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The perspective of Rangamati

The perspective of Rangamati

Nuruddin Md Shibly Noman 2023-02-25 00:00:39

People around the globe travel from one place to another either for the purpose of recreation and relaxation or economic activity. This act of intentional mobility involving a set of social, cultural,...

Measures required for disaster management, particularly earthquakes

Measures required for disaster management, particularly earthquakes

Muhammad Zamir 2023-02-19 21:21:30

The toll from the two huge earthquakes has crossed 34,000 across south eastern Turkey and northern Syria. In addition to hundreds of thousand affected survivors, tens of thousands of injured persons h...

Withered love  for language  manifests  raw sores

Withered love for language manifests raw sores

Nilratan Halder 2023-02-11 00:00:54

Stuck in gridlocks of Dhaka traffic, the best way is to keep one's eyes open to the surrounding in order to get over the anxiety, irritation and impatience. People's comments, behaviour and movement c...

A must-read on digital journalism

A must-read on digital journalism

Mohammed Humayun Kabir 2023-02-11 00:00:47

Md Younus Ali, born in 1967 in Jashore district's Sujalpur village, is better known in the media as Sabuj Younus. In 1992, he began his career in journalism by signing up with The Banglar Bani, the pr...

Biplab Zaman: A journo who died alone

Biplab Zaman: A journo who died alone

Md. Ziaur Rahman 2023-02-11 00:00:13

The film 'Jalshaghar' (The Music Room) by Satyajit Ray depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar in Bengal and his efforts to uphold his family prestige while facing economic adversity. Actor Chhabi...

The festival of  Poush Sankranti  is on its way out

The festival of Poush Sankranti is on its way out

Nilratan Halder 2023-01-21 00:00:04

Poush Sankranti or Makar Sankranti, otherwise known as Poush Parban is celebrated in Bangladesh and West Bengal on the last day of the Bangla month Poush. It is primarily a harvesting festival, like s...

Bangabandhu  Sheikh Mujib The saviour

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib The saviour

Syed Mozaffar Ahmed 2023-01-14 00:00:28

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is one of the greatest sons of Bengal in its one thousand years of history. He was a fiery and charismatic orator in the world's history of movement and he became the...

Open Community Spaces  The winds of change in Dhaka

Open Community Spaces The winds of change in Dhaka

Rehnuma Tasnim Sheefa 2022-12-24 23:59:29

Every time elderlies talk about their childhood, they mention the ample greenery they witnessed in Dhaka while growing up. That might be a myth to today's generation, as they mostly experience the jun...

Scientific breakthroughs  holding limitless prospect

Scientific breakthroughs holding limitless prospect

Nilratan Halder 2022-12-10 23:41:04

Science has always been in search of breaking new grounds. Recently two such ground-breaking achievements have been reported ---one from the United States of America and the other from the Netherlands...

The discourse over democracy

The discourse over democracy

Washim Palash 2022-12-10 23:40:04

Since the dawn of civilisation, the most cherished values of the humans' progressive journey are democracy and people's well-being. More precisely, democracy is 'power of the people' or 'rule by the p...

Upsets galore but WC Football  makes a statement  for Asia and Africa

Upsets galore but WC Football makes a statement for Asia and Africa

Nilratan Halder 2022-12-03 00:04:12

The FIFA World Cup Football has never seen upsets of this order before as the 22 edition now being held in Qatar is witnessing. Only three teams ---England, Portugal and Brazil --- still remain unbeat...

Delving deep into rich-poor divide

Delving deep into rich-poor divide

Doulot Akter Mala 2022-12-03 00:03:11

A recent flagship report of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) said the global health crisis doubled the wealth of the 10 richest men in the world while sending near...

A contraption called school van

A contraption called school van

Nilratan Halder 2022-11-26 23:54:15

Of the many indigenously developed contraptions, a school van is only a type. The rickshaw vans have no roof and enclosure but the school vans have both with bench-like seating arrangement on three si...

Next Maradona, next football god Search ends ...either ways

Next Maradona, next football god Search ends ...either ways

Simon Mohsin 2022-11-26 23:53:52

Since Ortega in early 90s to Messi in 2022, almost 15 Argentine players have been dubbed the "next Maradona," a title which merits a badge of exceptional footballing charisma. However, none has come s...

Measurement, reporting & verification of climate change actions

Measurement, reporting & verification of climate change actions

Mohammad Abu Yusuf 2022-11-22 20:15:49

Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) refers to the multi-step process to measure the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduced by a specific mitigation activity. MRV allows tracking p...

Return of  Hemanta  with all its  attributes

Return of Hemanta with all its attributes

Nilratan Halder 2022-11-19 00:00:46

Hemanta has at last returned at its mystical ---and perhaps magical --- best. Yes, for many years, maybe decades, the six seasons in this part of the world have gone berserk either losing their distin...

Primates and other species also need space for survival

Primates and other species also need space for survival

Nilratan Halder 2022-11-12 00:00:51

Imagine you are alone at home. The door is locked and you are writing a piece for the next day's issue of your newspaper. Midway, you go to the dining room for a glass of water. Just then you come fac...

Pneumonia Completely preventable, but family awareness is important

Pneumonia Completely preventable, but family awareness is important

Muhammad Mahtab Hossain Mazed 2022-11-12 00:00:09

Today, November 12, is the World Pneumonia Day 2022. The day is being celebrated in Bangladesh like all over the world. The Pneumonia Day was observed for the first time in 2009 on November 2. Later,...

Activists spoil arts: Raising awareness or seeking fame?

Activists spoil arts: Raising awareness or seeking fame?

Rahmin Bari Risana 2022-11-06 16:39:29

On 14th October, climate change activists threw tomato soup at Van Gogh's sunflowers painting. Then, they proceeded to glue themselves against the wall in an attempt to raise awareness about the ongoi...

Of thieves  in time of an  unprecedented  crisis

Of thieves in time of an unprecedented crisis

Nilratan Halder 2022-11-05 00:00:43

To think I have a bee in my bonnet would be a gross injustice to me. Last week's unwelcome nightly guest to a grocery drew not only my attention but maybe the public attention by virtue of his ingenui...

Creativity, inquiry, interaction

Creativity, inquiry, interaction

Muntaka Syeda 2022-11-05 00:00:34

"You are what you eat" -- a notion commonly heard in almost all parts of the world when it comes to eating healthy and staying fit. I chose this particular phrase for my class, and together, with the...

Fall of Motorola - the company that launched cell phone for the first time

Fall of Motorola - the company that launched cell phone for the first time

Safrina Kabir 2022-10-29 17:24:27

Motorola, the first company to publicly market cellular phones, made its first test call in 1973. Ten years after that, they hit the market.  Starting from 1983, they launched dozens of mobile p...

Shelaidaha Creating the  ambience of Shantiniketan  in Bangladesh

Shelaidaha Creating the ambience of Shantiniketan in Bangladesh

Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2022-10-29 00:00:13

Shelaidaha derives its name from two words: Sheli and Daha. Mr. Sheli, an Englishman, used to reside in the area. He was, in fact, an indigo planter whose Nilkuti had been washed away by the river Pad...

Circumstances are most unusual but  helpline 999 proves handy

Circumstances are most unusual but helpline 999 proves handy

Nilratan Halder 2022-10-29 00:00:03

"Hello, is it 999?" "Yes, how can I help you?"--comes the prompt reply from the national helpline. "I am in great danger, can't get out of a shop. Need your help immediately or else I fear for my life...

Saving freshwater small  indigenous fish species

Saving freshwater small indigenous fish species

Nilratan Halder 2022-10-22 00:00:13

This deltaic low land has been home to innumerable species of sweet water fish. So rice and fish have been the two most popular food items to define the Bangalee's Bangaleeness. But many of the fish s...

Paradoxes,  hilarious or  pathetic, are  irresolvable!

Paradoxes, hilarious or pathetic, are irresolvable!

Nilratan Halder 2022-10-15 00:00:54

This country has long earned fame or infamy either for paradoxes at their most hilarious or pathetic. Paradoxes can be its weaknesses on the one hand; and strength, on the other. Those can concern mol...

Donald Trump faces criminal investigation

Donald Trump faces criminal investigation

Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2022-10-15 00:00:40

Former US President Donald Trump is having serious problems, including criminal charges since the FBI found out from Mar-a-Largo in January around 700 pages of classified materials. Some of them were...

Stamping out excessive consumerism

Stamping out excessive consumerism

Azwad Bin Karim 2022-10-08 00:00:05

According to the Planning Commission, nearly 40 million (four crore) people in Bangladesh live below the poverty line. The hardship the unprivileged people experience is beyond description. From the u...

Autumn offers a perfect  setting for Durga Puja

Autumn offers a perfect setting for Durga Puja

Nilratan Halder 2022-10-01 23:32:02

Sarat or autumn, the third season on the Bangla calendar, is unlike the fall in the Western hemisphere. They call it fall perhaps because the trees mostly shed their leaves that turn profusely crimson...

Tapping the full potential

Tapping the full potential

Asif Mahmud 2022-10-01 23:30:07

The small-scale tea industry in Bangladesh is emerging with great potential. Tea plantations had a significant impact on the country's socioeconomic profile since the British period. Since the mid-199...