Eshan Maitra How many people does it take to convince BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, about the meaning of the National Mourning Day, and how much it means to a lot of us? Apparently, a lot, and two decades. For about last two decades, on a starry night Honorable Ex-Prime Minister Begum Zia suddenly realized that,…
Sakib Khondoker He is not a mere individual. He in an institution. A movement. A revolution. An upsurge. He is the architect of the nation. He is the essence of epic poetry and he is history. This history goes back a thousand years. Which is why contemporary history has recognized him as the greatest Bengali…
Mohammad Ali Sattar O father, When death struck you, When darkness veiled you, When life’s day was done – when angels gathered to carry thy soul to hereafter, Curse did not come upon thy lips! You lay still On the stairs, on a pool of blood, So intense and warm! Your vision got blurred As…
Syed Nasir Ershad Today Usain Bolt rewrote the history by winning his third consecutive Olympics gold in 100 meters sprint. Beijing-London-Rio. Three continents, three countries, three cities. He bolted them all in the Olympic Games. The Olympics have evolved dramatically since the first modern games were held in 1896. In the second half of the…
Mohammad Ali Sattar In modern times it was President Ronald Reagan who surprised many by winning the white house race. Not only did he create a stir in US and world politics, he created further excitement by returning to the president’s office for the scone term as well. It was surprising because the world thought…
Eshan Maitra “We are in more dangerous place now, than we were in 20 years ago,” says Ang Cui in the interview with the Motherboard by Victoria Turk. As mentioned in the last part of the article, they are one of the white hat hackers, who are actually helping with hacking. Meaning they do not…
Maisha Mahbub The Picture, taken during the women’s beach volleyball preliminary round match between Egypt and Germany on August 7, has ascended an immense contradiction between two point of views. Some made it a perfect visualization of the ideal of “blending sport with culture and education” and some slurred it as a “massive cultural divide”….
Sakib Khondoker And the global brutality rages on. This time, Islamabad, Pakistan. A chorus of confused responses followed the Quetta carnage on August 8, that left over 70 dead and dozens maimed. The top civil and military leadership called it an attempt by the “enemies of the country” to sabotage the ongoing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…
Eshan Maitra Today is the day we lost our beloved leader and the Father of our nation. But, let us not only mourn on this day. Rather, also remember the legacy that Bangabandhu has left for us, and the nation he left for us. His glory will never fade away from the pages of history…