Blowin’ in the Wind
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.
A generation's fight in the shadows of quota
The movement was no longer about quotas; it was about justice.
Hatirjheel: A City Respite
One of the pleasures of my daily commute to work is experiencing the lakefront at Hatirjheel.
'Hypocrite reader – my twin – my brother!'
Qatar's hosting of the FIFA World Cup has created a storm of controversy in Western media
How reality could imitate representation
The simple fact is that not all teachers and students have the empathy to accommodate people with different abilities.
Something is rotten in the state of things
The irony is, the top bureaucrats, who fail to secure our national interests, have no qualms in claiming the larger share of the development pie for themselves.
Walking in the city
The stories come alive when you walk in the city and meet the faces that form the mass.
University ranking announcement and the morning after
The oldest private university in Bangladesh is giving its oldest public university a run for its money.
Is it too easy to become a professor in Bangladesh?
The academic rank diagram needs to look like a pyramid where few professors are located at the apex.
To kill a mocking monster
What prompted those devoted pilgrims in Panchagarh to ride an overcrowded boat and join a death march on the Korotoa River?