As we commemorate Latifur Rahman, we miss his presence, warmth and personal touch in championing the cause of independent journalism.
It is difficult to put into words the contribution that Prof Azizur Rahman Khan made to academia and the nation.
Abed bhai defined a great and worthy leader as someone who always steps down to accommodate a worthier leader.
Sir John Wilson directly contributed in changing the lives of millions of people with disabilities around the world.
Described as the doyen of Bangladesh’s architecture, Muzharul Islam introduced modernism in the country as well as the highest ideals of the craft.
He seemed to shine whenever handling a crisis.
Six years ago, a perfectly healthy man in his 60s just left me and my children in a state of shock and emptiness.
A globe-trotter, Kaiser Zaman, an organiser during Bangladesh’s Liberation War and a well-known humanitarian, passed away on June 19, 2023 in Dhaka, at the age of 78.
Dr Muhammad Zahir, the once well-revered jurist whose name has almost sunk into obscurity now, breathed his last on this day in 2013 in a hospital in Bangkok.
Nurul’s unique quality as a professional economist originated in the common sense and pragmatism which influenced his great faith in empirical work.
Like the dreaded knock, I was afraid that one of my friends would one day ask me to write something about him, a memorial.
He created two lasting popular characters in Bengali literature—the debonair detective Felu Da and the brilliant scientist Professor Shonku. The brilliance of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Isaac Asimov neatly packed into one creative mind that was Ray's.
Zafrullah believed that incremental change was not enough and that the social order itself needed to be changed.
His departure is part of life’s natural course. But we have to hold steadfast to his ethics.
Roki Apa, you will be missed, but your legacy of empowering women economically will live on.
On the fateful night of March 25, 1971, Prof Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta was dragged out of his university flat and shot repeatedly on the back by the Pakistan Army.
We have lost not only a great man and a charismatic person, but also a real guardian and a visionary business leader.