The two-nation theory adopted in 1947 was an unequal and ill-motivated political intrigue that divided India into two parts on the basis of religion. Pakistan rulers wanted to impose Urdu on East Pakistan as the only state language but the Bengali-speaking people of East Pakistan did not take it for granted. Dhirendranath Dutta opposed this proposition in 1948. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the instigator of the predicament that arose over the issue of making Urdu the state language of East Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a very clever and arrogant politician.
American author Suze Oman once said, "A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life". It has hit news headlines that forty banks out of sixty one scheduled banks of Bangladesh are meeting their daily expenses by borrowing money from Bangladesh Bank as a result of acute liquidity crisis. Such an instance was not found in the country's history earlier. It is a lucid reflection of the endangered and worsening plight of our banks. Scams, anomalies and corruption have taken the steam out of the country's banks. I wrote a number of times in my articles that if we fail to streamline our banking and financial sectors then our achievements will be overshadowed and Bangladesh's economy will get plunged into abysmal woes but our policymakers and regulators did not pay heed to my apprehensions. My article titled " Our Titanic Economy", "Is Economy Heading for Greek Tragedy", "Financial Sector in Black Hole: Remedy Required Immediately and "Trust Versus Mistrust: Which Way to Go" are some of the write-ups in which I warned the authorities concerned to wake up before it is too late to fix up the country's banks and financial institutions.
Shoeb Chowdhury is the former Vice President of the Archery Federation and convener of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Dhaka as well as Director of Special Olympics Bangladesh, Adviser from Bangladesh to Commonwealth Business Council and General Secretary of International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), Bangladesh. He was appointed President of the Bangladesh Fencing Association since September, 2017. Ever since then, he has been at the forefront of improving the
The political situation in Bangladesh is being discussed in the global geopolitical arena in recent times as the next parliamentary election is knocking at the door. US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu visited Dhaka from 11-14 July 2023. They had meetings with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud and some civil society members.
