“None can subdue us anymore.” This everlasting truth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's eloquent warning of the historic speech of 7 March 1971 also the father of the nation, proved to be true today after 51 long years by his able daughter visionary fearless defiant “Jana Netri” and “Mother of
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Elections that broke Pakistan
The controversial 'two-nation theory’ a brainchild of Mohammad Ali Jinnah collapsed after 24 years when the eastern province of Pakistan bifurcated and became Bangladesh. The so-called ‘two-nation theory’ envisaged a separate state for Indian Muslims to “live happily ever after” in Pakistan was proven tobe wrong when Bangladesh was liberated in
26 March 1971 . . . and after
Why did Pakistan crackdown in Bangladesh, Balochistan in March?
It may be coincidental that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has a weakness for the month of March! The Islamic nation-state possibly felt the month of March was a ‘holy’ month or lucky month for the ruthless crackdown in Balochistan and after 23 years sadistically repeated it in Bangladesh. Maybe the fortune-tellers
Climate change: An alarming issue for Bangladesh
Climate change is compounding the environmental dangers that Bangladesh's low-income people are facing, leaving them unable to appropriately shelter, nourish, and educate their children, according to Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF. She made this comment during a visit to the country in early March 2019. It is a worldwide phenomenon driven
Print media through testing times
Bangladesh can replicate model of medical tourism
Bangladesh can replicate the model of medical tourism like countries of India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in the mid-and long-term by ensuring some steps like improvement in nursing, extensive, rigorous and higher hands-on training of doctors, good behavior of the persons engaged in health services and better hospital services. Senior politicians,
Digital Banking: Technology in financial services
One hundred and fifty-four years ago, when transatlantic cable was successfully installed, it was basically the beginning of financial technology (fintech). From 1800 to 1913, it was known as Fintech 1.0. The ATM machine was installed at Barclays Bank in England in 1986, a period known as the FinTech 2.0
The crisis in Ukraine has disturbing echoes of the 1930s
If the 1930s teach us anything, it is that things can fall apart easily. An international order carefully held together through institutions designed to preserve peace can unravel overnight. Faced with German aggression, the post-Versailles order collapsed at a mere push of the finger. Czechoslovakia disappeared from the map of
