Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on how disinformation fuels dis...
July 2 ,2022
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By: Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Honolulu: For someone who’s just been ordered to shut down the news website she runs, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is remarkably...
Ukraine, NATO and the politics of war
June 18 ,2022
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By: James carden
A man walks past a residential building damaged by shelling in Severodonetsk, northwest of Luhansk, Ukraine. Image: Screengrab / Al J...
'The government didn't keep its own word in the budget'
June 14 ,2022
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By: AKM Jakaria
Selim Raihan
Dr Selim Raihan is a professor of economics at Dhaka University and executive director of the South Asian Network...
I take pride in being a Bangladeshi, Akke says after climb...
June 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Akke Rahman holds Bangladesh flag at the top of the worldCourtesy
British Bangladeshi Akhlakur Rahman, also known as Akke Rahman c...
Indo-Pacific framework will 'push envelope' on enforcement...
May 30 ,2022
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By: Taisei Hoyama
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks to Nikkei Asia about the Biden administration's trade relationship with China on...
Interview of Weerakoon A Wijewardena: Sri Lankans widely b...
May 25 ,2022
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By: Shafiqul Islam
Weerakoon A Wijewardena
Why has this situation emerged in Sri Lanka? Could this have been prevented?
The origin of the crisis can...
“Economy in trouble but no need to panic yet”
May 21 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASI
Nepal’s media has been rife with comparisons between Sri Lanka and Nepal.
M...
We are now living in a totally new era: Henry Kissinger
May 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, on May...
'There are reasons to be concerned about the mega projects...
April 25 ,2022
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By: AKM Jakaria
Niaz Asadullah
Dr Niaz Asadullah is a Professor of Economics at Malaya University and Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur....
Peter Haas: We will continue to discuss the issues of conc...
April 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Peter Haas, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Prothom Alo
Peter Haas joined as US Ambassador to Bangladesh last month. In an interview w...
Government has the ambition, not the capacity: Debapriya B...
April 12 ,2022
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By: Shawkat Hossain
Debapriya Bhattacharya
Distinguished fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), member of the UN's Committee for Development Poli...
‘Post-pandemic education needs us to be open-minded and to...
April 11 ,2022
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By: Ayesha Kabir
Economist Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics.Reuters
Education has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandem...
‘We can stanch the dying, but we can’t stop the killing’
April 9 ,2022
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By: Ravi Agrawal
David Miliband, the president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, speaks onstage during the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit i...
Takeaway’s from India’s missile malfunction
March 31 ,2022
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By: Frank O'Donnell
On March 24, 2022, Frank O’Donnell spoke with South Asian Voices Managing Editor Brigitta Schuchert and Associate Edito...
Volodymyr Zelensky on why Ukraine must defeat Putin
March 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
KYIV: He never wanted a war and he did not prepare his country for one. He may quote Winston Churchill, but he is no Churchill. He wear...
Digital Security Act has been abused a bit: Foreign Minist...
March 24 ,2022
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By: Rozina Islam
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen File photo
Among many other issues, sanctions imposed on RAB, extrajudicial killings, steps the go...
'Saudi businessmen will come forward if investment is made...
March 15 ,2022
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By: Raheed Ejaz
Saudi Ambassador Issa bin Youssef Al-DuhailanProthom Alo
Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh, Issa bin Youssef Al-Duhailan, arrived in...
RSS will either destroy India or India will destroy them:...
March 11 ,2022
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By: Suvojit Bagchi, Kolkata
Indian author and rights activist Arundhati Roy has been routinely commenting about the rise and the rule of the Hindu right in the cou...
'Ukraine war has begun to have an adverse impact on Bangla...
March 8 ,2022
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By: AKM Zakaria
ANM Muniruzzaman
President of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Maj Gen ANM Muniruzzaman (retd), in a...
'We will take tough response measures against the US and E...
March 7 ,2022
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By: Raheed Ejaz
Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Alexander MantytskiyDEEPAK,DEVNATH
Russia's ambassador in Bangladesh, Alexander Mantytskiy,...
UK has provided Ukrainian troops with training and weapons
March 5 ,2022
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By: Ayesha Kabir
British High Commissioner Robert Dickson
British High Commissioner in Dhaka, Robert Dickson, talks to Prothom Alo about the pr...