Samiul Bashar Samin It is a familiar story. A superpower goes to war and faces a stronger-than-expected insurgency in distant lands, yet has insufficient forces to counter it because of political and military constraints. The superpower decides to hire contractors, some of whom are armed, to support its war effort. The armed contractors prove to…
Samiul Bashar Samin In 1906, Pablo Picasso was determined to reinvent the portrait and push the boundaries of realism, and one of his early subjects was Gertrude Stein. After months in his Paris studio, carefully reworking the paint on the canvas, Picasso still wasn’t satisfied. He didn’t finish the painting until after a trip to…
Fabia Shahzadi While the adjective “bad” usually sets a negative undertone to the phrase “bad habit” but at times, some of these habits can help to be part of your healthy lifestyle. Below, we’ve rounded up some negative behaviors that can contrary to what your mom, your teacher, and your know-it-all coworker said—be good for…
Major General Abdur Rashid Bangladesh has experienced two kinds of violent extremism since its birth, which indeed espoused opposing ideologies. The Socialist movement launched immediately after the birth of Bangladesh, under the banner of red revolution, which caused the loss of more than 22,000 lives. A new kind of violent extremism appeared in the 90s…
Sakib Khondoker I never thought in my dreams that I would get to witness the real life House Of Cards. If you haven’t watched this amazing TV series, do watch it. I can bet you won’t be able to relate to the ongoing US Presidential Candidate race with anything else. The US political drama portrays…
Eshan Maitra May be not as much as ruthless as Brienne of Tarth, but over the course of history woman have fought in battles and wars defending their rights and sovereignty of their country. Again, in such modern times where most other countries in the world are steadfast about bringing the equality between men and…
Tarannum Haider Maliha About 45 years ago our country had encountered a huge threat which could have destroyed our existence. There wouldn’t have been any nation named Bangladesh or any nationality named Bangladeshis. We have faced the danger, battled it and earned our identity. There were many ups and downs from then which we have…
Sumaiya Kabir Bangladesh is no stranger to natural disasters. Floods, tornados, landslides, droughts are occurrences we have accepted and battle each and every year in a routinely manner. However, earthquakes, although frequently predicted, never come in a timely manner, which in turn make them more terrifying. This time around, the prediction has strong data to…
Sumaiya Kabir The Rampal Power Plant, a proposed coal based power plant dangerously close to the Sunderbans, has been fiercely opposed ever since the agreement to build it was signed in 2012. Although the proposed 1320 megawatt power plant will produce electricity using coal, an affordable and abundant energy source, the consequences of building the…