
Shamsad Mortuza
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Dr Shamsad Mortuza is a professor of English at Dhaka University, and former pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
Dr Shamsad Mortuza is a professor of English at Dhaka University, and former pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
It will be a crime to miss the post-uprising zeitgeist and not to overhaul our educational sector.
KUET has exposed systemic weakness in conflict resolution.
Bangladeshi passports are ranked among the weakest in the world.
The challenge for us is to retain quality in a system with resistance.
The real issue here is power and control over women’s bodies and space.
To bring back confidence, the rule of law must be established.
To make the imported inspiration sustainable, we need to create an ecosystem for our players.
The Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar camps are about to face a situation worse than they have been enduring.
Writing is becoming increasingly difficult as one has to tiptoe through a minefield, not knowing which topic may set off a trigger or become a bummer. It’s not nice to hear that we have the worst record of press freedom among South Asian countries, lower than Afghanistan.
I hate the way I don't hate you, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
The rejection of Hero Alom as a cultural entity hint at deep-seated social anxiety.
The debate that has erupted now involves the desire to de-sire colonial legacies.
Let’s not turn our education into a commercial farce.
The smart thing to do in a planned smart city is to routinely intervene and monitor.
How do we address the silent famine that is looming large?
What are the factors that contribute to the marginalisation of the academic degree of a language in its own country?
Censorship at a public university curtails our right to be exposed to and enriched by art.
The series of earthquakes is a grim reminder that we should never let our guard down against nature.