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Why we should worry about dengue too
With fears of the spiralling Coronavirus pandemic occupying our minds, dengue seems to have taken a backseat, especially in terms of our preparedness to fight off the disease.
18 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Tackling the coronavirus crisis
Covid-19 has now spread over 100 countries across all continents, except Antarctica, and has been classified as a global pandemic.
17 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Sheikh Mujib: A natural born leader
Born on March 17, 1920, in a small village of Tungipara in Gopalganj, Sheikh Mujib was the eldest son of his parents whose ancestry is traced back to Baghdad, Iraq. From the family history, it is estimated that around 400 years ago,
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Recognition, as equals
Decem-ber 6, 1971. Three days into Pakistani pre-emptive strikes on Indian bases, the escalation of tensions in the subcontinent led Bhutan to accord diplomatic recognition to Bangladesh, followed by India only hours later.
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
From Sheikh Mujib to Father of the Nation
In 1964, I was enrolled as a student at the University of Dhaka (DU) and became active in student politics, although my involvement began during the education movement of the early 1960s.
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu and his timeless exhortations to the nation
One cannot conceive of India emerging as an independent, modern nation-state without the leadership of Gandhi,
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu’s development vision and the unfinished work
The Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was a visionary leader whose birth centenary is being celebrated this year.
15 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Four priorities of the education agenda
If over the next two decades Bangladesh is to maintain its impressive 6-plus percent annual GDP growth, special policy level attention must be given to educational investment.
15 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Learning from the UK’s experience
Our last column was focused on the multifarious use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the United States.
14 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Fatal Flaws: Coronavirus Exposes US
"You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” — Warren Buffett, US investor and business magnate
14 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Navigating the bumpy road for startups
The decade starting from 2010 and ending with 2019 saw the emergence of the growth-through-startup model.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Women’s empowerment is meaningless without safety
Not too long ago, it was hardly believable that the women of Bangladesh would take part in the economic development of the country.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
A failure of prediction or policy?
The dengue epidemic in 2019 is eerily similar to the Hollywood movie The Edge of Tomorrow, where Tom Cruise, one of the main characters, becomes part of a time loop that forces him to fight against aliens in deadly combat again and again.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Bihar resolution against NRC: A turning point?
When the legislative assembly of the eastern Indian state of Bihar passed a resolution against the government’s proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) recently, it was not just another state to have done so.
11 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Have you said these sexist things at work?
Everyone deserves an inclusive and respectful environment at work. However, women face many challenges in this respect.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Turning the tide with images
Shahidul Alam’s The Tide Will Turn (2019) is a book of absences. In the aftermath of the road safety student movement in 2018, those of us who followed Alam’s arrest and the ensuing global backlash will remember the letter he received from writer and activist Arundhati Roy.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Incubator of democracy or lessons to subvert it?
The first election of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) in 28 years was held on March 11, 2019. Nearly 40,000 students were registered as voters.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
What to expect from PM Modi’s Dhaka visit?
On March 5, India’s External Affairs Ministry made it clear that the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh for “Mujib Borsho” celebration is on.
8 March 2020, 18:00 PM
We must develop a circle of protection around rape survivors
In a highly publicised case earlier this year, the police apprehended a “serial rapist” named Mojnu for the alleged rape of a Dhaka
8 March 2020, 18:00 PM
We have laws but why don’t they work?
This year’s International Women’s Day, as the ones before it, comes with a reminder that the culture of impunity for violence against women (VAW) continues to be a concern, despite there being a myriad of laws that are meant to counter VAW in our country.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM