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  Coronavirus: the horror! the horror!

  Md Shamshul Arafin | Updated at 12:00am on April 05, 2020

  Md Shamshul Arafin is in self-quarantine with his wife at an apartment in Dhaka. Drawing from his experiences he talks about the COVID-19 outbreak, people’s...

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  CORONATION OF THE CORONA : In between pestilence and apocalypse

  Ridwanul Haque | Updated at 12:00am on March 29, 2020

  While COVID-19 is wreaking havoc across the globe, media reports show how underprepared Bangladesh government is for the pandemic, despite having more than two months...

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  DUCSU : Stories of hope and despair

  Lamea Tanjin Tanha | Updated at 12:00am on March 22, 2020

  The March 11, 2019 elections of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and hall unions ignited hope among students, but in the end, all but...

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  Unequal Bangladesh-India relationship

  Golam Mustafa | Updated at 12:00am on March 15, 2020

  For the diplomatic relationships between the two countries to be considered as friendly and equal, any agreement should be negotiated on equal footing by both...

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  The role of local media in sexual violence

  Nourin Ahmed Cynthia | Updated at 12:00am on March 08, 2020

  Local and regional media is playing a huge role in the rising rates of rape. Media portrayal of women is a source of motivation to...

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  Public and cultural diplomacy

  MD Talebur Islam Rupom | Updated at 12:00am on March 01, 2020

  The purpose of cultural diplomacy is to develop an understanding of a nation's ideals and institutions, by exchanging ideas, information, art, language and other aspects...

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  Roles that state should play to protect minority languages

  Sunayan Chakma | Updated at 12:00am on February 23, 2020

  In order to remain true to the democratic spirit of the Language Movement, Bangladesh must ensure the right to mother language of all ethnic minority...

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  Horrors of landfills

  Sakib Rahman Siddique Shuvo | Updated at 12:00am on February 16, 2020

  Landfills have impacts on the environment and the health of local people. In one of the entrances of the Dhaka city, Aminbazar landfill is standing...

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  Secret recipe to your success

  Tanzima Islam Hridi | Updated at 12:00am on February 09, 2020

  Success is not something that one can achieve overnight. Much like a meticulously prepared delicious dish, success has a recipe that one has to follow...

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  UN peacekeepers: protectors or predators?

  Nafiul Alam Shupto | Updated at 12:00am on February 02, 2020

  There is no clear legal framework on accountability for the crimes committed by United Nations’ peacekeepers during peacekeeping missions. The most common measure of accountability...