Yashee/Daily O, India No, a hijab does not automatically equal oppression. The world’s first hijab-wearing Barbie — modelled on American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad — is out, and her life in plastic is so far not fantastic. The doll has divided public opinion, with many slamming toy company Mattel Inc for promoting what they feel is…
Andrés Velasco, Former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile/The Project Syndicate Open societies educate or attract people with varied and valuable kinds of knowhow, and they prosper that way. It is high time that more leaders began highlighting that fact and taking electoral advantage of it. Utter the words “identity politics” nowadays and you…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka : High School students have occupied the city streets to protest the death of two school children who were run over by a bus while waiting on the pavement for a bus. Dhaka streets had been in…
Afsan Chowdhury, Researcher, Political Analyst : The government says it is in favour of holding talks, BNP gives conditions for holding a dialogue. I think this is purely a matter of bigwigs; small fries like us have nothing to be concerned here. A dialogue will be held when they will make up their mind for it….
Prof. Abu Ahmed, Economist : Bangladesh’s economy has boundless potential. How much of this possibility we will be able to make reality actually depends on how we combat crises. Speaking of which, our economy faces many such crises, which negatively impact our export-oriented business and about which we are all very apprehensive. There have been no…
Dr Saadat Husain, Former cabinet secretary, former chairman of Public Service Commission : A question has arisen over the credibility and authenticity of information regarding the cultivation, production and supply of food grains in Bangladesh. Everyone is coming up with information to one’s advantage. I have meticulously analyzed all the information but I have found no…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy :Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of courage, both in the physical and moral sense. The historic Six Point Program, an explicit embodiment of Bengali nationalism was unfurled at Lahore,…
Aljazeera: Next week NASA is hoping to launch a probe, which will fly closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft has ever ventured to study the outermost part of its atmosphere.The Parker Solar Probe is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on August 11 and embark on a daring seven year mission….
BSS: With the aim of establishing a combined and uniform rail telecommunication system, Bangladesh Railway (BR) has launched a development project to lay 575 kilometers optical fiber on its secondary routes. “The secondary cables would not only ensure uninterrupted telecommunication connectivity, but also boost BR’s revenue along with operational safety and commercial activities,” a BR…
Sayeed Muhammad: Noted Dhaliwood actor Ilias Kanchan, under the banner of his organisation Nirapad Sharak Chai, formed a human chain in front of National Press Club in Dhaka yesterday morning. The human chain formed round 11am came in the wake of the ongoing protests for safe roads, and to demand justice for the two students…