Opinion

Learning to teach

by Raghavendra P Tiwari: IT IS largely believed that the education system is neither creating enough 21st-century global skills in students to meet the industry requirement nor training them in

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Trump mixes religion with race in re-election bid

PRESIDENT Donald Trump saw another opportunity for his failing re-election bid, namely using religion, when demonstrators protesting the murder of George Floyd lit a small fire in the basement of

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Locust Panic No More in Bangladesh

COVID-19 pandemic could now be fusing into a hunger pandemic – apprehend WFP. Bangladesh is now fighting to ensure food security of her huge population under uncertain lockdown situation. Just

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A Wake-up Call for Gender Responsive Social Protection

“Social protection is a human right” and is enshrined as such in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and in other major United Nations human rights instruments. The main

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‘Charter of Freedom’ for Bengalees

by Sheikh Hasina: WE OBSERVE June 7 as the Six-Point Day. The year 2020 has appeared as a unique year in the life of the Bengalees. This year is very

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Coronavirus Pandemic and Education in Emergencies

The spectre of COVID-19 has descended on the planet so suddenly that almost all spheres of human life have been caught off guard. And education is no exception. It has

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Trump turns race into only election issue

by M Serajul Islam: YET another black life has been lost in the hands of white policemen, this time in Minneapolis. A video of the crime scene did not leave

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Devastation of Cyclone Amphan: Experiences from the Field

Cyclone Amphan has reportedly killed at least 72 people in India and 16 in Bangladesh and many more were injured. Amphan was the most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India

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