’t it time for India to come to terms with the reality about its neighbours, particularly about its most strategically located neighbour, Bangladesh?
Reform is not only overdue, but it has also become urgent given the rot that has engulfed the security sector, particularly over the last 15 years of misrule.
Former army chief Moin’s excuse of following the chain of command betrays his puerility at its worst.
Eight years have passed since the gruesome BDR massacre in 2009. The trial is in the process of conclusion, although several under trial BDR mutineers have died during the process, some due to heart attack.
The anti-immigrant protagonists forget that the country is a nation of immigrants, although there has been periodic enactment of anti-migrant policies. Immigrants were at times unwelcome, out of fear and anger.
So where is the flaw? When the crème de la crème from all the three services are supposed to be selected for employment in the special force, how is it that we find many of them indulging in behaviour unbecoming of their calling?
The issue of reassessing RAB's operation was dwelt on in these very columns when the gruesome murders came to light in April 2014.
The two major parties celebrated January 5 this year in different ways, as they have been doing since 2014. But to start with, the BNP's
There are good reasons to call 2016 a horrible year, and I am sure most of us will be glad to see the back of 2016. To say that it was a
Are we reading too much into the involvement of women in terrorist acts in Bangladesh? This by no means is a new spectacle. The so
Today is being observed as Democracy Day in the country, although given the moribund state democracy is in at present, one wonders whether the appellation for the day is justified at this point in time.
Although the CHT Land Commission Act has been amended, land issue remains the nub of the problem that must be addressed with honesty and transparency.
The details of the case, the investigation in particular, will shame anyone claiming to be living in a civilised society ordered by a rule of law that seeks to deliver justice to the victims. But this is not the first case dealing with the production of toxic drugs.
