Opinion

Terrorism anywhere is a threat to peace everywhere

The headline of this piece is inspired by the famous words written by Martin Luther King Jr. in a missive while he was in the Birmingham jail. Original words have been replaced with two different words explicating completely two different notions - terrorism and peace - which have resulted in the ge...

Opinion

Imagining a schooling system without exams

At the very outset, let your imagination flow with the narrative I am going to share in the next few lines and sensory neurons observe whether the feeling is mutual or not. When I was a fifth grader, I used to feel overwhelming psychological pressure the night before any exam. Having moments of jitt...

Opinion

Up close and personal with a real-life hero

Coronavirus has definitely taught us many lessons and one of those is probably the fact that only humanity comes in handy in times of any catastrophe. While many have kept themselves confined within the four walls with a view to keeping the rogue virus at bay, there are many others out there who hav...

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Bangabandhu, his cognitive closure and the ruthless multicide

So many prolific writers over the centuries have developed so many protagonists in their plays and other literary works. Out of all those heroic characters, those with a tragic end lure and appeal to our senses the most. From Shakespeare’s Macbeth to Sophocles’ Oedipus, all those tragic ...

Opinion

Eid-ul-Azha: Festivity in, spirit out

The tradition of sacrificing animals on a particular day began with the story of faithful Ibrahim (AS), who was instructed by Allah in his dream to sacrifice his dearest thing. His son was his most important possession. But miraculously enough, when Ibrahim (AS) was about to sacrifice Ismail (AS), A...

Opinion

An insight into our sheer indifference to child rights

As humans we have a common tendency to follow the suit. It is even true when it comes to becoming a parent, especially in a country like Bangladesh where our thought-process is shaped by the stereotypical notions considered to be true in our society. Most of us want to have children just becaus...