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The biggest challenge with Fahim was to introduce new people to him, for he knew most of them. Fahim thrived among friends and he was seldom without them, and they in turn loved him, evidence of which was aplenty, as hundreds wept like children at the news of his passing away. He joined when we were weak and vulnerable and left us a winner on all counts.

What are the major challenges in project financing for countries like Bangladesh?

What is the goal of this workshop on project financing?

Bangladesh, being one of the fastest growing emerging countries, has immense potential for macro-economic development. To cope

The International Day of the Midwife, celebrated every year on May 5th, offers an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of

Lessons learned from the Millennium Development Goals have made it clear that there is a need for better data to monitor and

It was a rewarding experience talking to the Director General of BBS, former Director General of Disaster Management, Mohammah Abul

For sometime Nadeem had not been able to sit down at his writing-table. He caressed with loving fingers the diary in which he had recorded his experience of the Pakistani genocide of the Bangalees in 1971. He was barely twelve then. His parents had put him in the

What would I do with the spring when mournfully cries the cuckoo, when flowers are not in bloom?

In 1972, while working closely with various National and International Organisations to rehabilitate the raped and tortured women of the Liberation War, Nilima Ibrahim (1921-2002) interviewed some of these heroic women and kept

The man got off from the afternoon train. It was early winter, yet he had a thick tweed coat on. The foxy colour of his coat went well with his bronze complexion. He sloppily wore an old but fancy tie and his faded trousers showed a few fat stitches near his thigh.

Fazr azaan, and dawn, will see Ritu rise to greet “Shadhinota Dibosh” on March 26. It being a Saturday this year, her son Anu (short for

The sky was an ominous leaden colour. Leaden, splattered with white clouds. The wind whistled in gusts. On top of a storm-battled palm tree perched a lone eagle. The murky leaden sky was pitiless. Gusty winds rustled through the leaves of the palm tree.

We commemorate March 26 with unalloyed joy and gratitude. A glorious day that marks the beginning of our independence from

The march of the hunted across a land No longer their own began

Sharif, Jami and Masum tell an unbelievable, inhumane story of barbarity and cruelty. Sharif doesn't speak much usually; he gave a summary of their two-day, two-night imprisonment in his characteristic manner. I had to extract the detailed descriptions from Jami and Masum.

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Celebrating Brilliance

Perfecting her swimming strokes in a pond for hours in her village home, did the thought ever cross Mahfuza Khatun