One year on in Bangladesh

I loved going to school. There, I used to play hide and seek and other fun games with my friends. I want to go to school again and become a teacher,” said a 15-year old child bride.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Revolutionising electronics

It is said that Newton formulated the laws of motion by observing an apple that had fallen from a tree. It now appears that another apple is falling again.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Animal Planet

There is ecstasy upon discovering the ancient boat in Kutubdia, immediately followed by agony. The vessel is already DoA – Dead on Arrival. Sigh! Ok guys, drop the sticks and machetes and go home. Party's over.
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM

“Zakat-Deaths” in Bangladesh: An old story of piety and power

Egotistical and irresponsible rich men – who are hell-bent to demonstrate their wealth and power through piety and religion – are mainly responsible for these deaths.
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM

On to a stand apart Eid

Eid has always been a special occasion. But this time it stands apart from the Eids in recent years.
16 July 2015, 18:00 PM

A tribute to Golok Majumder

In 1971, Golok Bihari Majumder played the key role as a virtual host of the Mujibnagar government from day one.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM

FOR RAJON'S SAKE

Don't tell me Rajon and Tikon's murders were 'shocking'. In a country where child labour and child abuse is rampant and suspended in full public view on a daily basis, we know better than to be 'shocked'.
15 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Lest We Forget

Humayun Kabir is no more with us. It's hard to believe this fact. He left us on July 2, 2015.
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Arabisation of Bangladesh

Visitors to Bangladesh, who enter the country for the first time through the Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka, might get the wrong impression about the major languages spoken in the country.
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM

HEIGHT OF INHUMANITY

A Facebook post chilled me to the bone. It was a news story of 13-year-old Rajon who was beaten mercilessly by a group of men until he succumbed to his injuries.
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM

In the name of religion

When did you forget what Zakat actually means? When did the month of Ramadan become a ostentatious show of wealth and affluence?
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM

On Srebrenica twenty years later

Twenty years have passed since that horrific day of July 11, 1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when Army units of the self-proclaimed
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Three Zeros for a Sustainable World

At their annual summit in Russia in July this year, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) leaders will announce the world's
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Cost Of Corruption

A candid acceptance of the finance minister regarding corruption's impact on Bangladesh's economic growth is noteworthy. A departure
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Why relocating rohingyas is not the answer

Over the last several months there have been sporadic media reports that the government was mulling the idea of relocating the
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM

TALK THE TALK

After the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, the then Soviet Union brokered a peace agreement at Tashkent. Russia has again taken the initiative
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Embrace thy enemy?

The whole-sale induction of BNP-Jamaat leaders into the ruling party is the latest startling development in our bizarre political scene. It
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM

THE GREEK ODYSSEY

The placid Aegean Sea, the whitewashed villas dotting its Islands and “Zorba's Dance” could delude some into believing that all is well
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Gender-gap in electoral roll and some additional questions

A credible electoral roll is a prerequisite for free and fair elections, and the allegation of 1.25 crore fake voters in our electoral roll was
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Population, Prosperity and Public Policy

Man in Bangladesh, the nation as a whole,” as a wise man once put it, “is the principal resource of Bangladesh.”
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM