The true purpose of a university is to pursue knowledge, cultivate critical thinking, and serve society. Rankings only have meaning when they strengthen these intellectual and humanistic values — not when they distort them.
In April 1971, at the age of 24, Val Harding was volunteering as a nurse at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, when she first heard of the atrocities on March 25 in Dhaka and the fight for the Liberation of Bangladesh.
Naturally, ENB, which was mentioned as Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti in the Gupta epigraphs, remained mostly understudied.
The question is no longer about data scarcity, but about data governance: who holds it, who uses it, and to what end.
Patachitra is considered one of the oldest Bengali forms of audio-visual storytelling.
The true purpose of a university is to pursue knowledge, cultivate critical thinking, and serve society. Rankings only have meaning when they strengthen these intellectual and humanistic values — not when they distort them.
Architecture is never neutral, it is the most visible, permanent, and symbolic tool through which politics announces itself.
If India’s new transit regime prioritises its internal market over regional commitments, Bangladesh must adopt a similarly clear-eyed approach
Behind the glitter of bridal jewellery lies an invisible economy, one that thrives on social pressure, consumerism, and gender inequality.
In April 1971, at the age of 24, Val Harding was volunteering as a nurse at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, when she first heard of the atrocities on March 25 in Dhaka and the fight for the Liberation of Bangladesh.
Naturally, ENB, which was mentioned as Puṇḍravardhana-bhukti in the Gupta epigraphs, remained mostly understudied.
We wanted Edesh-Ekal to say something to all citizens and at the same time to maintain a strong focus on women and their problems
Parents are not mythical beings, they are ordinary people with ordinary lives and extra ordinary love for us.
Hamlet’s tragedy lies not in his flaws, but in his waiting.
It is an already conditioned culture that prefers reactions over reflections, mere spectacle over humility.
Escapism is one of the most ordinary forms of survival we’ve invented.
The question is no longer about data scarcity, but about data governance: who holds it, who uses it, and to what end.
Patachitra is considered one of the oldest Bengali forms of audio-visual storytelling.
The soaring costs are turning secondary education into a secondary priority, overshadowed by the daily struggle for survival.
One of the less visible but most damaging barriers is the absence of legal identity.
The informal economy is not a leftover of "under-development" but continues to operate across advanced societies.
Our stomachs often remain empty—not because we do not work hard, but because life is unfair
It has been a year since Bangladesh freed itself from the murderous clutches of a tyrannical regime that had made corruption the rule of business, extreme arrogance of power the norm, and brutal repression its operational style.
I first met Tajuddin Ahmad—or Tajuddin Bhai, as I knew him—in the 1960s, during the pre-Liberation period. After I joined the Awami League, Bangabandhu told me to meet Tajuddin Ahmad, as he would answer all my questions on politics and the party, and that he possessed deep knowledge of both politics and people.
I did not personally know Tajuddin Ahmad, but he was a contemporary of ours, and the politics he practised was within the Awami League—though there were different strands within the party.
As per the blueprint of Operation Searchlight, the Pakistani army had four key targets in Dhaka city on the fateful night of 25 March 1971.
