Love and Struggle: How Uttam Kumar Won Both
The Early Days of Struggle Before he became the legendary Uttam Kumar, he was just Arun Kumar Chatterjee—a young man struggling with rejection, unemployment, and...
February 2025
Humayun Ahmed and his stories
It is much easier to give pain than to entertain. It was Humayun Ahmed who invariably regaled us with his innate power of storytelling. Some...
Nuhash Humayun in Hollywood
Two years ago, Nuhash Humayun’s directorial ‘Moshari’ won an award at the Oscar-qualifying film festival ‘South by Southwest’. The short film also won at several...
New Zealand thump Pakistan to win tri-nations final
Pace bowler Will O’Rourke claimed four wickets while Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham hit half centuries as New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets to...
Growing rural-urban education divide is hurting Bangladesh’s future
Education is the cornerstone upon which a nation’s prosperity and progress are built. We can work on health, infrastructure and finance, but if we do...
AI is harming your critical thinking: Microsoft study suggests
A new study by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft has found that using generative AI tools – such as ChatGPT and Copilot –...
Understanding Birthright Citizenship
The ban on the US birthright citizenship (jus soli-right of the soil) by the 47th President of the United States Donald Trump is perhaps one...
The Cyber Protection law and our problematic ‘cyberbullying’ provision
With the ever-increasing use of various online means of communication, the prevalence of crimes committed in cyberspace has also been on the rise. Apparently to...
Bangladesh needs a Mediation Act
Historically, mediation has been a well-established system for dispute resolution in our subcontinent. Over time, different laws, including the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (CPC)–...
Rights of photographers in Bangladesh
Freedom of Panorama (FoP) refers to the legal provision allowing individuals to capture and share images of publicly visible works, such as buildings, sculptures, monuments,...