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The tradition of celebrating occasions with sweets

The tradition of celebrating occasions with sweets

Nafisa Sultana 2021-11-28 14:45:58

"Kuch Mitha Ho Jaye" - the tagline from a famous Indian advertisement of Dairy Milk chocolate, is also the name of an Indian film. However, this sentence has been close to the hearts of residents of t...

Roadside pitha sellers need attention

Roadside pitha sellers need attention

Nowshaba Achal 2021-11-21 21:50:50

At the beginning of the winter, many roadside food carts are seen selling different kinds of Pitha (cake) which are known as ‘Shiiter Pitha.’  Chitoi pitha, Bhapa pitha, Dim chitoi,...

The undying appeal of the English language

The undying appeal of the English language

Shihab Sarkar 2021-11-18 20:11:05

The chances for winning a Booker or Man Booker Prize by the globally little known nations are getting slimmer. The blow came in 2014. That year came the new prize criterion for the prestigious British...

The political economy of price rise

The political economy of price rise

HASNAT ABDUL HYE 2021-11-15 20:53:14

Governments, unlike a business or industrial enterprise, are a political entity even when it is not elected or elected controversially. While a business or industrial concern can decision purely on...

Protect your skin in winter

Protect your skin in winter

Imtiaz Ahmed 2021-11-15 15:36:59

Winter makes the skin dry, itchy and irritating. It is important to take care of the skin during this time of the year. There are many products available in the market promoting healthy skin during...

Food luxury in Humayun literature

Food luxury in Humayun literature

Anindeta Chowdhury 2021-11-13 19:20:25

When a sincere Humayun reader thinks of mouthwatering food items, burgers, pizza, french fry or any fancy foods are out of the equation.  Because they are obsessed with his deep description of n...

The interview with an Editor that never took place

The interview with an Editor that never took place

KHAWAZA MAIN UDDIN 2021-11-12 14:33:49

A tribute, drafted 16 years ago after the demise of an eminent journalist, remained unpublished somehow but has been found this week after the anniversary of his departure from the world here. To a ne...

Climate sufferers look to new generations

Climate sufferers look to new generations

Shihab Sarkar 2021-11-11 21:48:11

Featuring a raft of pledges, mostly non-binding, nations which met at the COP26 to reach consensus on solving a number of critical climate impasses are set to conclude their sessions today. Like at th...

Prisoner re-entry in society: an American perspective

Prisoner re-entry in society: an American perspective

Sanjeda Begum 2021-11-07 20:35:46

The US has the highest imprisonment rate in the world. This rate is breathtakingly high in comparison to other countries. Studies suggest the United States is not equipped to hold over two million pri...

Global supply chain crisis and the fear of stagflation

Global supply chain crisis and the fear of stagflation

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-11-06 20:30:53

Supply Chain disruptions as well as congestions and blockages in the productions system have become a major challenge for the global economy since the start of the pandemic. Consumers around the world...

Climate finance: Rich countries' broken promise trapping poor countries in debt

Climate finance: Rich countries' broken promise trapping poor countries in debt

Anis Chowdhury 2021-11-02 20:21:24

As the COP26 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference takes place in Glasgow (UK), serious reflections are needed on rich countries' broken promise "to a goal of mobilising jointly US$100 billion...

Colin Powell: an imperial warrior

Colin Powell: an imperial warrior

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-10-30 20:47:08

Colin  Luther Powell died on Monday, October 18, of complications from Covid-19, according to his family. He was 84. He was born in New York City in 1937. He was raised in the South Bronx by immi...

Dune: A stunningly cinematic sci-fi epic

Dune: A stunningly cinematic sci-fi epic

Mansurul Kafi 2021-10-30 16:18:17

Ever since the trailer of Dune was released, fans of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic couldn’t wait for the release of the film.   After the promising trailer and the stellar...

Powell, Rumsfeld, McNamara . . . and their legacy

Powell, Rumsfeld, McNamara . . . and their legacy

Syed Badrul Ahsan   2021-10-24 22:07:35

General Colin Powell's death from Covid-related complications at the age of eighty-four is reason once again for one to go back to recent history. There is little question that Powell was an importa...

IMF lowers global growth outlook: warns of inflation and supply chain disruptions

IMF lowers global growth outlook: warns of inflation and supply chain disruptions

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-10-23 20:33:36

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World Economic Outlook  published on October 12 lowered its global growth forecast to 5.9 per cent, down from the 6 per cent projected in July...

First elected Iranian President Bani Sadr had a dream

First elected Iranian President Bani Sadr had a dream

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2021-10-22 20:43:54

Abol Hassan Ban Sadr, Iran's first elected president following the Islamic revolution, died in a hospital in France on October 9. He was living in France for the past four decades far away from Iran w...

Russian film crew return to Earth after shooting first-ever movie in space

Russian film crew return to Earth after shooting first-ever movie in space

Md Zahidur Rabbi 2021-10-22 15:48:48

Yulia Peresild, a Russian actress, and Klim Shipenko, a Russian filmmaker, have returned to Earth after spending 12 days on the International Space Station filming scenes for the first-ever movie shot...

Looking before you leap

Looking before you leap

Mahmudur Rahman 2021-10-21 20:16:55

The United Kingdom(UK) is finding out the hard way that divorce can be messy if the prenuptial isn't clearly defined. 'What if' scenarios are common processes that inform strategy formation in busines...

The Afghan dilemma: to recognise or not to recognize

The Afghan dilemma: to recognise or not to recognize

M A Taslim 2021-10-18 20:56:28

The United States of America (US) invaded Afghanistan soon after the destruction of the New York Twin Tower on September 11, 2001 (9/11) allegedly by a terrorist outfit Al Queda.  Since the top l...

Islamic bonds in developing countries

Islamic bonds in developing countries

Mohammad Mushfiqul Haque Mukit 2021-10-15 20:39:47

Sukuk or Islamic Bonds are a new investment product in Bangladesh for a variety of investors. A financial instrument controlled by Islamic Shariah law is known as a Sukuk. It differs from a traditiona...

The 120-year turbulent march of Nobel Prize

The 120-year turbulent march of Nobel Prize

Shihab Sarkar   2021-10-14 22:04:56

Though it may sound unpalatable, it's true the Nobel Prize for Literature has lost its earlier appeal to many in the recent years. In the past, speculations used to swirl around the prize, the world...

Fest in Bengali feast during Durga Puja

Fest in Bengali feast during Durga Puja

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-10-13 17:39:24

There is a proverb famous among the Bengalis - “Baro mashe tero parbon,” which means there are more festivals here than there are months in a year.  And every Bengali festival means...

Che Guevara: 'the most complete human being of our time'

Che Guevara: 'the most complete human being of our time'

Syed Badrul Ahsan 2021-10-11 20:56:30

Fifty four years ago, on 9 October 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara was murdered in the Bolivian village of La Higuera. Trapped a day earlier by Bolivian soldiers in the jungles near the village, thirteen da...

The post-election scenario in Germany

The post-election scenario in Germany

Muhammad Zamir 2021-10-10 20:30:29

The German federal election was held on  September 26, 2021 to elect the members of their 20th Parliament which is also known as the Bundestag. Angela Merkel, the incumbent Chancellor of Germany...

Mental health: Tackling the stigma in times of Covid-19

Mental health: Tackling the stigma in times of Covid-19

Dr SHIVANANDA CS 2021-10-10 12:20:11

Human beings’ quest for physical fitness, from the time of the prehistoric era, has been driven by the requirement of surviving harsh environments full of enemies and obstacles through hunting a...

A roadmap for global peace and justice

A roadmap for global peace and justice

Delwar Hossain 2021-10-09 20:46:26

The 18th Speech of the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the largest stage of global diplomacy, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), is a testimony to global justice and peace. Forty-s...

Do we know the reason behind asking for climate justice?

Do we know the reason behind asking for climate justice?

Sabiha Ahmed Diba 2021-10-08 20:13:44

"Climate Justice"- these two words have taken such prominence that they could define the century. But what exactly does climate change have to do with justice? Aren't we all in this together? To under...

Baulism: How is it in Bangladesh?

Baulism: How is it in Bangladesh?

NAFISA SULTANA 2021-10-08 13:33:45

Baulism was introduced in the then Bengal by the Great Saint Fakir Lalon Shah (1774-1890). Songs composed by him bear a bunch of enigmas and codes reflecting the philosophy of 'Dehatatta’ (Trut...

Encroachment on the country's history

Encroachment on the country's history

Shihab Sarkar 2021-10-07 20:58:58

The mindless destruction of the village residence of the first female student of the University of Dhaka --- Lila Nag (1900-1970), may not surprise many. It occurred just over a week ago. The ancestra...

Inside the Pandora Papers

Inside the Pandora Papers

Chuck Collins 2021-10-07 20:54:23

The Pandora Papers, a massive expose about the secret shell games and tax avoidance schemes of the world's ultra-wealthy, has hit headlines around the globe. This colossal undertaking involved 600 jo...