Blowin’ in the Wind

Blowin’ in the Wind

In search of a vice-chancellor

Central to the formation of the panel is the objective of minimising political interference in the selection of top university managers.

3d ago

JnU crisis exposes the rot in our higher education system

Central to the JnU crisis is a list of broken promises.

1w ago

We need more than air purifiers to clean up Dhaka’s air

It’s easy to dismiss Dhaka as an unliveable city. The challenge is to replace that tantrum with the determination to make the city better.

2w ago

The crisis of a fossilised education system

It will be a crime to miss the post-uprising zeitgeist and not to overhaul our educational sector.

3w ago

KUET protests and the evolving student-university relations

KUET has exposed systemic weakness in conflict resolution.

1m ago

Eid in a time of uncertainty and change

To bring back confidence, the rule of law must be established.

1m ago

Building a future for Bangladeshi football

To make the imported inspiration sustainable, we need to create an ecosystem for our players.

2m ago

Will the UN chief’s visit put the focus back on the Rohingya issue?

The Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar camps are about to face a situation worse than they have been enduring.

2m ago

He gave to Mis’ry all he had, a tear

Attending the peace summit on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Nelson Mandela in 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quoted both Nelson Mandela and our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

4y ago

Fostering a research culture in higher education

In an op-ed published on July 27, Prof Syed Saad Andaleeb reviewed the DU annual budget and argued that the dearth of funding should not be blamed for the lack of research.

4y ago

Sacrifice and the Sacred

Cross border cattle smuggling prior to Eid-ul-Adha is an irritant that keeps officials in both Bangladesh and India nervy.

4y ago

Counting of Crows

During his regular stroll in the palace garden, Emperor Akbar once saw many crows flying around. He asked his minister, “How many crows are there in our kingdom, Birbal?”

4y ago

Necessary sacrifices, unnecessary thoughts

The coronavirus crisis posed serious threats to the global stock markets.

4y ago

A hitchhiker’s guide to our educational galaxy

Let’s admit it: our education today is in crisis. And it was in crisis even before the pandemic was here. The pandemic has exposed the skeletons we have been hiding in the open for a long time.

4y ago

Doctor, doctor, what is wrong with us?

There was a broken black chair by the window near the gate. On it there was a thin plastic bag containing some mixed up rice, daal, and probably vegetables or curry.

4y ago

Time to rethink our examinations

Uncertainties loom large over the holding of Higher Secondary Certificates (HSC) and its equivalent exams.

4y ago

The Cost of Education

I had a senior colleague at Jahangirnagar University who was known to his students at the Pharmacy Department as an eccentric genius.

4y ago

Breathe, Breathe in the Air

The Amazon rainforest, spread over 2.1 million square miles, is dubbed as the “lungs of the planet” as it produces 20 percent of the oxygen in our planet’s atmosphere.

4y ago