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Why did Abdullah have to die?
How many of those injured during the July-August uprising, like Abdullah, are still fighting for their lives?
Opinion / Are we trying to get ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’?
The euphoria of August 5, and the momentous days leading up to it, especially since July 15, are now being overshadowed by a cloud of uncertainty.
Cox’s Bazar attacks reflect a sickness far from being cured
By giving their opinions a religious tag, groups or individuals have managed to get away with vicious assaults on women
One month after the new beginning
From that pivotal moment on August 5, the subsequent events in the next 30 days have been just as dramatic
Saluting the spirit of our young people
There is no shame in admitting that in the last few days many of us have cried helplessly, over the senseless deaths of students—teenagers or in their early twenties—the same age or close to the ages of our children.
Is it possible to escape from the seduction of smartphones?
The bug of relentless connectivity to some world or the other has infected us, and there seems to be no cure.
World leaders are disconnected from the youth
Student protestors are calling out the double standards of Western powers
Kindness gives life its biggest dividends
The history of civilisation has shown that humans survive when they are part of a community.
Are we becoming a selfish, uncaring society?
Shemi’s ordeal proves that the ridiculously glamourised notion of the family being the guaranteed support system in drama series and films is grossly overstated.
The ‘War on Trees’ is winning
Unlike the “War on Terror,” a script written and executed by US President George W Bush, the “War on Trees” has been far more successful.
To catch a plagiarist
If the language is too flawless and the writer unknown, if the nit-picking editor cannot put a single mark on the script, chances are that it is too good to be true.
Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?
Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”
In the game of big bucks, don’t be small fry
If you are ready to launder ill-gotten wealth, make sure it is in the thousands of crores – a few hundred crores is embarrassingly measly in this game of big bucks.
From an incorrigible New Year enthusiast
Let’s think of some out-of-the-box ways to tackle even the most formidable of problems.
AL's strategy of intimidation may no longer be working
So far, whatever the ruling party has been doing is going in favour of the BNP.
How women's secondary status encourages violence
The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society
The unbearable smugness of AI
My phone thinks it knows me better than I know myself – how preposterous! Or is it?