Musings / When 'Ma' is not a name
11 May 2025, 06:24 AM
Bangladesh
English in Bangladesh – 6 years later!
22 June 2024, 17:45 PM
Perspective
Do we need political bodies at private universities?
4 September 2022, 08:00 AM
Perspective
Life after lupus
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Perspective
Why you should take the Covid-19 vaccine
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Opinion
Expediting convalescent plasma availability in Bangladesh
12 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Opinion
BIRTH CENTENARY OF BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN / Bangabandhu’s writerly skills
16 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Opinion
Strengthening women’s rights and choices in a post-Covid world
8 March 2021, 15:25 PM
Opinion
Learning to include
31 July 2020, 12:44 PM
Opinion
Covid-19 testing and health sector resource mobilisation
18 July 2020, 13:17 PM
Opinion
Kitney Pakistani thhey?
You can frame this question as when did Indian journalism self-destruct, when did it begin its self destruction, or, is it on its way to self-destruction?
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM
What can Bangladesh learn from China?
China, one of the four oldest civilisations in the world, has a written history of more than 4,000 years and boasts rich cultural relics and historical sites. It is the inventor of compass, paper-making, gunpowder and printing.
15 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Developing alongside China
President Xi Jinping, the then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, while delivering his speech at 'The Road to Rejuvenation' exhibition in Beijing said, “China in future will move forward like an enormous ship against strong wind and giant waves.
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM
The digital future is now
The biggest challenge faced by the Bengali service came in 1971 when the Pakistan army launched a ferocious crackdown on Bengali nationalists campaigning for independence of what was then East Pakistan. The BBC became a lifeline service for millions of people inside East Pakistan and in refugee camps dotted along the border on the Indian side.
11 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Unshackling the chains of poverty
Two very positive economic developments have recently come to light. One is Bangladesh moving up a notch to rank 106th among 138 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index. Second, that the country's extreme poverty has declined to 12.9 percent in the financial year (FY) 2015-16 from 18.5 percent in 2010, according to the latest Bangladesh Development Update released by the World Bank (WB).
10 October 2016, 18:00 PM