Sep 22
The World Environment Day, celebrated every year on the 5th of June, is commemorated worldwide to raise awareness on environmental issues, especially conservation of the environment amid serious concerns due to the phenomenon of climate change. Taking into account the omnipresent vulnerable position of Bangladesh in light of rising sea levels and fast melting ice in …
Sep 20
Half a century ago, in 1965, the World Conference of Ministers on the Eradication of Illiteracy, adopted the concept of functional literacy. This concept viewed literacy as a means for development, an integral part of the development process and not just an end in itself. Since then it has been accepted that literacy skills developed …
Sep 19
Allama Delwar Hussain Sayedee, a Naib-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and one of the most prominent Islamic scholars in Bangladesh, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on alleged charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence. The Supreme Court commuted an earlier death sentence given by the special International …
Sep 03
August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance. The crime of enforced disappearance may be considered a way to create terror in society, when victims are picked up and never seen again; and where victim families are left in a maelstrom of fear, uncertainty and, in many cases economic crises. The …
Aug 16
Today, the 16th of August, I attended a demonstration in Dhaka today against the indiscriminate Israeli aggression in Palestine, particularly upon the inhabitants of Gaza. People from all walks of life turned out in large numbers to attend the demo and make their voices heard. The demonstration was one of the largest in recent history …
Aug 01
Photo: Mehedi Haque In Bangladesh, it has become very easy to identify street children now, thanks to a blighted campaign by telecom giant Robi. Cellular phone operator Robi distributed Clothes as Eid gifts among underprivileged children in the capital as part of its Ramadan campaign, reports BSS. The distribution was conducted in cooperation with Volunteers …
Jul 27
Salahuddin Ahmed Khan, notorious police official and the Officer in Charge (OC) of Mirpur Model Thana, has a reputation of being the classical example of a thug in uniform above the law; a reminder that corrupt thugs are the norm rather than the exception in Bangladesh. This is in light of the impunity he has …
Jun 19
On the evening of 18th of June, police surrounded the premises of a house in South Goran, in the middle of Dhaka. The sheer levels of activity among the police forces indicated that they had come to arrest and apprehend anti-social elements of magnanimous nature, probably armed drug traders or holed up terrorists with big …
Jun 17
Warning: Post contains graphic content. View at your own discretion In a shocking incident, armed terrorists of Chatra league, student organization of the ruling party Awami League carried out a barbaric attack on Rasel Ahmed, fourth year student of Finance and Marketing department of Rajshahi University and secretary of Nawab Abdul Latif Hall unit of Rajshahi …
Jun 15
Kalshi, situated in Pallabi, Dhaka is home to a variety of people, ranging from extremely poor people living in slums, to lower middle income families, middle income and even upper middle class communities, all on a single stretch of road in an area that is seeing extremely fast urban development. Among a defining feature of …
Recent Comments