A great university inspires and prepares students for a rich and fulfilling experience in a changing and challenging world.

Just as BNP was about to come up with fresh programmes, Ramadan arrived, rendering all politics to the confines of the iftar table.

Writing is becoming increasingly difficult as one has to tiptoe through a minefield, not knowing which topic may set off a trigger or become a bummer. It’s not nice to hear that we have the worst record of press freedom among South Asian countries, lower than Afghanistan.

Zafrullah’s socialism was useful in contrast to ones offered by the dominant leftist parties of the country, characterised by theoretical obscurantism, fractiousness, political irrelevance, and their inconsequentiality to the daily lives of the masses.

To politicians – most of whom lack an iota of personal integrity – power is control over their citizens, patriotism is servility, and democracy is absolutism

Whether or not Bangladesh can salvage its image as a democracy will entirely depend on how the next election is conducted.

In the US, an alien is not just an extraterrestrial; it could simply mean someone from a foreign country.

Shill edited the present volume as a rich collection of memories and evaluations of Akhteruzzaman Elias by his friends and relatives, some renowned literary figures of the Bangla language, as well as some occasional thoughts by Elias himself.

Nadeem Zaman’s The Inheritors retells and recontextualizes one of the most famous stories there ever was—F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925).

Can the upcoming budget in Bangladesh guide the vulnerable power and energy sectors towards economic sustainability and energy security?

Why have we done so little to ensure safety and dignity of our future generations?

Even worse is rewarding someone for doing so.

Panic spread among residents of Dhaka on Monday night as people from different parts of the city complained of gas leaks.

We generally use the same parts of the brain no matter the medium, with one crucial exception. And therein lies the rub.

Like the dreaded knock, I was afraid that one of my friends would one day ask me to write something about him, a memorial.

Instead of making safe water accessible by reducing the price in the coastal areas, it seems the government is working to increase the price of water in the urban areas.

How are we going to deal with all the evolving climate issues, and what kind of finance is needed for that?

Both countries have had a single-minded focus on GDP growth, with not enough attention to jobs, climate, the distribution effects and the destructive impact of crony capitalism.

Eid vacations in Bangladesh are a time of joy and celebration with family, but it can also quickly take a turn for worse owing to the risky journey back home.

Unpacking “hidden needs” requires empathy, a process whereby a human person recognises and acknowledges the feeling and emotions (e.g. the tragedy one went through, the happiness they experience) of other human persons.