Shakib's final over: A hero’s farewell or a quiet exit?
Shakib has been at the heart of our national pride. He also has been someone who has hurt our feelings.
1d ago
We must protect doctors from violence
Violence against doctors is an issue that is neither unique to our country nor recent.
1w ago
Mass wedding in academia: A new kind of ‘taboo-breaking’
An institutionalised mass wedding will replace one form of social regulation with another.
2w ago
Our migrant workers in UAE: Bound by borders, freed by conscience
The Washington Post recently speculated that Dr Yunus’s soft power may have indirectly influenced the UAE's decision to grant clemency.
3w ago
When teachers become targets: Lessons from Emperor Alamgir
How do you process the nationwide humiliation of teachers?
4w ago
The triumphs and challenges of a generation in flux
The students are once again at the forefront by reaching out to the victims of the flood that has inundated the country’s eastern region.
1m ago
Universities must prepare for the transition of students
While talking to our students, it was obvious that many of them are experiencing severe stress.
1m ago
The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'
Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.
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December 19, 2020
Three Songs of Freedom
Music has the power to delve into the heart of the listeners and create decision affecting moods. During the liberation war, songs became a weapon to influence the mood and morale of the nation.
December 12, 2020
The inescapable greed grid of the health sector
I walked out of the doctor’s chamber with my mother when someone took the prescription from me.
December 5, 2020
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Kitty
A lot of whimpers and whines are coming out of the White House as the sun sets on the Trump presidency. The man in question is convinced that he has been cheated out of power.
November 28, 2020
On being ‘silly’
On a day like this, 33 years ago, I became a man. To be precise, on November 28, 1987 at 12:10 pm in the emergency ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), I became a man.
November 21, 2020
The Shame of Being a Man
I woke up with a colleague’s hesitant post on Facebook wishing his friends well on the International Men’s Day. The comment thread is filled with issues ranging from locker room banter to the high theory on the dominant form of masculinity.
November 14, 2020
Never waste a good crisis
One more circular. One more extension. The opening of the educational institutions is further delayed; this time up to December 19.
October 24, 2020
An Unnatural Death
Have you ever put your ear to the rail to listen to the rumbling sound of an approaching train? I have. Many of us have.
October 10, 2020
HSC results without exams: The pros and cons
You have near perfect vision, or 20/20 vision, if you can see the letters of an eye-chart from a 20 feet distance. 20/20 is an exciting cricket game if you can add two ounces of cricket with one ounce of baseball and garnish it with pom-poms.
September 26, 2020
A game of kabadi against corruption
As the old joke has it, there is no lid in the mouth of hell where the Bengalis are kept.
September 19, 2020
No onion, no cry
In his Ode to the Onion, the Chilean Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda praises onions as “the miracle” that happens under the earth.
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