Opinion

1949—2024: Those Awami League moments…

—Syed Badrul Ahsan— Seventy-five years after June 1949, it is the defining moments in the history of the Awami League which call for study. The oldest political party in Bangladesh,

Modi’s Neighbourhood Policy: Rhetoric Vs Reality

—Jagdishor Panday— Three times chief minister of Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, in 2014, for the first time ruling from the centre, invited the SAARC state leaders to New Delhi in

Has SMEs got priority in national budget?

—AKM Asaduzzaman Patwary— The geo-economic crisis and its fallout caused wide-ranging consequences across the world hampering global trading system. Many developed and developing economies have not become immune from the

Is the budget just another attempt to ‘youthwashing’?

—M Niaz Asadullah— The recently proposed budget has been disappointing for job seekers, especially the youth. People expected allocations favouring jobs and quality education for young people, yet the announced

Selecting sensors for smart crop management can maximize farmers’ benefits

—PROF MD ROSHIDUL HASAN— Let’s consider the story of Ritu. She lives in a small village in the heart of Bangladesh. Her parents were farmers, and she had grown up

More about Kanihati Rice Series and Panchavrihi Dhan

—Jiban Krishna Biswas— I produced some articles in the newspapers many years back explaining why, from a scientific standpoint, rice breeding lines like Haridhan (a media hype) and Nerica (introduced