Opinion

Education Battered by Covid-19, NGOs’ Response and State Reaction

Masum Billah: A Bengali newspaper’s heading titled ‘Government is disgusted with the bizarre works of NGOs for primary education’ drew my attention, making me feel constrained to add something more

Indo-Bangladesh Friendly Ties Getting Stronger

Jayanta Ghosal: Nationalism is basically a strong feeling for a certain territory. The collective feeling of an entire population living in a certain territory may be termed as one kind

Let Our Public Intellectuals Speak for Us Abroad

Syed Badrul Ahsan: Bangladesh’s history needs to go out to the world. With the nation preparing to observe the fiftieth anniversary of independence next year, it is important that we

Can we finally stop marching to disaster?

by Rebecca Gordon: After two decades, can we finally ask whether trying to prop up a dying empire actually makes us – or indeed the world – any safer, writes Rebecca

Hasina-Modi Summit: Hope Lingers on

Abdul Mannan: As an eventful year comes to an end, both Bangladesh and India concluded a virtual summit on Thursday, 17 December. Prime Ministers of both countries, Sheikh Hasina and

Another Victory within Many Victories

Dr. Rashid Askari: At long last, putting an end to all rumours, discouragements and despair, blithely ignoring the naysayers and defying all the odds and obstacles, the much-coveted Padma Bridge

Mutilation of Bangabandhu’s Sculpture and Political Islam

Shafiul-Alam: Some leaders of the Hefazat-e-Islam demanded that the government should not build sculptures of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and threatened to demolish those, if

‘Recover Better – Stand up for Human Rights’

A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman: Countries all over the world celebrate Human Rights Day every year on 10 December. Not only the government, but social and cultural organisations also celebrate the day