Key questions for designing and implementing reforms
What is the process through which reforms will be enacted and who will execute the reforms?
1w ago
For whom the bell tolls?
The case of Prof Yunus is symptomatic of the erosion in the credibility of our institutions.
10m ago
Nurul Islam: Celebrating the life of a freedom fighter
Nurul’s unique quality as a professional economist originated in the common sense and pragmatism which influenced his great faith in empirical work.
1y ago
Zafrullah: Tribute to a freedom fighter and revolutionary
Zafrullah believed that incremental change was not enough and that the social order itself needed to be changed.
1y ago
Honouring an Institution
Ahmadul Kabir (Monu) had the stature and maturity to appreciate that politics was not a profession but a vocation.
1y ago
50 years of Bangladesh: The Journey towards Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla
The commemoration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary, and the celebrations centred around Bangladesh’s 50 years as an independent nation state, will conclude at the end of the calendar year 2021.
2y ago
Bangabandhu’s vision for a just society: promises kept and promises to keep
The commemoration of the Bangabandhu centenary year and the celebrations centred around Bangladesh’s fifty years as an independent nation state will be reaching their conclusion at the end of the calendar year, 2021.
2y ago
A vision for Dhaka University in the 21st century
Dhaka University was born out of a struggle by the people of eastern Bengal for asserting their regional identity. It reached its apotheosis through its vanguard role in the struggle for Bangladesh’s nationhood. It was my privilege as a teacher in Dhaka University from 1957 to 1971 to be a part of this struggle.
3y ago
April 3, 2017
The challenge of inequality - An agenda for action
It is only when the poor and other excluded sections of the population are sitting in the representative institutions of the state, in local elective bodies as well as in Parliament, that they will be able to ensure that their particular concerns are mainstreamed within the policymaking process.
October 18, 2016
Reimagining South Asia in 2030
The future of South Asia, as a community does not look too promising in the wake of the postponement of the SAARC summit. As a person who has been engaged over 40 years in civil society initiatives to recreate a South Asian community, I have witnessed a number of such fluctuations in the fortunes of the SAARC process.
April 26, 2016
A tribute to a champion of the deprived
I can think of few people who have done more for the world's deprived population than Fazle Hasan Abed.
February 19, 2016
Physician heal thyself
To wake up, in the best tradition of Rip Van Winkle, after all of 9 years, to a self-confessed action by Mahfuz Anam which was, at that time, practiced by most of his colleagues and continues to be practiced today, smacks of wilful amnesia or selective memory, which are common afflictions among our media, chattering classes and political community.
March 2, 2015
Prelude to an order for genocide
AS President Yahya flew out of Dacca on the night of March 25 he took with him the last hopes of a united Pakistan. For the final two days he had been holed up in the Dacca cantonment with the junta of generals who rule Pakistan, putting the finishing touches to Operation Genocide.
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