Tribute
Remembering Matia Chowdhury: A distinguished life
Matia Chowdhury was usually seen donning a cotton saree and avoided luxurious attire.
4th Death Anniversary of Latifur Rahman / Tribute by Mahfuz Anam: Remembering the flagbearer of independent journalism
As we commemorate Latifur Rahman, we miss his presence, warmth and personal touch in championing the cause of independent journalism.
Prof Azizur Rahman Khan: A visionary in financial studies
It is difficult to put into words the contribution that Prof Azizur Rahman Khan made to academia and the nation.
88th birth anniversary of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed / Memories of a revolutionary dreamer
Abed bhai defined a great and worthy leader as someone who always steps down to accommodate a worthier leader.
Remembering Sir John Wilson: An outstanding personality
Sir John Wilson directly contributed in changing the lives of millions of people with disabilities around the world.
Muzharul Islam: A ‘vastukalabid’ for modern Bengal
Described as the doyen of Bangladesh’s architecture, Muzharul Islam introduced modernism in the country as well as the highest ideals of the craft.
Tribute to AM Anisuzzaman / Forever a restless civil servant
He seemed to shine whenever handling a crisis.
Remembering Annisul Huq: The man behind the public persona
Six years ago, a perfectly healthy man in his 60s just left me and my children in a state of shock and emptiness.
Legacy of a great lawyer
It has been almost 12 years since my grandfather, Barrister Shaukat Ali Khan, passed away.
Remembering Justice Murshed
The late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed was arguably one of the most distinguished constitutional lawyers and eminent jurists that our South Asian sub-continent has ever seen.
A pioneer of Muslim education in British-India
December 27 is the 144th birth anniversary of Khanbahadur Ahsanullah, the renowned academician, educator and social reformer, a reputed philanthropist, a famed literary figure and Sufi thinker of the sub-continent.
Muzharul Islam: An activist architect
Today, December 25, is architect Muzharul Islam's (1923-2012) 94th birth anniversary. Not only was he Bangladesh's pioneering modernist architect, he was also an activist designer who viewed architecture as an effective medium for social transformation.
A land where promises were kept
How many times in your life do you stumble upon a story that encourages you? Boosts your spirit, makes you believe that there is still hope for us and a light at the end of the tunnel?
The Flight of the Phoenix
One fine morning, someone from the Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington DC decides to have a few plastic cones on the street in the front with 'No Parking' written on them. No wait, let's make it a bit more benign – 'No Standing'.
Brilliantly rejecting the notion of inferiority
Rokeya (English spelling used by her: Roquiah) was born circa 1880 (alternately 1878) to a declining aristocratic land-owning family in the village of Pyrabund, Rangpur in present-day Bangladesh.
Desperately missing his guidance in this era of press bashing
It was my grand privilege to have succeeded our founding editor SM Ali in November 1993. Journalism has undergone dramatic transformation in these last 24 years, regrettably not all for the better.
The whistle doesn't pull the train
I was a junior lecturer when I had the privilege of working alongside Professor Nurul Islam, who was chairing the departmental admission test committee at Jahangirnagar University.
A doting father and an inspiring teacher
He looked at the sparse trees around the British Library in London and found that he couldn't name the trees like he would be able to in his motherland; UK was not home. Also, he wanted his young children to be, as he put it in Bangla, “tog-boge” (full of energy) in the then-young country of Bangladesh. So, he returned to continue at JU.