Opinion

A down-to-earth leader

Dr. Atiur Rahman: Sheikh Mujib was always a down-to-earth leader. The needs and aspirations of the people were always at the top of his political agenda. He was seriously committed

Sheikh Hasina: Born to Succeed

Dr. Akhter Hussain: After many ups and downs, Bangladesh is continuing with its democratic parliamentary system of government for the last three decades. Currently, the Awami League that led the

A Man in Forty Million Bengalis

Dr. Rashid Askari: “One wonders how God, in the process of producing forty million Bengalis, produced a man!” – This is how Tagore paid tribute to Vidyasagar shortly after his

Bangabandhu’s Interaction with World Leaders

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman left Dhaka for New York on 23 September 1974 to attend the 29th session of the UN General Assembly. He addressed the General Assembly session on

Social Stigma and Covid-19 Pandemic

Pranab Kumar Panday: Social stigma is the derogatory connection of an individual or group of people who hold common features and a particular disorder in the context of health. An

Operation Clean Heart: Open License to Kill at Whim

Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik: As the occurrences of extra-judicial homicide have, quite cogently, become a peak area of general discussion and scrutiny, it is apt to trace the origin of this

Association between Covid-19 Test, Test Positivity and Death

How far is it true that, the more the tests for Covid-19, the more will be the number of cases identified? We argue that the relationship is not linear or

True cause of Europe’s refugee crisis

by Patrick Cockburn: DESPERATE refugees crammed into cockle-shell boats landing on the shingle beaches of the south Kent coast are easily portrayed as invaders. Anti-immigrant demonstrators were exploiting such fears