The proposed 1,320 MW Rampal Power Plant is an outcome of prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India from 10-12 January 2010. As per article 35 of the 51 point joint communiqué issued from that visit, a Memorandum…
Tourism prospects of the country’s riverine beauty do not only remain untapped but also face a steady decline of the inland river ways losing navigability and past glory, thanks to lack of maintenance and desired services. The rosy prospect of…
Bangladesh has made commendable progress in domestic food grain, especially rice production due to rapid dissemination of HYV technology. However, while Bangladesh has experienced steady progress in food availability, the country faces a number of persistent and emerging challenges. Future…
One of the fundamental rights of the citizens stipulated in the Bangladesh Constitution is food security for all. Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain healthy and productive…
The second half of the last century saw the emergence of a number of regional and sub-regional economic cooperative arrangements among countries, across the globe. A realisation that no nation big or small, rich or poor can fully realise its…
The development of deep sea ports as an economic infrastructure assumes that like roads, communications and other economic infrastructures, ports have a positive impact on the growth and development of countries. The economic history of maritime powers such as Britain,…
The ever worsening traffic and environmental conditions recently drove people clamour for “Save Dhaka”. Perhaps, rightly. The overall environment is characterised by ‘janjot‘, costly delays in movement, poor traffic management, conflict of jurisdiction and poor coordination among concerned agencies and,…
Although it took long deliberation and negotiation, the World Community has finally been able to initiate a process that will hopefully lead to an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) — the highest possible common and binding international standards to regulate, control,…
With the beginning of 2013, the part that ‘Islam’ plays in Bangladeshi politics has become more crucial. While the trial of a number of front rank members of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Bangladesh, along with few other rightist politicians goes on for…
Terrorism has become a threat to peaceful political order and stability for many countries of the world. The attacks on World Trade Centre on 9/11 literally changed the entire world- President Bush declaring “war on terror”, and rhetoric such as…
Small arms and light weapon (SA&LW) proliferation is a major source of instability in present world. The unregulated spread of SA&LW has caused widespread devastation, led to the increasing virulence of international conflicts and have seriously affected law and order,…
Climate change emerges as one of the greatest environment, development and global governance challenge that mankind has ever faced. Most communities of different countries are starting to feel some of the direct or indirect impacts of climate change related phenomena…
