July 4, 2018
Cops foil citizens’ demo, assault DU teacher; BCL attacks condemned
Sayeed Muhammad: Police have purportedly picked up at least two persons and manhandled a Dhaka University teacher when a platform of parents and teachers gathered at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka for holding a demonstration. They protest was aimed at expressing concern over the detention of quota reform leaders, reports The Daily Star. The detainees…
Pakistanis used to call us “shala”
Lt. Gen. (retd) M. Harun Ar Rashid, Bir Pratik: Pakistanis never looked at us as equals. The way they talked with us was laced with vitriol and spite. “Oi Shala, ei dike ay!” (Hey <expletive>, come here!), they used to address us. There were always verbal abuses. I used to reply to their bitterness with,…
Politics, ambition and Bhutto
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age: When he lived, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a complex figure for those who observed his rise and fall. Thirty nine years after his execution by a military regime, he remains that way. There are his fans, largely within Pakistan, who have consistently believed that he is a shaheed,…
Eligibility in teaching, quality education complements to each other
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: Development and education coexist and they are so linked that one cannot flourish without other. Without education, modernization and development are absurd. Like other developing countries, Bangladesh is no exception, though it is giving priorities to education. But how far is it meant…