Remembering Chuknagar, whose magnitude and intensity is matched only by the Holocaust massacres
Remembering Chuknagar, whose magnitude and intensity is matched only by the Holocaust massacres
On a sultry afternoon in May 1971, Wajed Ali stood exhausted on...
DGFI helped militant group Huji form political party
WikiLeaks has been publishing the secret US documents for the last few years. The documents also include a number of Dhaka embassy telegrams sent...
Linguistic conflict on the Internet: Time to recognize Bengali and Bangladeshi as separate languages?
Linguistic conflict on the Internet: Time to recognize Bengali and Bangladeshi as separate languages?
Sumit Roy
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella’s son 26 year old Zain Nadella,...
9 Stages of a Bengali’s life in Bangalore
Stage 1 – Getting ready – A month to launch date
You just scored that dream job in Bangalore. Your proud parents have booked your...
Tasmina, the daughter of Bangladesh’s village, with a strong will, has conquered the world
The Tasminas of Obaidul of Chaksul (Shankarpur) village in Dhamirhat upazila of Naogaon district
Tasamina is our daughter, a daughter of an uncharted village, defeated...
A miscarriage of justice
A little over a year after being charged with assault and torture of 11-year old domestic worker Mahfuja Akhter Happy, cricketer Shahadat Hossain and...
When the next flood comes will we be better prepared?
Dam after dam gave in to the unseasonably early rainfall in the Haor area (a floodplain depression in the Northeastern region) of Bangladesh. Desperate...
Travelling Trunk:Made in Bengal ~ 2017
Last year around the same time, a baby was born & I’ve never spoken about it in detail since then. It started off as...
Bangladesh Must Stop its Descent into ISIS Hell!
Early steps towards a theocracy: Changes in the Constitution of Bangladesh
1972 Constitution
Preamble – Pledging that the high ideals of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism,...
The tale of two infants
The tale of two infants and the reaction of the world ( specifically the media and intellectuals)
One of them is from Syria - a...
Opinion Columns
‘Bengali Muslim’ As An Oxymoron: Crisis And Conflict Of Identities
Legendary Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay sets the context in this regard when he remarks in one of his famous literary works,‘Srikanta’, “The Bengali...
From Ekushey to Muktijuddho: The Myth of Bengali Nationalism
In 1964, the entire East Pakistan was rocked by violence against the minority Bengali Hindu community. Anti Bengal Hindu riot broke out across the...
Is Bengal Heading Towards A Genocide?
India, it is said, lives in her villages. But she can be understood through the slogans that rents her skies and the way her...