The ugly lies in the eyes of a beholder’

    Mohammad Ali Sattar Facebook postings and the newspaper images of water mixed with blood of the sacrificial animals during Eid times has put Dhaka in the news for right and wrong reasons. In the global parameters Dhaka is measured frequently. No one perhaps misses Dhaka these days. I don’t quite understand if the pictures of…

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      Pink: Rattling the cliché

      Jayasmita Ray Bollywood movies are spreading their wings much far away than before marking their territories in unprecedented domes. With the encroachment of technology and reversal ideologies the topics, movies are converging  complex and reflecting modernity. Most recently many Bollywood movies have brought out some female centric movies that propagated the oxymoron our society is…

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        Scuffle for world domination

        Syed Nasir Ershad Buzzwords like ‘openness’ and ‘inclusiveness’ float in the air at the outset of any global meet of the big players of the world. The recently concluded G20 summit in China was not any exception where many leaders got together. One thing was for sure that their major economic policy initiatives caught up…

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          Defamation is not what they deserve

          Tarannum Haider Maliha Asian Football Confederation has 47 member countries among which Bangladesh is qualified as one of the best 8 teams in the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers 2017. The girls who have brought such pride to the nation have faced some unwanted and offensive incidents just 48 hours after their achievement. The first…

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            “Walk a long way for a longer life”

              Tarannum Sattar At around 8.30 pm every night, I get dressed in tights and sweats, plug my earphones in and head out to the streets to do some walking as a part of exercise. Also, it serves the purpose of spending some time with me. Although there is a park just 10 minutes away…

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              Seeing through Extreme Mist

              Durjoy Chakraborty Shouri & Ashik Kabir It has almost been two and a half months since the Holey Artisan attack. The memories of that atrocious night are still vivid in many of our observances specially those who have lost their loved ones. Without any doubt, our country has never perceived a terrorist attack with such…

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                A Shadow Grander than Kindness

                Ashik Kabir Mother Teresa whenever the name comes up, an image of solidarity, warmth and humanity provides a belief to our mind. A belief that divulges the hope that whenever we fall, whenever the mankind is in distress a saint like soul irrespective of our identity, race or religion will pick us up. Mother Teresa…

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                  Pricey market and our lives

                  Mohammad Ali Sattar The time of ecstasy and joy is back once more. We are in the midst of yet another great day to celebrate. Long before the Eid comes people are somehow lost in the other planet. They are out of touch of this mundane living style. The sense of spirituality and piety stealthily…

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                    Shame on us one more time

                    Mohammad Ali Sattar It is with great pride that we salute the little soccer girls who emerged champions in the group qualifiers of the AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship 2017. The contest just finished in Dhaka. They have beaten other teams most convincingly and in a comprehensive manner. The scoring ability of these girls was amazing….

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