Media today has transformed into a spectacular performance focused on visibility.
What is perhaps more insidious than the acts themselves is the language that now surrounds them. The lexicon of liberation has deliberately opted for expletives.
We need to change our mindset and up our game to improve our universities’ standing.
The collective numbness contradicts the spirit with which the masses stormed the streets in July last year.
Central to the formation of the panel is the objective of minimising political interference in the selection of top university managers.
Central to the JnU crisis is a list of broken promises.
It’s easy to dismiss Dhaka as an unliveable city. The challenge is to replace that tantrum with the determination to make the city better.
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.
The newly introduced textbooks for Grades 1, 6 and 7, prepared by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), have created quite a stir.
The pressure to write more, become more visible, master more, and claim mastery over issues beyond one’s discipline or format can make one seek shortcuts.
