Why the seven colleges want out of Dhaka University

The demand of the students of seven colleges reflect a strong desire for autonomy and better academic conditions.
1 February 2025

Indigenous debate: A nation’s heart beats in every leaf

The factual words of reports often fail to capture the inward, private world of the “minority.”
25 January 2025

An analysis of the constitutional reform proposal

The nine-member Constitutional Reform Commission, headed by Prof Ali Riaz, has recommended significant changes to our current constitution.
18 January 2025

Neoliberal education, student rebellion, and institutional stability

Students play a crucial role as change agents, but their activism should focus on systemic improvements instead of individual retribution.
4 January 2025

From crisis to change: The right education can sustain the revolution

Standing on the isthmus of change, we must avoid any form of myopia.
28 December 2024

Citizens, too, must step up to ensure our food security

The liberalisation of trade has changed the agricultural heart of our nation.
21 December 2024

Martyrs and memory

We should use Martyred Intellectuals Day as an opportunity to meaningfully engage with their memories.
14 December 2024

As the world changes, so must our English education

English is not a colonial relic but a necessity. It is the language of the internet, social media, and global culture.
7 December 2024

City tails: Coexisting with stray animals in urban spaces

In the urban spaces across Bangladesh, we need to adopt a model of human-non-human relations that is both practical and moral.
30 November 2024

Of frequent demands and conspiracies

Are the apparitions of political sectarianism making a reappearance in Bangladesh?
23 November 2024

Meeting of minds: How Dhaka University became a part of Bose-Einstein legacy

There are lessons to be learnt from the way Dhaka became part of the intellectual map of the world.
9 November 2024

Jack and the Beanstalk revisited

We laugh, but deep down, there is a hidden admiration and approval for such deception. Is there any connection between our folkloric fascination with trickery and our public endorsement of such behaviour by our leaders?
2 November 2024

Seven colleges, one crisis: Dhaka University’s affiliation nightmare

Disenchanted students are now demanding the creation of a “Dhaka Central University” comprising the seven colleges.
26 October 2024

From classroom to martyrdom: A tribute to the fallen HSC examinees

These martyred students achieved more in the years that they lived than many of us would do in decades.
19 October 2024

Ranking Realities : Bangladesh’s higher education strategy needs a redesign

For the cynics, the absence of any Bangladeshi university among the top 800 institutions recently ranked by Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THEWUR) 2025 is unacceptable.
12 October 2024

Education, identity and ideology: Bangladesh's struggle for unity

"The 2024 uprising as an opportunity to return to the original desires of the deprived and persecuted masses of 1971."
5 October 2024

Shakib's final over: A hero’s farewell or a quiet exit?

Shakib has been at the heart of our national pride. He also has been someone who has hurt our feelings.
28 September 2024

We must protect doctors from violence

Violence against doctors is an issue that is neither unique to our country nor recent.
21 September 2024

Mass wedding in academia: A new kind of ‘taboo-breaking’

An institutionalised mass wedding will replace one form of social regulation with another.
14 September 2024

Our migrant workers in UAE: Bound by borders, freed by conscience

The Washington Post recently speculated that Dr Yunus’s soft power may have indirectly influenced the UAE's decision to grant clemency.
7 September 2024