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Muhammad Zamir 2020-11-29 21:46:50
The US media revealed in the second week of November something rather strange. Apparently, Biden had been unable to have direct contact with foreign political leaders with the help of the State Depa...
Djoomart Otorbaev 2020-11-28 21:36:15
After staging three revolutions in two decades, one could argue that the people of Kyrgyzstan have accumulated unique knowledge of how it's done. Then again, because new problems have emerged each tim...
Sirajum Munira Tuli 2020-11-28 21:06:50
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the world, but not without a silver lining. For months, people had been confined to their homes due to the phase-wise lockdown measures, imposed to stop the spread of...
Muhammad Mahmood 2020-11-28 20:52:47
The peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another has been considered as a core principle of the US style of democracy more than 200 years for now. Polling results based on 98 pe...
ANINDETA CHOWDHURY 2020-11-28 16:58:24
Most of the female characters created by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) reflecting the then society are young, especially teenaged. Some of them are so naive and expressive, as if they do not care ab...
MOHAMMED MOHSIN MIYAN 2020-11-27 11:47:24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Strange Pilgrims epitomises a journey to the hearts and minds of people he encountered during the Colombian writer’s stay in Europe. He blended the natural and the...
Shihab Sarkar 2020-11-26 21:18:55
People have quite often been seen confused over aimless separatist wars. There are also terrorist groups fighting genuine liberation wars. Coming to the former, many governments and organisations at t...
Ayman Chowdhury 2020-11-26 12:12:55
If one had to label a team as a friend of Bangladesh cricket, it would definitely be Zimbabwe. Since the turn of the century, the two nations have locked horns 71 times in one-day international (ODI)...
MAISHA NAWAR 2020-11-25 21:55:10
The Covid-19 pandemic has made life hectic for Ayesha Ahmed, a woman from Dhaka’s Uttara who gave her pseudonym. Though her office has a ‘work from home’ policy, it hasn’t brou...
MA Taslim 2020-11-25 20:26:17
A news report in the Financial Express (FE) of November 19, 2020 must-have bemused many trade economists and policy analysts. Under a headline 'NBR advises against deal in case Bangladesh has trade...
MARIA ANIS CHOWDHURY 2020-11-25 12:58:13
While taking a beach walk along the shore of St. Martin's island, tourists often stumble upon a stingray-like creature. Many freak out at first sight while others try to catch the always moving creatu...
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg 2020-11-24 21:11:22
Although Covid-19 infections and deaths are surging in many parts of the world, recent announcements of apparently successful vaccine trials have offered a light at the end of the tunnel. One hopes we...
TASNIA KABIR 2020-11-24 20:44:55
Selling yourself to a recruiter has never before been harder than in the Covid-19 pandemic that has rendered hundreds of millions of people jobless across the world, including Bangladesh. With such j...
Anne O Krueger 2020-11-23 21:42:15
Until 2016, global leadership was a hallmark of American greatness. The United States (US) was at the forefront of establishing and supporting the United Nations (UN), the International Monetary Fund...
Juliet Braslow, Ayeisha Sheldon and Rhys Persoon 2020-11-23 21:16:55
Today this question is often answered with a glance at a smartphone and a whole host of behind-the-scenes geospatial and other data working to provide easy-to-understand information in the palm of our...
Syed Badrul Ahsan 2020-11-22 21:29:45
'Ich bin ein Berliner', that ringing statement in West Berlin as Mayor Willy Brandt stood beside him before the Brandenburg Gate. The work Profiles in Courage re-enters the consciousness. Bay of Pigs...
Edoardo Campanella 2020-11-21 20:29:39
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the role of low-skilled labour in the economy was assumed to be in decline. In digitally disrupted labour markets, where fancy STEM (science, technology, engineering, m...
Muhammad Mahmood 2020-11-21 20:19:52
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is set to create the world's largest regional trading bloc. The agreement was signed virtually on Sunday November 15 on t...
Shihab Sarkar 2020-11-19 20:28:20
Perhaps few movie-goers and critics have bothered to identify a distinctive feature in the acting career of the late Soumitra Chatterjee. It becomes clear if anyone compares the actor's performance in...
AHMED TANVIR 2020-11-19 16:24:27
The game of cricket has been blessed with many great all-rounders over the last few decades. The likes of Sir Garry Sobers, Sir Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Jacques Kallis, and Andrew Flintoff a...
AFRIDA KISWAR ESHA 2020-11-19 11:21:00
In almost every case of abuse, assault or rape in Bangladesh, many people tend to focus on a victim’s actions and reputation, rather than the criminal and criminality. A victim, especially of se...
FAHMINA AHMED PAPIA 2020-11-18 15:34:50
Who thought that students could be pressured to look into smart devices for hours by their parents and teachers? This pandemic has changed many preconceived notions and introduced everyone to a new no...
UNCTAD 2020-11-16 20:43:37
[As 15 nations on Sunday signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, one of the world's largest trade and investment pacts, United Nations Conference on Trade and Developm...
FABIHA MAIMUNA 2020-11-16 16:52:53
A second-year student of journalism at Dhaka University, Lameesha (single name), had a knack for baking. Her cousins and peers appreciated her skills, sometimes even telling her that she could open a...
NEELIM NAHIAN 2020-11-14 18:19:12
Recovering from the Covid-19 crisis, restaurant sales have recently bounced back in Bangladesh. Ever since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, the restaurant industry has been battling to survi...
TAHSEEN NOWER PRACHI 2020-11-14 11:20:30
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” This is what Chinese philosopher Confucius said of beauty in a diversified way, thousand years ago. This idea is still relevant if we ju...
Dani Rodrik 2020-11-12 20:21:09
As Joe Biden eked out a victory in the US presidential election after a few suspenseful days, observers of American democracy were left scratching their heads. Buoyed by polls, many expected a landsli...
Shihab Sarkar 2020-11-12 20:09:25
To modern English knowing persons, the language of the ancient heroic epic poem 'Beowulf' appears to be strange. Although written in Roman letters and containing words similar to those in English, t...
Hasnat M Alamgir 2020-11-11 20:25:47
Following a series of garment factory fire and building collapses during the last decade that killed hundreds of garment workers and mutilated thousands more, the Western large retailers mostly from...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Falls Church,Virginia, USA 2020-11-11 20:01:32
The US presidential election process that began about eighteen months ago but gained momentum in the past six months culminated on November 3 handing down a decisive verdict against bigotry, divisiv...
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