What the story of Kaavan tells us
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM Column
Efficacy of the home-made mask
29 April 2020, 18:00 PM Column
The moral rot that threatens Bangladesh
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM Column
The changing nature of work
26 May 2019, 18:00 PM Column
How volunteering can help the youth
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM Column
Time to speak up for Palestine
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM Column
A failure of imagination
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM Column
A better life for women
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM Column

Making character palatable again

It is baffling that physical courage is so common in the world and moral courage so rare. It is hard to find people whose manner is infused with kindness, humility and integrity, in other words, character. The issue is relevant because it is timeless.
27 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Thought Control

“Patriotism” and “national unity” trumped truth. The line between propaganda and journalism was forgotten.
20 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Love in the time of war

There are two kinds of virtues, the resume virtues and the eulogy virtues. The former are the skills that one brings to a job interview.
11 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Private money, public good

Countries with a successful PPP programme have built it on a solid framework. The Government of Bangladesh passed the PPP law last year. Before that, in 2011, it formed the Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL), a government-owned non-banking financial institution with a mandate to invest in large infrastructure projects, including power and energy, ports, connectivity, tourism and economic zones.
15 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Revenge of the Bugs

Antibiotic resistance is the new bacterial normal. About a hundred years ago with the discovery of penicillin, the antibiotic revolution commenced the era of modern medicine.
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

The Other News

It's nice to catch glimpses of human sublimity slipping through the cracks of hate and bloodshed. This is not to suggest that news of death and killings and accidents and wars are not important, but only to remind oneself that the news is selective and often parochial.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Unity over Division

The calm, unyielding yet racially and religiously inclusive campaign of Sadiq Khan has come to symbolise all that is most impressive about London: its diversity.
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Seesaw inequality

The most commonmisconception about economic inequality is based on the pie fallacy: that the rich always get rich by taking money
4 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Democracy under construction

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society,” said Mark Twain. In fewer places than Myanmar has the saying held truer where clothed men—uniformed to be more precise—have had all the influence for more than 50 years.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Tree at my window

I know a poor man in Faridpur—a proud, successful father now—who sent one of his sons to Malaysia, another to Italy and married off his only daughter to a respectable young man. How did he manage to do all this?
21 April 2016, 18:00 PM

A Dream Job

The point of this article is not to throw mud at ministers, most of whom do their best to serve the public. Why should a few be allowed to give a bad name to politicians in general and set a bad example for the citizens?
13 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Let the ping be heard

Sports have long been idealised as a way to heal wounds, mend fences, and rise above differences among cultures and nations. In light of this potential, April 6 has been declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace by the UN General Assembly.
5 April 2016, 18:00 PM

What drives productivity?

How can the attitude of people be changed? Well, Japan did it thorough a productivity movement back in 1955 with three guiding principles: job security and expansion of employment, cooperation of labour and management through joint consultation, and fair distribution of the fruits of productivity.
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The American Idol

The Grand Old Party does not know how to stop Trump and it is their fault. Throughout history it's a party that has won elections mostly on anti-government rhetoric.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Police for People

If we peel back the layers of the most recent crimes such as the killing of children and the disturbing prevalence of violence against women...
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The language problem

German painters are, therefore, more likely to paint death as a man while their Russian counterparts, as a woman.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Feel the Bern

ALL bets are off - by winning New Hampshire's 2016 Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders has done what was once
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Pressing the mute button

One of the most vulnerabl institutions in the world today is the free press and one of the most expendable people are the journalists.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Germany's Cologne Test

German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed all set to regain control of Germany's polarising debate over refugees. In her New Year's Eve address...
3 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Training: More than a free lunch

Let's face it, training is not the first thing people think of doing when they have some free time, no matter how easy it is to access...
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM