For a few hours last Thursday, many people who heard the news that someone had called from Ilias Ali’s phone were enthralled and excited. Read more »
Ashulia: The theatre of violence play
Today, one Mr. Salman wants police protection, Golapi is dead and the managing director of a major apparel group has a couple of stitches on his forehead resulting from bricks hitting his temple. Read more »
Public Universities in Bangladesh: Is it a “donkey”?
Mr. Afsan Chowdhury deserves thanks for his article “Public universities in Bangladesh: Asking a donkey to give cow’s milk” in bdnews24.com on May 6, 2012 through which he raises an important issue of public interest. Read more »
Remembering and honouring our mothers
My mother was a remarkable woman. A great entrepreneur, and an excellent wife to my father, who was a schoolteacher, she managed her own small business sourcing fruits and gave birth to eight children: four boys and four girls. Read more »
It’s that time of the cycle again
Once again, we read that things are hotting up in the political sphere, as if to keep up with the unbearable summer. Many people in the country suffer from the incessant load-shedding, boundless inflation, endemic unemployment and corruption that is exacerbated by recent Hartals. Read more »
Iran’s nuclear programme : A crisis gone haywire?
James Blight – my professor in a class of only four students – told us that you cannot expect an Iranian to start talking about anything current on U.S. without mentioning once about the 1953 coupe. Read more »
