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.
Is it Destination Death for our migrant workers?
Five hundred deaths a month. Is that natural?
The government’s search for a columnist
There is nothing wrong with such a strategy of recruiting media operatives. However, the open nature of the search robs the ploy of its X-factor and thereby self-sabotages its purpose.
Leave private universities out of BCL politics
The private universities are doing just fine without the presence of partisan politics.
Plagiarism: A menace in the academic world
Our universities were mostly designed as teaching universities. Even many of our iconic professors are not good researchers.
Suicide prevention must embrace nuances and complexities
Suicide is a complex issue that requires institutionalised, therapeutic interventions to save lives, and stand by those who need support for their mental health condition.
The real worth of a cup of tea
Tea is a sector that requires time and patience. The problem with our new entrepreneurs is that they all want instant yields.
Bangladesh's collapse in Zimbabwe: Woe of the Tigers
The recent results in Zimbabwe have shown that Bangladesh did not do any homework on their young opponents.
The cooling conundrum
One of the first 'culprits' of energy leakage identified during the first week of the government’s austerity drive was air conditioners.
Bangladesh Railway and the political dynamite
Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni has been staging a remarkable protest ever since he fell victim to the irregularities of Bangladesh Railway.
In search of lost respect
The recent spate of attacks on teachers by individual students or certain groups make many of us revisit the very notion of respect for teachers.