Our cricketers will suffer the most over this difficult period which is why they must receive full sympathy and financial support. If this means that we forfeit participation in the 2026 World Cup (as has now transpired) so be it. There will be another opportunity in 2 years. The ICC decision, unjust and illegal, is […]
Concept and functions of proposed upper house. This is the concluding part of a two-part series The basic concept could then be as follows. One of the two chambers would be relatively unchanged, a lower house consisting of politicians who have won from their constituencies in free and fair elections. The majority party in the […]
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The main problem with the Bangladesh Constitution is that the post of prime minister is too powerful. This comes about because in our single house system the Jatiyo Sangsad is almost the sole repository of power. As a result whoever is the leader of the majority party has unlimited scope to do whatever he […]
The Grand Slam tournament is one of the emblems of the British people Of all the tennis Grand Slams, the one I had always wanted to experience was Wimbledon, yet it has always proved impossible to acquire good tickets. As the years went by, it dawned on me that I may never get the chance […]
It shouldn’t be difficult for Modi to mobilise global support Just got back from Delhi a few days ago, and I’m still slightly reeling from the blow of its huge blast. The towering government offices which house India’s civil and military establishment, South Block and its ilk, have shed the dusty sleepiness I remember from […]
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Sunil Gavaskar’s grit and tenacity made him a batsman of the highest order Researching my recent article on Hanif Muhammad (“Hanif Muhammad’s Epic Innings,” Dhaka Tribune, August 17), I became increasingly interested in the crucial differences between big scores made in the first and second innings of a Test match. In brief, the batsman has […]
The boy had the best possible view of the cricket from high on a tree. It was January 20 in 1958, the third day of the first ever Test match between Pakistan and the West Indies, held in Barbados. Hanif Mohammad had just come in to bat, with Pakistan in a hopeless position, when the […]
The flavour of Brexit is present in everyday London life. This is the concluding part. Today, the latest nutrition research recommends moderation, which is common sense. Saturated fats should play a significant but not major role in diet. All the foods which were considered suspect for so many years, from eggs to butter, from steaks […]
Caught up in the Brexit wave. This is the first part of a two-part long form Leaving New York – with a lingering look at the first lovely sunny day of the US spring. I landed in England to be immediately caught up in the Brexit wave. On the two hour ride into Cambridge, my […]
New York remains a city of multi-cultural delights. This is the concluding part of yesterday’s long form Given Andrew Sullivan’s emphasis on anomie as a factor in this year’s election campaign, the implication, which he himself failed to draw, is that the person best placed to deal with Trump would be none other than Bernie […]