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
January 21, 2016
Training: More than a free lunch
Let's face it, training is not the first thing people think of doing when they have some free time, no matter how easy it is to access...
January 14, 2016
Rage against the machine
The trouble with technological evolution is that it is driven by what we are led to think we want as opposed to what is adaptive.
January 7, 2016
For whom the bell tolls
Empathy, like all virtues, must have some application to the future. If we do not deeply feel the deaths we are apparently powerless to prevent, how would we be alert to the deaths we might put an end to?
November 29, 2015
A primal scream for freedom
While paying lip-service to a two-state solution—agreed upon in principle by the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority in
November 19, 2015
What does it take to move the human heart?
There was a time when public discussion was awash in meta-questions like: What is our purpose? What is right and what is wrong?
November 12, 2015
Quality: A Mindset
In an email interview with The Daily Star, Subir Chowdhury discusses with Amitava Kar what quality really means, his latest philosophy and upcoming books. Born in Chittagong, Chowdhury is one of the world's leading experts in Quality Management and author of 13 books, including international bestsellers The Power of Six Sigma and The Ice Cream Maker. He was recently appointed an Adviser to the World Bank President Leadership Council.
November 5, 2015
DON'T GIVE HATE A CHANCE
India's religious pluralism is looking less secure every day. It's a turning point for India, a country that has taken pride in being a secular democracy where citizens...
October 29, 2015
Who needs poetry?
Plenty of things need to happen in the world and in this country, like putting a stop to invading countries for oil, reducing inequality and establishing the rule of law. Can poetry make that happen?
October 13, 2015
Where there's a will, there's a way
Reflecting on the achievements of Bangladesh, Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF's country representative discusses how much work is ahead of us in the areas of education and health.
October 1, 2015
Nothing is impossible
Since the 14th century, the world has come to the Vatican, the walled, city-state within Rome, and never the other way around. That's
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