Matiur Rahman

Older people in Bangladesh increasingly becoming a part of the social media landscape

Professor Dr Shahida Akhter, a well-known child health specialist, passed away prematurely from liver cancer at 59 years of age on May 1, 2021. She was soft-spoken, introverted, humble and beloved by many people.

To the Jews the Balfour Declaration was a landmark event and to the Arabs it was a bone of contention, a black chapter in the history of the world because it led to the fulfilment of the former's aspiration for a state and deprived the later from their ancestral home, Palestine and forced them to become refugees.