Blended learning in an energy crisis: Innovation or institutional amnesia?
11 April 2026, 08:00 AM
Opinion
Austerity and the crisis of fuel, confidence and coordination
4 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
The surcharge of Eid-time tragedies
28 March 2026, 08:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
The unfinished promise to Bangladesh’s women
14 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
When our indifference breaks our children
7 March 2026, 01:16 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Depoliticise institutions, not ideas
28 February 2026, 01:06 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
What the scheduling fiasco of Ekushey book fair tells us
21 February 2026, 02:05 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
V for Victory, V for Valentine: A mandate is not a licence
14 February 2026, 01:32 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Truth, power, and the strained relations between students and teachers
7 February 2026, 01:08 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Education needs decisive actions, not empty promises
31 January 2026, 06:44 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Hatirjheel: A City Respite
One of the pleasures of my daily commute to work is experiencing the lakefront at Hatirjheel.
2 December 2022, 14:00 PM
'Hypocrite reader – my twin – my brother!'
Qatar's hosting of the FIFA World Cup has created a storm of controversy in Western media
25 November 2022, 19:00 PM
Spending All for Nothing
Education abroad does not always come with golden opportunities
19 November 2022, 04:00 AM
Questioning the questions
We live in an intolerant time where everything is suspected.
11 November 2022, 11:39 AM
How reality could imitate representation
The simple fact is that not all teachers and students have the empathy to accommodate people with different abilities.
4 November 2022, 14:00 PM
Something is rotten in the state of things
The irony is, the top bureaucrats, who fail to secure our national interests, have no qualms in claiming the larger share of the development pie for themselves.
28 October 2022, 15:00 PM
Walking in the city
The stories come alive when you walk in the city and meet the faces that form the mass.
21 October 2022, 14:00 PM
University ranking announcement and the morning after
The oldest private university in Bangladesh is giving its oldest public university a run for its money.
14 October 2022, 12:15 PM
Is it too easy to become a professor in Bangladesh?
The academic rank diagram needs to look like a pyramid where few professors are located at the apex.
7 October 2022, 15:00 PM
To kill a mocking monster
What prompted those devoted pilgrims in Panchagarh to ride an overcrowded boat and join a death march on the Korotoa River?
30 September 2022, 13:30 PM
Is it Destination Death for our migrant workers?
Five hundred deaths a month. Is that natural?
23 September 2022, 18:00 PM
The government’s search for a columnist
There is nothing wrong with such a strategy of recruiting media operatives. However, the open nature of the search robs the ploy of its X-factor and thereby self-sabotages its purpose.
16 September 2022, 16:00 PM
Leave private universities out of BCL politics
The private universities are doing just fine without the presence of partisan politics.
9 September 2022, 14:00 PM
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