Surjeet Singh One of the hotly debated question from the beginning of Economics is, why some nations are rich and some are poor? This is same as saying, why there exist a difference between nations in terms of poverty, inequality, and prosperity? Economic-growth theorist has a variety of points on this. Some say, there exist…
Sanjal Shastri and Ashik Kabir The Holey Artisan Bakery attacks came as a big distress to many in Bangladesh. It was the single deadliest hostage terror strike in Bangladeshi history. The investigations following the attacks, and the appearance of the role Zakir Naik played, exposes the need for greater India-Bangladeshi cooperation to fight terror. This…
Mohammad Ali Sattar Many foreign individuals and heads of government extended support to the people of erstwhile East Pakistan when they were fighting against the Pakistani occupational forces for an independent Bangladesh in 1971. One of them was the then Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau who came forward despite having close ties with Pakistan….
The publication ceremony of “”Budhha Shobvata O Budhha Kirti Deshay Deshay .” written by Jyoti Bikash Barua was held at Dhaka University on 27th September. Organized jointly by Pali and Buddhist Study Department of D.U. , and Kasbon Prokashoni, the ceremony was attended by a number of prominent intellectuals from home and abroad. Dr. Anisuzzaman,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…