Blowin’ in the Wind
We must protect doctors from violence
Violence against doctors is an issue that is neither unique to our country nor recent.
Mass wedding in academia: A new kind of ‘taboo-breaking’
An institutionalised mass wedding will replace one form of social regulation with another.
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.
When teachers become targets: Lessons from Emperor Alamgir
How do you process the nationwide humiliation of teachers?
Opinion / 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.
Universities must prepare for the transition of students
While talking to our students, it was obvious that many of them are experiencing severe stress.
The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'
Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.
Quota violence / The lives of fallen students must inspire the change we need
Reconciliation cannot occur without truth-telling, accountability, and a commitment to dismantling the structures of violence that perpetuate inequality and injustice.
The chaos in SUST demands change in the system
Can the flapping of a butterfly’s wings here cause a storm elsewhere?
A case for our mental privacy
The thoughtfulness of my son-in-law in printing a personalised letter on a blanket as a paper-themed anniversary gift to my daughter enthralled me.
When the protector becomes the predator
“Money can open every DoE door”—I read out the news heading in this daily only to trip over the last two words. The stuttering tongue-twister made me chuckle.
When the masks come off
Will the Covid-19 masks finally come off in 2022? The ever-evolving nature of our little big enemy makes it difficult to say if the mask mandates will remain effective in this new year.
Lifting the trophy of Bangladesh’s rise
In October 2019, The Guardian featured an article titled “The rise and rise of Bangladesh” with a string attached in its title, asking, “But is life getting any better?”
The trophies and atrophies of the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 deserves a trophy for virtually connecting many of us during these atrophy-ridden times.
From Disgrace to Grace
The recent announce-ment and endorsement of the resignation of two high-profile figures have rocked the political boat. A mayor and a state minister have given up their offices—or should I say, they have fallen out of grace to fall on their own swords.
Prof Rafiqul Islam: A great chronicler
There was a 10mm glass wall at ULAB that separated Prof Rafiqul Islam’s office room from mine for more than three years.
Protecting our Students from the Wrath of the Titans
Every time I pass by the Banani flyover area, I look at the worms that have come out of the deep to rear their heads to announce the underpass underneath, and ask myself why the much-hyped pedestrian tunnel has not been opened to the public yet.
