Opinion

Dark tragedy that merits happy ending

BRAVING denials for centuries and decades of death and destruction, the Afghans finally appear to be holding the reins of power in their own land. The harrowing stories of butchery

COP26 paralysis: climate shame

Judith Deutsch: WHAT first comes to my mind about ‘boat people’ are families in rickety boats fleeing from Vietnam in the last days of that war, and now the climate

While the Prime Minister Is Away

Abdul Mannan : Bangladesh’s Prime Minister had been away from the country for sometimes. She left Bangladesh on 30 October for Glasgow in Scotland to attend the COP26 (United Nations

Can rebellion save the world?

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas JS Davies: COP Twenty-six. That is how many times the United Nations has assembled world leaders to try to tackle the climate crisis. But the United

Is there some light at the end of the tunnel?

Touhid Shipar Rafiquzzaman THE world has not experienced such an unprecedented impact caused by the ongoing Covid pandemic since the Spanish flu of the 1920s. It has touched every business,

November – the Tragic Month of 1975

Abdul Mannan : Bangladesh has two tragic months, August and November of 1975. On 15th August of the year the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed

Sheikh Hasina at COP-26 and Our Expectation

A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman : Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the World Climate Summit COP-26 held on 1 and 2 November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. In addition, she has participated

Get Ready for Fourth Industrial Revolution

M. M. Shahidul Hassan : Bangladesh emerged as an independent country in 1971, and at that time, there existed only six public universities, and the total number of students was