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1 week ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The proceedings of the National Consensus Commission, the apex body sitting on top of all the different reform commissions formed by the interim government, were always going to emerge as the most critical exchanges during our transition back to democracy, that was triggered by last year's monumental July Uprising.
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2 weeks ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The much-anticipated meeting between BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, has served to settle nerves among Bangladeshis worldwide.
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2 weeks ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The just-concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, named after the eponymous hotel which is also the dialogue's venue, is an annual security forum that brings together defence ministers and other senior officials from around Asia and beyond the continent. This year's dialogue stood out for what it was not.
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2 weeks ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Air crashes are inherently international incidents, and the emotions they evoke are nothing if not universal.
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3 weeks ago | 
en.prothomalo.com | Enayetullah Khan
As we observe World Environment Day, 5 June, with its urgent call to "End Plastic Pollution," and World Ocean Day on 8 June, rallying us to "Catalyze Action for Our Ocean & Climate," I find myself reflecting on the delicate balance between humanity and nature. Bangladesh is lucky - as the guardian of the Bay of Bengal, the gateway to the Indian Ocean, and the largest bay in the world.
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4 weeks ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
As we approach World Environment Day on June 5th, with its urgent call to "End Plastic Pollution," and World Ocean Day on June 8th, rallying us to "Catalyze Action for Our Ocean and Climate," I find myself reflecting on the delicate balance between humanity and nature. The Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site, embodies this balance like no other place.
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4 weeks ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
On 12 May, the government issued an ordinance to abolish the National Board of Revenue and the Internal Resources Division, replacing them with two new departments, one for revenue policy and another for revenue management. NBR officers and employees immediately began observing a work strike. As a result, not only were people suffering due to service disruptions, but revenue collection was also being affected.
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1 month ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
Once again, it has fallen to the military to provide some clarity on matters of great importance that have nevertheless divided the nation in recent weeks. Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman's Officers' Address on Thursday (May 21) drew interest from all corners, coming as it did after a particularly confusing fortnight during which rumours of a coup in the military ran amok.
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1 month ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
We are alarmed, and rightfully so, at the seeming resort to 'push-ins' by the Indian authorities, in order to return Bangladeshi nationals who may have been residing in India without proper documentation. More specifically, the drives seem to be aimed at Bangladeshi Muslims, and have even included some Rohingyas who are obviously not Bangladeshis, and so the state here has no responsibility towards them - at least no more than India itself.
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1 month ago | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Sahatthaya Kraikhunthot |Jintamas Saksornchai
The violent outburst we are witnessing between two nuclear-armed neighbours in South Asia - India and Pakistan - is exactly the kind of international emergency that would once have prompted a full-on US diplomatic drive to cool tempers and head off a wider war.
