Views & Opinion

Through killing Russel, assailants wanted to wipe out Bangabandhu’s legacy

Tonmoy Ahmed: “Those assassins did not even spare my ten-year-old brother Sheikh Russel” is how Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalls the brutal massacre of nearly her entire family – father, mother, brothers, including Russel, and sisters-in-law. Quite obviously, the killers had been tasked to wipe out the ...

Sheikh Russell Loved People Very Much

Hiren Pandit: He was seven years old during the liberation war. He was regretful for his father. His father is in jail in Pakistan but he insists on going to his father. Father Prime Minister in a free country, his busyness is endless. In the meantime, Russell keeps himself busy with his eternal companion, the bicycle. His bicycle was loved lik...

Bangladesh’s Significant Role in UN Human Rights Council

Hiren Pandit Bangladesh has bagged a historic win in the election for the membership of the UNHRC for the term 2023-25, by securing 160 votes among 189 casted votes in the United Nations General Assembly. This prestigious win is indeed significant as this was the most competitive international election of all candidatures Bangladesh floated sin...

Amanullah Aman's empty roars and the hollowness in BNP's leadership

Dr. Rashid Askari: After a long time, BNP politician and the party’s Dhaka city north convener Aman Ullah Aman hit the headlines by making a snide remark at a recent discussion on the 43rd founding anniversary of Jatiyatabadi Ulama Dal, a sister wing of BNP. Aman dropped a bombshell at the meeting and announced that after December 10 (202...

Questioning Human Rights Situations in Bangladesh: Practise Before You Preach

Dr. Rashid Askari: While Joe Biden’s government along with its parasitical European allies and power-starved Bangladeshi political pawns are making allegations of human rights violations against Sheikh Hasina’s government, Sheikh Hasina remains the centre of attention on both the national and international political scene. She k...