Responsible is something to be
The book explores how people can regain their political fate from professional politicians and be the heroes we need today.
5m ago
Walk to be free
What is it about our own thoughts that are so awful that we cannot spend a minute alone with them? There is only one way to find out. Unplug, go outside, and walk.
1y ago
What the story of Kaavan tells us
Amid the sad, the sordid and the sensational, let us look at some other news. On November 30, Kaavan, dubbed the “loneliest elephant” arrived from Islamabad to Cambodia to start a new life.
3y ago
Efficacy of the home-made mask
The recent back-and-forth debate over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of covid-19 has settled. In the beginning, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that there was no need for people who are well to wear face masks.
4y ago
The moral rot that threatens Bangladesh
No two countries that share borders are more different from each other than Mexico and the United States. The contrast between the quality of life in these two countries could not be starker.
5y ago
The value of writing letters in a digital society
Social media, texting and emailing have revolutionised the way we communicate. These technologies have enabled us to be more efficient and stay in touch more easily. But they have also altered the dynamics of some of our most important relationships.
5y ago
The changing nature of work
Most of us have serious reasons to worry about the future of work. The development of automation powered by robotics and Artificial Intelligence has enabled higher productivity, increased efficiency, safety, and convenience. At the same time, these technologies pose difficult questions about the larger impact of automation on jobs and wages. But perhaps we need to pay attention to another aspect of work: how we look at work is changing as well.
5y ago
How volunteering can help the youth
Each year, more than one billion people are engaged in volunteering worldwide. Their actions have economic, private and social values. You may wonder how helping others has economic value when no monetary transaction is involved.
5y ago
June 25, 2015
“The civil servants are the servants of the state, not of any political party or group.”
Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan talks to Amitava Kar about the importance of a professional, efficient civil service.
June 22, 2015
“The chief problem with trying to do everything at once is that we end up doing very little at all.”
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, the President of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, a top ranked think tank and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people, shares with Amitava Kar the idea of sharpening the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) targets to a much smarter, more effective list.
June 20, 2015
The One Who Answered the Call
The way basic healthcare is provided to some of the most impoverished people in Bangladesh changed forever in the year 2002. That’s
June 18, 2015
“I was shocked by the number of people dying on the nation's roads.”
Jon Moussally MD, MPH, President and co-founder of TraumaLink talks to Amitava Kar about the importance of emergency medical services for victims of car crashes.
June 11, 2015
What language do "boat people" speak?
I think a euphemism is a kind of lie, and the lies peoples and countries tell themselves are revealing. Describing Rohingya migrants as “boat people” is disturbing and unacceptable to me.
June 1, 2015
What makes a criminal?
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Dr. Md. Ziaur Rahman, Professor and Chairman of Department of Criminology at the University of Dhaka talks to Amitava Kar about the trends of crime and what needs to be done.
May 28, 2015
A human way to do business
I believe the division between social and conventional business is artificial and antiquated. All businesses are done by people and for people. All businesses are, therefore, social.
May 21, 2015
Research Matters
Established in 1957 in the then Pakistan, the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is an autonomous, public organisation
May 14, 2015
Das Stuff
Perhaps that's one of the “root causes” why so many migrants from poor countries end up dead in the unforgiving seas trying to get to greener pastures.
May 7, 2015
WISHES FOR THE GRADUATING CLASS
YOUR commence-ment speaker deals with the big ideas: follow your passion, serve your community, know thyself.
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