The weight of a green passport
Migration is a natural human propensity; controlling it is a logical consequence.
18 October 2025, 03:00 AM
A silent genocide by pollution
It is high time we included child health as a measurable indicator in every development project, including the impact of pollution.
4 October 2025, 03:00 AM
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / At the neoliberal table: Who eats and who gets eaten in ‘Carnivore’
K. Anis Ahmed’s Carnivore serves up a daring and disturbing literary dish. The novel is part crime thriller, part immigrant narrative, and part sociopolitical allegory.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Policing the body, governing the soul
We should be ashamed that a 70-year-old fakir must cry to the heavens for justice.
27 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Defiance in tongue and spirit
What looks like linguistic chaos is in fact linguistic vitality.
20 September 2025, 05:00 AM
When campus politics takes the centre stage
The disproportionate attention given to student polls exposes the political vacuum created by the country's eroded electoral culture.
12 September 2025, 14:20 PM
Why are BSc and diploma engineers at war?
There is another underlying issue: a serious scarcity of professional jobs and a mismatch between higher education and the labour market demands.
30 August 2025, 04:00 AM
The anatomy of a suicide note
A family of four died to avoid the trap of debt and pain of hunger.
23 August 2025, 04:00 AM
In the name of academic research
Friday's Prothom Alo ran an article based on the research findings of a Bangladeshi PhD student at a Canadian University. The report,
31 December 2016, 18:00 PM
In the name of sanity
Dhaka takes pride in its rickshaws. The word 'rickshaw' originates from the Japanese word jinrikisha (jin = human, riki = power or
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM
A Scholar Extraordinaire
It's 3 in the morning. I went to bed at 9 last night just to wake up early in order to meet the deadline for my piece on the first death anniversary of my mentor Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui.
10 November 2015, 18:00 PM
When the going gets tough
Dhaka is a city that is generating hatred. Dhaka is a city that is fast splitting into two polarised camps.
29 June 2015, 18:00 PM