
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.
Unless the canals through which the waste waters are released to larger sources in Mohammadpur are maintained on a regular basis, the much-hyped road islands and the ornamental plants in the Dhanmondi area are of no use.
In this race, universities vie for higher positions on the leaderboard, marking frenzied attempts to outmanoeuvre their peers.
The repercussions of Tanzim’s misogynistic remarks extend well beyond the headlines.
A pre-teen has been making news for boarding a Kuwait-bound flight from the Dhaka airport without any documentation.
Lack of clear vision hampers Bangladesh's space mission.
Will we hear yet another "eggcellent" proposal to import dub in order to force the local market to lower their price?
How do we deal with this growing trend where not only our young ones, but also our hard-earned money is going abroad?
As I stood before the bathroom mirror, I noticed a red laser spot. I instinctively turned around to look for a sniper. No one there. I chuckled and inspected the mirror.
Never for once, in the 55 years that he lived, did he doubt that his people, for whom he suffered so much, which included 4682 days or nearly 13 years in prison, could have betrayed him.
As an academic, what worries me is the exponential unfolding of a simple instance of academic dishonesty.