The diabolical Tazreen Fashions factory fire that claimed the lives of at least 112 workers in Ashulia on the night of November 25 has occasioned a harrowing but in many ways apt comparison with the infamous March 1911 fire at
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Every year around, women’s day, there is a lot of talk about empowering women and providing gender equity in the country. This year we seem to have made a dent in that goal. According to the Gender Equity Index (GEI)
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Our movie industry is much protected and this has been a curse for the industry. Our xenophobic distaste for Indian and Pakistani movies has taken its toll over the years. Good movies from around the world are hardly found in
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
It took just four minutes to divide the 400-year-old city. In one of the shortest sittings of parliament, MPs on Tuesday passed the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill 2011 splitting Dhaka City Corporation.
The new law carves up the capital
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
About 3,000 students of Jagannath University took to the streets on 25 September 2011 demanding repeal of Article 27 (4) of the Jagannath University Act that said government funding for the university would be discontinued and so it
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Questions remain unanswered but 86 years of confinement remains confirmed
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, once declared world’s most wanted female terrorist according to the FBI is a Pakistan born, MIT graduated neuroscientist and a mother of three who is serving a 86
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Like most people of the world, Bangladeshis have joined the global trend of human mobility across continents and countries. Bangladeshi immigrant communities in the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand are well-established, and are contributing the lion's share to
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
What is the matter with many of the alleged ‘educators’ of this country? Are they bankrupt of pride, dignity and shame? Are they ignorant, unqualified, uneducated, compassionless terrorists masquerading and drawing salaries as professional teachers? Just over a year ago
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Around 370 million people across the globe celebrated the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a pledge of maintaining their own culture and heritage by reflecting this year’s theme – “Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
