Golam Mortoza

Now that he was alive and heading towards Lviv, the Ukrainian city near the border with Poland, it was some sort of a miracle for Rubaiyat Habib.

Before Ukraine was invaded, it received strong assurances from the US and the UK that they would stand beside the country if it’s attacked. Europe in its entirety, too, had vowed to stand with Ukraine.

Sharif Uddin, who was sacked by the Anti-Corruption Commission last week, said he had always tried to unmask the corrupt and confiscate illegal wealth during his time at the commission. 

On January 26, Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal reached the campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) at 3am to meet the demonstrating students.

Dr Selina Hayat Ivy has made a name for herself as an energetic, courageous and people-friendly leader.

On the evening of November 3, the government increased the per litre price of diesel and kerosene oil by Tk 15.

We are the biggest applauders of our own successes. Sometimes, regional and international arenas, too, portray our positive growth through development indicators.

Till 1990, we lived mostly under military ruling, apart from a brief period of three and a half years at the beginning.

Over a decade ago, power supply in Bangladesh was inadequate and production was virtually nonexistent. Increasing power production was a dire necessity then. The last caretaker government initiated efforts to that end; those efforts gained momentum when the Awami League government took office in 2009.

Let us begin with three news highlights related to our vaccine procurement scenario—No one can show an accurate breakdown of how many doses of vaccines have been procured by Bangladesh;

When Bangladesh was struggling to get Covid-19 vaccines amid surging infections and deaths, the arrival of 26 lakh vaccine doses over the last one month under the Covax facility offered it a ray of hope.

There have been many allegations of mismanagement, irregularities and corruption against the health ministry.

Not just for Awami League, Tofail Ahmed is one of the most important personalities in Bangladesh politics. He was an elected vice president of

The subject matter of this write-up is the ranking of the world’s best universities. But I would like to start on a different note, quoting from legendary journalist Foyez Ahmad’s book “Moddhorater Ossharohi” (roughly translated as “Midnight Horseman”).

The owner of a four storied building and a hosiery factory mischievously asked for government aid meant for the poor, which prompted the UNO Arifa Zahura to take prompt action against him. He was given the choice of feeding 100 helpless people or getting jailed for three months. Initially, the news was just like that.

He was born on April 27, 1936 in a famous zamindar family of Baniachang, Sylhet. He passed away on December 20, 2019. He left behind his work and his organisation BRAC. He is still alive in the hearts of people. I am talking about none other than Fazle Hasan Abed. Thanks to a book writing opportunity, I had the good fortune of getting close to him for a few consecutive years. Together, we visited many places of Bangladesh. I saw and I learned about various activities of BRAC. I also came to know about different aspects of his personality.

The Road Transport and Bridges Minister gave an announcement about an imminent lockdown on April 3. The government-announced restrictions on April 4 avoided the word lockdown, instead, it specified some directives. Although it is a bit late, the fact that the government has taken the Coronavirus infection issue seriously is reflected in the restrictions that have been imposed. Public transport, movement on roads and waterways, as well as domestic flights will mostly be halted.

When I entered the hospital room, the bed was empty. Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore Kishore had gone to get his eyes checked. When he returned to the cabin in about 20 minutes, I was flabbergasted that he was on a wheelchair.

Incidents leave such a devastating impact on us that it halts the normal process of thinking.

The RT-PCR tests done to diagnose coronavirus infections in Bangladesh are not likely to detect the new strain identified in the UK. On top of that, no one can say for sure if the new variant is similar to the ones found here in Bangladesh.