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 saga of a three-finger salute
News of the pandemic waves of Covid-19 and political waves of the three-fingered protest is making the rounds.
When the Deaf is Heard
The footage is harrowing. A speech-impaired girl is pushed off a running bus for not being able to pay her fare. She was wearing a note saying that she did not have any money on her.
Off-shore campuses
During a trade dialogue held at the Ministry of Commerce on February 17, the UK envoy to Bangladesh announced that at least nine British universities are keen on coming to Bangladesh and opening their campuses.
The Mosquito and the Ear
There used to be a TV advert in which a husband was rebuked by his judgmental wife for not being able to kill even a mosquito that was sitting on her cheek.
Dhaka’s paradoxical delights
Dhaka is growing right before our eyes. Every day it is birthing new projects.
Toxic spirit and sensationalism
Five students of a private university went to a restaurant at Uttara to get a drink.
Learning unlearning and relearning
Growing up in the 80s, one of the silliest things we used to do was to play loud music in our cassette decks.
E-learning: A boon or a bane?
In our Viber group, a departmental colleague shared an excerpt from a student’s exam script. The student wrote down the title of Jhumpa Lahiri’s book “The Interpreter of Maladies” as “The Translator of Disease”.
Consuming facts without flavours
A national newspaper ran a story on January 10 featuring the research expenditure of public and private universities of Bangladesh.
‘A tumultuous and triumphal homecoming’
On January 17, 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was featured on the cover of Time magazine.