The security issues India had in its northeastern region has been controlled and managed, partly because of the immense help provided by Bangladesh, former director-general of National Security Guard&...

Shyam Benegal expressed surprise at reactions on social media from Bangladesh that he said he had only heard of. “I just got a message that there have been some comments. It is very difficult f...

A 90-second trailer of the much awaited Mujib: The Making of a Nation, a biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was released at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, triggering a volley of criticism agai...

Separated by international borders but unified by a common language and culture, battered by frequent cyclones, ravaged by poverty and, yet, resilient due to communal harmony, the Sunderbans have come...

Happy solitude Sir — Humans are said to be social animals. Scientific evidence shows that this is an evolutionary response from the time when Homo sapiens were still living in caves. Unsurprisi...

For centuries, India has not needed a law to do the right thing by refugees and asylum-seekers. That is no longer always the case, the National Human Rights Commission has concluded. The country&rsquo...

The Amar Jawan Jyoti, the eternal flame in memory of soldiers killed in action, was put out on Friday five days short of its 50th anniversary, after it was “merged” with the one at the Nat...

The younger element does not appear to share the fury or the anger of the older lot. One says this because the youth are no longer looking to Government to solve their problems. They prefer relying on...

One of them poignantly remarks, “We do not honour the memory of the people who became martyrs.” I am surprised as this is Liberation week, and the streets of Dhaka are festooned with huge ...