Views & Opinion

Journalism is not the word for it

Dr. Rashid Askari:   It's really a shock to the system that one of the leading newspapers of the country—the daily Prothom Alo on the last Independence Day (March 26, 2023) published a piece of news that has stirred up a real hornets’ nest. A correspondent by the name of Shamsuzzaman has filed the report that hints at ...

Sheikh Hasina Working Tirelessly to Deliver the Benefits of Independence to Everyone

Hiren Pandit: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina always mentions that she has nothing to ask or demand. Having lost her parents and siblings, the day she returned to Bangladesh in 1981, she did not know where she would stay, nor did she think about how she would go. Only thought about one thing, this country was made independent by her father. Theref...

23 March 1971: A Mighty Slap to Pakistani regime in Bangladesh

Anwar A Khan: 23 March, 1971 hit on a variety of Bangladesh’s liberation struggles from different periods and sounds to help put into perspective the depth and range of so many incredible performances that have deeply enriched our culture and lives to achieve Bangladesh. The day was a mighty slap to the Pakistani regime by the people of ...

Bangabandhu…and the fragrance of roses

Syed Badrul Ahsan: I have seen him stride through the valley of roses, the fragrance reaching out to the hills and the valleys beyond. He laughed, and the laughter welled up from deep within him, as he embraced his peers, bantered with them. In his voice was resolution iron-clad, for he was the man of the future. On that soft summer evening, I ...

Introducing Bangabandhu to our children

Jainab Tabassum Banu Sonali: Children learn about historical facts and figures in many ways. When I was a school student, we could not reliably learn about Bangabandhu from textbooks. How the historical facts were conveyed through formal education depended on the political preferences of the ruling party of a period. We always found incomplete ...