Opinion

COVID-19: a silent end to the world as we knew it

by Phil Butler: Grants, which are loans taken out by the people to help themselves, are the subterfuge the IMF and Lagarde are leveraging now. Later, when the sky does

200 Years of Vidyasagar’s Birth and Female Education

Chinmay Prasun Biswas: As a pioneer of female education, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, born in 1820, is still relevant. Without caring for financial support from the British government he continued opening girls’

200 Years of Vidyasagar’s Birth and Female Education

University Entry Test during New Normal Life

Pranab Kumar Panday: The catastrophic effect of Covid-19 has caused immense miseries to all sections of the people in society worldwide. Like others, the student community of the world is

Economic disparity at the core of his political campaign

Shawdesh desk: As we have followed the trajectory of the political journey of Bangabandhu from day one in this column, it has become crystal clear that the pains and deprivations

Bangladesh- Born to Win

Abdul Mannan: Norwegian Economist Just Faaland and British Economist J R Parkinson served as advisers to the Pakistan Planning Commission, located in Karachi back in the early sixties. As professionals,

Familiar and Strange

Tulip Chowdhury: There is a magnetic attachment to familiar things. When we wake up to the sunlight pouring in the room through the window panes, our morning hours, somehow, our

Sheikh Russell: A Flower of Paradise Nipped in the Bud

Prof M Shahinoor Rahman: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has concluded her book Aamader Chotto Russell Sona—a book about her beloved youngest brother Shahid Sheikh Russel—with a sad and poignant question