An attempt on the life of a poet lays bare sinister links and madrassah skeletons.
While most people were preparing to celebrate Eid in Dhaka on 18 January, members of
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is a killer city and shows no sign of letting up on its homicidal spree. Every day, newspapers report of one death or another as
Bangladesh really does not matter, but China is willing to remain a good friend.
The defining moment in Sino-Bangla relations probably came during the killings of 1971, when Beijing chose
Everything was in place for the final selection of "Miss Beautiful Bangladesh" at the end of April when the Awami League government decided to step in. Organised by
What started out as class war on behalf of the proletariat has degenerated into gang war in support of landlords and petty politicians.
Maoism is no longer flagging its little
Bengalee? Yes. Muslim? Yes, mostly. Bangladeshi? Yes. South Asian? Even that too. Confused? No question about that. In its twenty-fifth year, Bangladesh is still grasping after a personality.
There are gays in every society, including Bengali society, and there is no sense in suppressing and stifling homosexuality.
They will forgive me if I commit a murder but not
As squabbling politicians paralyse the country, will popular demand bring the army out of the barracks?
For a company that once ousted both the party presently in power as well
