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Dr. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, a prominent secularist author and intellectual was attacked with a knife at the back of his head on March 3, 2018. A day after the attack, counterterrorism officials said that the youth who carried out it could be a member of the banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam. On the same … Read more
Originally Published in The Daily Star. The government is finally considering something that could really stop the question paper leak crisis. The education secretary has reportedly hinted at using tablet computers for taking tests. In this method, a question set will be prepared randomly from a question bank 30 minutes before the test. This is … Read more
Originally Published in The Daily Star. A signboard in front of the Statue of Liberty read: “Government Shutdown.” This was almost poetic, because the bold idea of openness that the lady upholds is at the centre of the whole US federal government shutdown shenanigan. This has happened because the Senate Democrats and Republicans failed to … Read more
Originally Published in The Daily Star. Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech as president sounded presidential. On Tuesday night, he sounded more like the Republican candidate who took a combative and aggressive stance to win the election in 2016. Like a true Republican, Trump readily invoked patriotism and the American flag repeatedly in … Read more
Bangladesh Student League members attacked Dhaka University students protesting against violence on women on campus in a similar fashion that the Chattradal (BNP’s student wing) attacked protesting students in 2005. But dissimilar to the 2005-bout, a new rhetoric of apoliticality from the student protesters has emerged. Posting the photos of a BSL activist attacking … Read more
Originally Published by the Dhaka Tribune. I use 8 oranges to illustrate the problem of over-taxation, overregulation and tax loopholes. Enjoy!
Originally published by Dhaka Tribune. The apparent solution of the Rohingya issue could be leading us to a more tumultuous future.
Originally Published by the Dhaka Tribune. I tackle the problem of Bangladesh’s VIP culture and the trickle down effect of this trend of differential treatment.
“What is happen to disobey law?”- এই প্রশ্নে এইবার প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা সমাপনী পরীক্ষা দিয়েছে লাখ লাখ শিক্ষার্থী। কিন্তু কেনো আমরা এই শিশুদের দিয়ে পাবলিক পরীক্ষা দেয়াচ্ছি? শুধুই মান যাচাই-নাকি কোন উন্নয়নের রাজনীতি আছে এর পেছনে? সেই গল্প নিয়ে আজকের চরমচিত্র। মেরিল পেট্রোলিয়াম জেলি ঠোটে লাগানোর অভিজ্ঞতা নিয়ে ইন্টার পাশ ছেলেপেলেরা মেরিন ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং আর পেট্রোলিয়াম এন্ড … Read more
In a country with 328 unreported rape cases in the year of 2016 alone, feminism comes into the popular discourse only through the hot gossip surrounding a beauty pageant contestant. In a country where marital rape is not even recognized as violence, feminism comes into play to debate whether having been married makes one ineligible … Read more