Views & Opinion

No room for confusion over whether the president’s post is profitable or not

Hiren Pandit: The Awami League candidate Md Shahabuddin was elected unopposed in the recent presidential election. Shahabuddin is a former commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). According to the ACC Act, no commissioner shall be eligible for appointment to any office of profit in the republic after retirement. Now after Shahabuddin ...

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: A true friend of world politics

Pollob Rana Parves: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known as the father of the nation of Bangladesh, was a visionary leader and a true friend of world politics. Born on March 17, 1920, in Tungipara, Gopalganj, he spent the majority of his life fighting for the rights and freedoms of his people. He played a significant role in shaping th...

The BNP and that missing 28th point

Syed Badrul Ahsan: The steps taken by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in recent weeks toward initiating a reform of the state of Bangladesh certainly make good reading. That the party has come forth with the program, encapsulated in as many as 27 points and defined as the Structural Reform of the State, is encouraging given that for the first ...

Universal Pension Scheme Is a Timely Initiative

Hiren Pandit: The much-discussed 'Universal Pension Management Bill-2023' has been passed in the National Parliament to bring all the adult citizens of the country under the pension system apart from the government employees. However, a person has to contribute continuously for at least 10 years after joining the public pension scheme to get mo...

Political Bankruptcy Syndrome (PBS)

Dr. Rashid Askari: What BNP has done in the name of politics over the last decade can be called PBS—an acronym for Political Bankruptcy Syndrome. To illustrate my point, let me begin with a very recent event. At the end of a joint meeting of Bangladesh Nationalist Party held on February 2, 2023 at their central office in the capital, the ...