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Doomed to fail: Unaccountability in Ukraine’s plight
This ever-increasing Ukrainian death toll is painting a grimmer picture of the country as its military is being bled to white by Russia.
Eden College principal believes solutions to students’ 'mistakes' is in 'counselling'
Tamanna Jasmine Riva and Razia Sultana, president and general secretary of the BCL's Eden Mohila College unit, were accused of hall seat trading, extortion, "blackmailing students into carrying out unethical activities," and torture. There were also issues regarding the other faction of BCL.
World Press Freedom Day: Speak now or forever hold your tongue
Essentially, if someone expresses a critical view of the achievement of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, or the country’s relationship with another nation in a Facebook status, or even in a private message between friends on WhatsApp, that individual could be subjected to criminal punishment under the DSA, intrusive surveillance under the data protection law, or censorship under the digital, social media and OTT platform regulations.
Shakespeare—Our Contemporary in the Time of Coronavirus?
The question was already raised by some: Did Shakespeare write mainly for children? So-called "pop" Shakespeare criticism answered that question in the affirmative.
Did police do enough to quell the New Market clashes?
Three pedestrians were critically injured in the violence. Nahid Mia and Morsalin were among them.
An open letter to the makers of ‘Nikhoj’
Dear Reehan Rahman, My father, photojournalist and editor Shafiqul Islam Kajol, was added to the list of hundreds of Bangladeshi victims of enforced disappearance on March 10, 2020.
Why I’m all for Elon Musk buying Twitter
If we are to have an inclusive society, we can’t simply “cancel” those who we don’t agree with.
Remembering the oath-taking of Mujibnagar government
On April 17, 1971, the history of Bangladesh, and indeed the history of our Liberation War, took a drastic turn as the subcontinent’s map was redrawn with the emergence of a new sovereign state headed by its first government.
Unease over the Digital Security Act
The netizens of the country are at unease over the impending digital security law drafted for ensuring security in the cyberspace. Is there anything to be concerned about?
Analysis: Trump now breaks with diplomatic protocol
Nigel Farage, a right wing UK politician, who was much jubilant of the win of Donald Trump in the presidential election, made a forecast immediately after Trump's victory: "Prepare for further political shocks in the years to come."
Fakhrul now in 1/11 amnesia
Media bashing is nothing new in our democracy. Whenever media focus corruption in the government administration or wrongdoings of ministers, MPs or any politicians, media is blamed for tarnishing their images. But little corrective measure is taken following the media reports.
Ivy now in a new battle
Selina Hayat Ivy won the initial battle in her own house-Awami League. She obtained party ticket in the Naryanganj City Corporation election by defeating Shamim Osman, local AL leader and infamous for many controversies in Narayanganj power politics.
Khaleda wants what she did not offer Hasina
Khaleda Zia's proposal for forming new Election Commission on the basis of consensus among political parties sounds good, but seems unrealistic in the current confrontational culture in politics. The BNP chief took a few weeks to come up with a set of proposals including some for strengthening the EC. But ruling Awami League took no time to reject the proposals as a whole.
The ‘self’ in the selfie
Seventy six people in India died last year while taking selfies, putting the country at the top of the ranking for selfie related deaths, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon University, USA and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, India. Pakistan comes a distant second with the number of deaths at nine. The authors of the study blamed people’s desire for more “likes” and comments on social media for driving increasingly risky selfie-taking.
20 million 'illegal Bangladeshis’ in India – Really!
Illegal migration has been an election issue and has been cleverly exploited by some political parties in India particularly to seek votes in the Northeastern States. And predictably this was also used by the BJP in the 2014 Indian elections when Modi had threatened to pack off all illegal Bangladeshis.
Are you serious, Pakistan?
In what can only be described as an absurd, uninformed, and demeaning move, the federal government of Pakistan has decided to demand its “outstanding amount” of Rs 15.25 billion from Bangladesh and India.
Actions must speak louder than words
Whenever an attack was carried out on a minority community people in past there was no short of sympathetic words to victims and promises by the government policymakers: stern action would be taken against perpetrators regardless of the political affiliation. But no exemplary action was finally taken in almost cases. All the words turned into mere rhetoric. Promises were made to be broken.
Travelling when you're disabled
People with disabilities can travel the world. All it takes is some smart planning.