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Indian chief justice says corporal punishment left everlasting imprint on his mind and soul

Bangladesh, May 8 -- The chief justice of India, Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, has issued a stern warning against the ill effects of corporal punishment from personal experience as a victim. Speak... Read More


Saida Muna, a diplomat of the highest order

Bangladesh, April 30 -- Sincerest congratulations to Her Excellency Saida Muna Tasneem, Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to Ireland and Liberia, on being one of 10 to ... Read More


Politics in universities is corporal punishment in disguise

Bangladesh, April 16 -- Student politics in Bangladesh universities are dark and ugly, and dont speak well for the political leaders within the university campuses, its membership, or the political pa... Read More


Essential food price hikes go against the principles of God

Bangladesh, March 30 -- Ramadan is said to be the holiest of the holy seasons that occur only once a year and brings peace, joy, love, harmony, and happiness into the lives and souls of all and brings... Read More


Hypocrisy on play even during the month of Ramadan

Bangladesh, March 16 -- During this Ramadan – a catastrophe is unfolding. Someone has blundered extraordinarily bad and many good, decent, honest, hardworking, Allah-fearing, Allah-loving Muslim... Read More


Farewell Sayed Kamaluddin

Dhaka, March 7 -- Someone witty like Irish playwright Oscar Wilde once said: 'We never regret the things we do in life, it's the things we don't do'. And that's certainly is true in the case of vetera... Read More


March 7, 1971: the day Bangladesh was conceived

Dhaka, March 6 -- March 7, 1971 is a date that's indelibly etched in the hearts and minds of Bengalis worldwide with due pride and justification. And if not, it ought to be. Momentarily forget Padma ... Read More


Corporal punishment will be relegated to the past

Bangladesh, Feb. 29 -- One day, long after Ive departed, those who inhabit this world will look back and shake their heads in utter disbelief and dismay at the pervasive ignorance that existed during ... Read More


Common sense is not all that common

Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- Common sense is fake. a blatant lie. It's not common at all! If there's one thing in the world we're guaranteed - apart from death and taxes - it's the lack of common sense. Many mi... Read More