The day cricket needed a therapist
10 January 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Why does a gender wall still exist within our major political parties?
3 January 2026, 03:00 AM
Opinion
Election is not the real story, what counts is how it is conducted
27 December 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
How Dhaka airport has turned into a game of Ludo
13 December 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
Primary teachers’ strike is a mirror held up to Bangladesh
6 December 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion
Our winter is fading, but the world remains indifferent
22 November 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
The China pivot for our students deserves a deeper look
15 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Opinion
Dhaka University’s clean-up paradox
8 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion
‘Sir, I am a teacher’: The paradox in the cry
25 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
The weight of a green passport
18 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
Plagiarism: A menace in the academic world
Our universities were mostly designed as teaching universities. Even many of our iconic professors are not good researchers.
2 September 2022, 16:00 PM
Suicide prevention must embrace nuances and complexities
Suicide is a complex issue that requires institutionalised, therapeutic interventions to save lives, and stand by those who need support for their mental health condition.
26 August 2022, 16:00 PM
The real worth of a cup of tea
Tea is a sector that requires time and patience. The problem with our new entrepreneurs is that they all want instant yields.
19 August 2022, 15:00 PM
Bangladesh's collapse in Zimbabwe: Woe of the Tigers
The recent results in Zimbabwe have shown that Bangladesh did not do any homework on their young opponents.
13 August 2022, 02:00 AM
The cooling conundrum
One of the first 'culprits' of energy leakage identified during the first week of the government’s austerity drive was air conditioners.
29 July 2022, 15:00 PM
Bangladesh Railway and the political dynamite
Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni has been staging a remarkable protest ever since he fell victim to the irregularities of Bangladesh Railway.
22 July 2022, 15:00 PM
In search of lost respect
The recent spate of attacks on teachers by individual students or certain groups make many of us revisit the very notion of respect for teachers.
1 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Will Terminal 3 be everything we want it to be?
One of my favourite films, Love Actually (2003), begins with the narrative voice of “the British prime minister” (Hugh Grant) saying, “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport.
17 June 2022, 18:00 PM
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
The allocation for education in the proposed budget for FY2022-23 leaves a lot to be desired.
10 June 2022, 13:39 PM
Heard words are worthy, those unheard are bitter
The creator of the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling, is probably the richest author in the world, with an estimated net worth of USD 1 billion. In one estimate, Rowling made USD 181 per minute or USD 4.37 per word in 2016-17.
3 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Stuck in an endless loop of corruption and violence
While the better private universities have realigned their focuses on creating a "whole" education with a 360-degree perspective, the public system has reached the nadir from which students have a tunnel vision of becoming government cadres.
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM
How to be a hypocrite: Courtesy of the West
When 12 members of Charlie Hebdo were shot dead for their alleged blasphemous depiction of Prophet Muhammad, the freedom-loving
22 May 2022, 18:00 PM
A two-stroke thrombosis
One marker for the oft-chanted prophecy of Bangladesh as the Asian Tiger can be explained through the rise and rise of motorcycles.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Blowing in the Media-wind
There’s a good chance your screen time increased significantly during this weeklong Eid break unless you are one of those reported one million outbound tourists who shored up in various travel destinations or one of those million others who journeyed within the country to visit your near and dear ones.
6 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Puti Maach and the Selfish Giant
A small “puti” fish leaps out of the water and plops back in. Yes, even fish can contort muscles and use their fins in ingenious ways to glide, squiggle or somersault.
29 April 2022, 18:00 PM
On the other side of a stray bullet
Is a call for justice a glorified cry for revenge? Is justice noble, while revenge unworthy?
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Transitioning back to ‘normal’ learning
When a private university organised a flash mob and another one a concert to welcome back its students to campus post Covid shutdown, we looked at the safety protocol prepared for our campus in pity.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
In a world dominated by images
The “Oscar Slap” has created a virtual cottage industry that profits from processing a particular on-stage action that took place during the 94th Academy Awards-giving gala on March 27.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Fragmented thoughts on Independence Day
When was the last time you looked at the face of the rickshaw-puller who gave you a ride? Or the guard who opened the door for you at a mall?
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Do we need semesters?
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all its affiliates to implement the semester system by July 1.
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM