South Africa’s apartheid explained

Apartheid -- an Afrikaans-language word meaning the state of “apartness” -- became official government policy in 1948 when the conservative
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Tutu’s life in key dates

October, 7, 1931: He is born in the small town of Klerksdorp, west of Johannesburg, his mother a domestic worker and his father a teacher.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Desmond Tutu

“Never has a (Nobel) peace prize been so fitting,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store after South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Another piece of history demolished

Violating a High Court order, a 200-year-old building on Armenian Street in Dhaka’s Armanitola has been demolished by its present owners to make way for shops.
17 November 2020, 18:00 PM

“If you don’t have a free press, then you don’t have freedom”

What are the challenges for journalism in Bangladesh’s context and overall in the fake news/post-truth era we live in?
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM