Shamsad Mortuza

Education abroad does not always come with golden opportunities

We live in an intolerant time where everything is suspected.

The simple fact is that not all teachers and students have the empathy to accommodate people with different abilities.

The irony is, the top bureaucrats, who fail to secure our national interests, have no qualms in claiming the larger share of the development pie for themselves.

The stories come alive when you walk in the city and meet the faces that form the mass.

The oldest private university in Bangladesh is giving its oldest public university a run for its money.

The academic rank diagram needs to look like a pyramid where few professors are located at the apex.

What prompted those devoted pilgrims in Panchagarh to ride an overcrowded boat and join a death march on the Korotoa River?

Five hundred deaths a month. Is that natural?

There is nothing wrong with such a strategy of recruiting media operatives. However, the open nature of the search robs the ploy of its X-factor and thereby self-sabotages its purpose.

The private universities are doing just fine without the presence of partisan politics.

Our universities were mostly designed as teaching universities. Even many of our iconic professors are not good researchers.

Suicide is a complex issue that requires institutionalised, therapeutic interventions to save lives, and stand by those who need support for their mental health condition.

Tea is a sector that requires time and patience. The problem with our new entrepreneurs is that they all want instant yields.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was murdered 47 years ago.

The recent results in Zimbabwe have shown that Bangladesh did not do any homework on their young opponents.

There is no serious study on the kind of jobs that are out there and the kind of degrees or training that we are providing in our academic institutions.

One of the first 'culprits' of energy leakage identified during the first week of the government’s austerity drive was air conditioners.

Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni has been staging a remarkable protest ever since he fell victim to the irregularities of Bangladesh Railway.

The beating of the principal is symptomatic of a time when teachers have lost their “value” in the system.