Against the Polite Islamophobia of the Bengali ‘Bhadralok’ The Bangladesh Unreader
The article explores perhaps the most powerful and distracting misreading of desh today, the Islamic vs Secular smokescreen. Its origins are traced through the ‘colon’ narrative which paints the majority […]
BREXIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE – Mahmudul Hasan Jobayer
Brexit, the abbreviation of “British” and “exit”, is the withdrawal of the United kingdom (UK) from the European Union .The UK will formally leave the European Union (EU) on 31st […]
Strategies, Constraints and Recommendations for Sustainable Hospital Waste Management in Bangladesh – Shishir Reza & Sharmin Akter
To ensure environmental security and toxicant free nature, sustainable medical waste management is indispensable. This paper explains the importance of sustainable treatment of medical waste for nature-ecology nexus and provides […]
FIRE preparedness in slums is neglected – Abdullah Zobair
Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence compiled dataset showed that fire incidents across the country in 2019 rose by 22.5 per cent to 24,074, compared to 19,642 in 2018, causing […]
The US and Iran must know their end game – Sultan Mohammed Zakaria
The killing of Iranian General Qassim Suleimani by the United States is an unprecedented step by any measure. This has “tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox,” as the […]
Student Politics and the Birth and Death of Bangladesh – Sajid Asbat Khandaker
Abrar Fahad was a second-year student of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the prime engineering university in Bangladesh. He was tortured inside his own residential hall and […]
Kashmir Right of Self-determination is a Legal Binding
On Jan. 5, 1949, the U.N. passed a resolution recognizing the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the global […]
Recalling Dr. Zoha – Kazi Ashfick Rasel
“Your bullets will pierce my heart first before they hit any student.” – In today’s vicious social system, when education is merely a business product, when a teacher engages in […]
Dhaka City Election Voter reluctant in no confidence vote – Salman Riaz
The latest Dhaka City Corporation elections were expected to have the lowest turnout. It trends that people have lost their confidence in the Election Commission (EC) and the electoral system. […]
A forgotten promise killings along Bangladesh-India border continue unabated – Cheena Kapoor, SM Najmus Sakib
“Zero death.” These words come up whenever a Bangladeshi national is killed at the border. In the inevitable flag meetings that follow the killings, Bangladesh expresses concern and India makes […]