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Asrar Chowdhury

Adelaide win revives Australia’s BGT hopes

With the series level at 1-1, it is now effectively a three-match series as the BGT lives up to its reputation for bringing excitement to Test cricket. 
9 December 2024, 17:33 PM

Taking folk melodies of Bangladesh to the world

Folk Melody of Bangladesh: An Anthology of Bangladesh Folk Music in Standard Notation is a music anthology that compiles 204 carefully chosen folk songs of Bangladesh that date from the 16th century.
13 November 2024, 18:00 PM

With and beyond Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pierre Alain-Baud, (Pyaro), the author of Le Messager du Qawwali (Voix du Monde) (Demi Lune 2008), and Kazi Abdullah Al Muktadir, the book’s Bangla translator in Shahen Shah E Qawwali: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pathak Shamabesh 2022) talked with Nazia Manzoor, Editor of the Daily Star Books. The authors shared anecdotes. What started out as a fun experiment, ended as a lasting experience in the hearts of all of us who were present that day.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Recovering a sunk cost

When we realise we have entered a situation due to a bad decision, the sooner we can make an effort to get out, the better.
4 January 2024, 00:00 AM

Starting a degree in Economics? A teacher tells you what to expect

Economics has a unique way of looking at the world through unique tools and mechanisms. The problem, however, starts here. If you ask the question: What is economics, you could be misled.
23 November 2023, 09:53 AM

SOULS: Through the eyes of its founder, Sazed Ul Alam

I returned to Chattogram from the Liberation War on December 20, 1971 with my nephew,
17 September 2023, 18:00 PM

How many eggs are there in our basket?

In a highly competitive market like the egg market, one would expect prices to remain stable. They can rise, but over time.
5 September 2023, 03:00 AM

Why you need to know about contract cheating

Contract cheating is a process through which students (or academics) get original work done for them through a third party.
24 August 2023, 00:00 AM

Why Do We Choke Under Pressure?

The 2016 T20 World Cup Final. West Indies needed 19 runs off the last over. An unknown Carlos Brathwaite stormed his way into the history books with four consecutive sixes. West Indies won the T20 World Cup for the second time. Ben Stokes of England was bowling the last over. How could a dependable person like Stokes choke under pressure?
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra

The legacy of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra is in its songs of freedom.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Nobody Taught Us Money Management

Yet, schools don't teach how to manage money.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM

The Illusion of Success

Success truly isn't what it is. Even Superman is very mortal.
3 February 2021, 18:00 PM

An Encounter With the Alchemist

My encounter with Santiago, Fatima and the Alchemist changed my life like it did for many others.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

New Year’s Celebrations

Trying to be happy is the prayer this Echoes makes for you in the coming year and beyond.
30 December 2020, 18:00 PM

1971: A story again made fresh

The generation of 1971 instilled that pride for the generation of 2021 to lead Bangladesh forward in the 21st century.
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Migration: All that glitters may not be gold

Today, young people are going abroad more than any time in our history. What's interesting is: what happens after they go abroad?
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM

Auctions: Another Nobel Prize in Game Theory

This year Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Today we talk about auctions, but with no jargon.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM

Pahela Agrahayan and Nobanno

Emperor Akbar may have changed Pahela Agrahayan to Pahela Baishakh centuries ago, but people don't give up traditions easily
4 November 2020, 18:00 PM

There is no Nobel Prize in Economics

Let's debunk a myth. There is no "Nobel Prize in Economics".
21 October 2020, 18:00 PM

The Joy of Listening to Radio

My listening ability developed better than my reading ability due to circumstances in life. I spent my initial childhood (1974-1979) in Aberystwyth in Wales,
7 October 2020, 18:00 PM

It was easy then, but not now

After an event happens, it seems more inevitable we had always known its outcome. This is the hindsight bias.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM

The Beauty and The Beast of Our Times

I completed 25 years of teaching in July this year. I belong to a generation where teachers taught on blackboards in the style of "chalk and talk".
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Chatga With a Chandrabindu

I was born in Chatga. Ever since I knew I was me, I've been visiting Chatga once in a while. Over the years, I've seen the change of a city, while nothing changed at all.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Do you fear maths?

Why is it most of us can't think like Gauss? The answer lies in the way math has been perceived over millennia.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM

Public Universities in Changing Times

Today's Echoes tries to explore where constraints lie for public universities. It's based on the experience of economics students of Jahangirnagar, Barisal, Mawlana Bhashani and BUP.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM

A Tale of Two Laptops

We have two laptops. And a beautiful story to tell.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM

The Days of Our Lives

If you didn't develop a skill, read no books, watched no movies during the pandemic, or didn't do what your friends did, ask yourself: does it really matter?
17 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Online classes in the time of coronavirus

For health safety, education institutions had to be shut down. The next question was: for how long? Once again, nobody had an answer. The pandemic appeared as a black swan. Nobody was prepared.
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Pagination

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