Sir John Wilson directly contributed in changing the lives of millions of people with disabilities around the world.
Described as the doyen of Bangladesh’s architecture, Muzharul Islam introduced modernism in the country as well as the highest ideals of the craft.
He seemed to shine whenever handling a crisis.
Six years ago, a perfectly healthy man in his 60s just left me and my children in a state of shock and emptiness.
A globe-trotter, Kaiser Zaman, an organiser during Bangladesh’s Liberation War and a well-known humanitarian, passed away on June 19, 2023 in Dhaka, at the age of 78.
Dr Muhammad Zahir, the once well-revered jurist whose name has almost sunk into obscurity now, breathed his last on this day in 2013 in a hospital in Bangkok.
Nurul’s unique quality as a professional economist originated in the common sense and pragmatism which influenced his great faith in empirical work.
The lady I am writing about was a silent social worker and an ardent homemaker.
Akbar Ali Khan is no more. His passing leaves a deep chasm in the intellectual firmament of Bangladesh.
As a visionary and an intellectual, Abul Mansur Ahmad was far ahead of his time.
Jahan Ara dedicated her life to the promotion of girls’ education in Bangladesh
Mrs Musleha Islam, known to many as Bucchu Apa, Khala, Nani, and Dadi, was born in an Urdu-speaking family in Kolkata.
From the moment he appeared on the world stage, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most compelling politician in a generation, was cut from a different cloth.
Former president of Bangladesh Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed passed away on March 19, 2022. In grateful remembrance of his contribution for steering the nation from autocracy to democracy during the turbulent days of 1990-1991
Emeritus publisher Mohiuddin Ahmed, the doyen of Bangladesh’s publishing industry, left us on June 22, 2021. As it is said, life ends but memories do not. When I recall my association with him, three distinctive episodes and numerous encounters flash across my mind.
Sometime in October 2001, I attended a discussion programme at Markfield Conference Centre in Leicestershire, UK. There was a lively debate on Islamic banking over lunch, involving Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931-2020) and Shah Abdul Hannan (1939-2021).
My first meeting with Mohiuddin Ahmed was in 1956, at a dinner in his brother's house. His brother, Kabir Ahmed, was what in Bangla we call the "bhaira bhai" of SAM Khan, my father's colleague in the civil service, and the friendship of the two families extended to include him.