Art
Dhaka Courier
Red Hot
The low base from which the electricity sector started its turnaround means prices too are on an upswing.
9 min |
December 1, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Paying The Penalty For Low Food Stock
There are many good reasons why should a government maintain a minimum food reserve in the country. First of all the government has to run several dozens of foodaided social safety net programmes under the public food distribution system and to do so government must have certain volume of food in the public granaries. Unless the reserve is at sufficient level it may constrain government’s capacity to cater to the needs of ultrapoor, who are generally the beneficiaries of the safety net programmes.
4 min |
December 1, 2017
Dhaka Courier
John F. Kennedy Memories Of An Assassination
The memories come flooding back, all the way from fifty four years ago.
5 min |
December 1, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Deshbandhu...Shooting Star Across Our Skies
Ninety two years after his passing, Chittaranjan Das remains a significant point of reference in South Asian history.
4 min |
December 1, 2017
Dhaka Courier
ICAB Awards 28 Financial Outfits For Best Annual Reports
This year 28 financial outfits have won the 17th ICAB National Award under different categories for their best presented annual reports of 2016.
2 min |
December 1, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Secret Glimpses From Nepal
The last rays of the sun pierced through the window. A gecko on the window-glass inched closer to its prey, a mosquito. I lit a cigarette and silently waited to see how the lizard preys upon its victim.
7 min |
December 1, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Diplomacy And Papacy: How Do The Twain Meet?
[The essay analyses the challenges that Pope Francis confronted during his recent trip in an effort to defuse the tensions created by the Rohingya crisis between Myanmar and Bangladesh and also to draw the attention of the world to this massive humanitarian crisis. He seemed unswayed by either praise or criticism, and he drew both. He was able to demonstrate that while, as Pope, he might not command any military divisions, as Stalin had disdainfully observed, he had the courage to attempt at more than what many other leaders who did.]
5 min |
December 8, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Nobel Peace Prize For Sheikh Hasina?
Congratulations are in order for Cardinal D’Rozario, Archbishop George Kocherry, (the Apostolic Nuncio, ambassador), Bishop Shorot Gomes and their team on their great success in bringing Pope Francis – the world’s biggest pop star with over 1.2-billion devout followers – to Bangladesh.
1 min |
December 8, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Khaleda With Baggage Of Cases
Election conundrum - To be or not to be, that is the question
7 min |
December 8, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Glen T. Martin On The Need For A Federation Of The Earth
The dream for a world state in place of today’s multiple states based on nationalities that are in conflict with one another is very old.
3 min |
December 8, 2017
Dhaka Courier
To Commune With The Eternal Soul, An Artist's Journey
Through his more-than-six-year journey as a professional artist, Zahangir Alom has ever-refined his innate capacity to translate heartfelt observations of the natural world into artistic compositions infused with insight.
4 min |
December 8, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Victory Day Minds Without Fear, Heads Held High
The year 2017 is not the year 1971. The middle-aged citizen of today is no more the youth of yesterday. The freedom we enjoy in these times is far removed from the tortuous struggle we waged for liberty in those times. And yet there is something called history that connects the dots and links the linear lines of matters generational. That is the reason why we remember 16 December 1971 in winter 2017.
4 min |
December 15, 2017
Dhaka Courier
Road To Bangladesh 1971
Road To Bangladesh 1971
2 min |
December 15, 2017
Dhaka Courier
'Goom' Or Enforced Disappearance: Even One Is One Too Many
Even one missing person is too many. Isn’t it so – unless, of course, one prefers remain content with what the state’s top policeman has recently said. Media quoted the Inspector General of Police as saying, “Enforced disappearance, abduction and killing are nothing new. It has been going on since the British period.”
4 min |
December 15, 2017
Dhaka Courier
All Words And No Action
Bangladesh’s secondary bond market lacks effectiveness
5 min |
November 3, 2017
Dhaka Courier
The Siren That Sounded Freedom
His appeal was to mankind’s best instincts. It belongs to all humanity. -UNB
1 min |
November 3, 2017
Dhaka Courier
A More Worldly Education
(Global Citizenship Education: Preparing learners for the challenges of the twenty-first century, Published in 2014 by UNESCO, ISBN 978-92-3-100019-5)
4 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Amar Bhasar Chalachitra Film Festival Held At DU
The 17th edition of Amar Bhasar Chalachitra film festival organised by Dhaka University Film Society recently ended at the TSC (Teachers’ Student’s Centre) of Dhaka University.
1 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Zillur Rahman Siddique 90th Birthday Observed At National Museum
On the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of veteran educationist and writer Professor Zillur Rahman Siddique, Bangladesh National Museum organised a memorial meeting and musical soiree at Kabi Sufia Kamal auditorium, Shahbagh in the city on February 23.
1 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Ekushey: Let It Touch The Future
A large number of our children, our youths are missing out on the joy and pride of expressing themselves in a well versed mother tongue, Bangla.
5 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
March 1971: Renewing The Old Pledge
It is March again.
6 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Shale Oil Will Contribute To Future Crude Price Instability
The consensus view that crude oil prices will range around $60 a barrel in coming years, with flexible US shale oil acting as a “swing producer” to prevent spikes, is comforting.
3 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Long Way To Afrin: Turkey's Strategic Refugee Policy Aimed At Electoral Hegemony And Regional Political Ambitions
Syrian ‘guests’ in Turkey have been used not only as political tools for foreign ambitions, but also for reinforcing the conservative and Islamist ideology promoted by Erdogan’s AKP.
7 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
World Must Remain Engaged For Rohingya Solution: Miyavi
Japanese musician wants to spread message through his world tour
2 min |
March 2, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Three Women Nobel Laureates Visit Bangladesh, Fight For Rohingya Cause
At a time when the world witnessed completion of six-month period since Bangladesh got embroiled in the worst Rohingya persecution yet, three women Nobel laureates’ weeklong tour to Dhaka and refugee camps came as a much-needed solace to oppressed humanity.
5 min |
March 9, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Bangladesh Street Theatre Fest Concludes In City
The week-long Bangladesh street theatre festival recently concluded with shows of four street plays by three Dhaka-based troupes at Central Shaheed Minar in the city.
1 min |
March 16, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Highlighting Historic March 7 Speech On Canvas
To celebrate the Historic March Seven Speech, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised an eleven-day long cultural festival on its premises in Segunbaghicha in the capital.
1 min |
March 16, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Public Transports Hazardous For Women Commuters
During my student days, I worked but used to travel to my office by rickshaw. To me, back then, commuting through Dhaka city was nothing troublesome. However, after my graduation, I took a full time job at a magazine and had to travel from Shamoly to Khilkhet on a daily basis.
4 min |
March 16, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Enduring Legacy 1952: That Day In February
The realities of Ekushey, or around it, need to be focused on again, all these years after 1952. Precisely what happened on the day here in Dhaka is what must be brought back into the public domain, for Ekushey was that single and singular event which opened the path to eventual liberation for the people of East Bengal.
3 min |
February 16, 2018
Dhaka Courier
Switzerland Wants To See Peace, Economic Growth In Bangladesh: Swiss President
Development must be sustainable, inclusive, he tells Dhaka Courier
5 min |