Opinion

Coronavirus (COVID-19): ‘Wuhan, Jiayou’!

The day before yesterday, I got a letter from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), where I am a Ph.D. candidate. I can’t help but share the first part

CAT for Universities: A Recipe for Disaster (?)

The University Grants Commission seems to be adamant about conducting a combined admission test (CAT) for recruiting students at the universities. The only logic the Commission offered in support of

Is France losing its colonial backyard in North Africa?

Having seen a sharp decline in its influence in Tunisia and Algeria, France is eyeing China and Spain’s growing economic presence in Morocco with concern. Is Paris about to lose

Many Faces of Corruption

When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina talks about the prevailing corruption in the country, she is very emphatic and in clear terms declares that when it comes to corruption her policy

US Senator Kennedy in Bangladesh

American Senator Mr. Edward Kennedy came to Bangladesh on 14 February 1972 on a two-day visit. Senator Kennedy had, by that time, become a very popular personality to the people

Climate Justice: Fight for Sustainability

Bappy Rahman: Justice about climate change is related to the uneven distribution of climate change exposure, vulnerability and capacity. T. S. Munk (2018) observed that justice is generally divided into

Addressing Barriers to Scaling up Climate Finance

climate,climate finance,United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,UNFCCC Bangladesh is a highly climate-vulnerable country in the world because of its disadvantageous geographic location, that is, this country has a sizeable

Students Need 21st-century Skills to Be Glocal Citizens

According to the renowned sociologist and theorist of globalization Roland Robertson, today only the glocal exists. We are neither global nor local any more. The glocal is the outcome of