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Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 05:25 pm

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Opinion

How prophetic he was!

As we have reported in the earlier pieces of this column, Sheikh Mujib had to face many ordeals in prison. As he was kept in solitary confinement, it took an

US Returning to the Point

No national election in the recent past, let aside US, anywhere else in the democratic world gained so much of attention, all for the wrong reasons and that too for

US Returning to the Point

No national election in the recent past, let aside US, anywhere else in the democratic world gained so much of attention, all for the wrong reasons and that too for

His lonely days and nights in prison

Autobiographies can indeed be touching if written by authors destined to convey the truth. They can be even more attractive if they describe the other people in the author’s life.

In Search of Win-Win Friendship

It was an unusual development when the senior government officials of the North Indian state of Mizoram, adjacent to the borders of Bandarban of Bangladesh declared recently if necessary they

University-Industry Collaboration to Enhance Quality of Higher Education

Today we live in a global village where economic pursuits have become highly competitive. Productivity and economic growth solely depend upon new knowledge generated in universities. Creativity and innovation are

How to better utilise forex reserves

The country’s foreign exchange reserves recently crossed the 40 Billion USD mark, mainly owing to lower import payment pressure combined with consistently high flow of inward remittance. Revival of exports

Biden makes diplomacy dull as president-elect

After Donald Trump in his first week as president spoke to Australia’s prime minister, leaks of the call left many dumbfounded, with the new US leader haranguing and hanging up

The Light of God . . . and Those Lengthening Cemeteries

The muezzin sounds the call to prayer in the little mosque in the little village. Conch shells echo in the temple on the banks of the river and beyond. In

Trump Legacy to Continue?

The all important US presidential election is over and the country has a new President-elect for next four years: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and his running mate Kamala Harris of