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Born in 1954 in Paikpara Union under Chunarughat Upazila of Habiganj district, Binoy was the son of a local farmer, Sudhir Chandra Sutradhar, and Snehalata Sutradhar. Before he was even seven, he lost his father, a loss that cast the family into deep hardship.
The hungry river is coming towards us. Where will we go now?
Around 15 years ago, a new phenomenon emerged: the arrival in France of very young people
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.
Our stomachs often remain empty—not because we do not work hard, but because life is unfair
The informal economy is not a leftover of "under-development" but continues to operate across advanced societies.
One often overlooked dimension of this transition is the interplay between automation, decent work, and the care economy.
Teachers' demands today are so modest that they almost reflect their learned helplessness.
The fundamental question is what can be done for the well-being of domestic workers in Bangladesh.
How do the prey -- humans -- and the predator -- the tiger -- share forest space and survive together? Can the prey and predator truly live together?
Should it take a courtroom to remind us that democracy does not belong only to the able-bodied?
Men who once harvested rice now drive auto-rickshaws along the asphalt.
Snails and mud clams also play a vital role in maintaining aquatic ecosystems by absorbing harmful substances from river and canal beds.
We need a new image of the labour movement, and a new class of entrepreneurs who will see workers not merely as tools for profit but as partners in progress.
