Views & Opinion

2020 tested Sheikh Hasina. She prevailed. Thankfully

Barrister Shah Ali Farhad: The first case of COVID-19 in Bangladesh was detected on Mar 8, 2020. By that time, preparations were well underway for the grand inaugural ceremony of Mujib Barsha. An emergency meeting was called at the Ganabhaban on that very day, where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in the presence of her younger sister Sheikh Reha...

Covid-19 and Sheikh Hasina's Leadership

Pranab Kumar Panday: We have reached at the end of the century's most egregious year, as Covid-19 has caused immense miseries in 2020 triggering massive fatalities, economic downfall, disruption in communications worldwide, restriction on the freedom of movement, closures of offices and educational institutions and compelling citizens to practi...

The Bridge on the River Padma

Dr. Rashid Askari: At long last--putting an end to all spiteful rumours, discouragements and despair; blithely ignoring all nasty naysayers; and defying all overwhelming odds and obstacles, the long-awaited Padma Bridge has come into view. As the last span has been installed connecting both sides of the mighty Padma, the long body (6.15-kilomet...

Success in Digitisation of Services during the Pandemic

Pranab Kumar Panday: The COVID-19 cataclysm has brought into focus the potentials of digital communication in everyday life. Digital technology was crucial to confront the consequences of staying at home as most of the countries in the world endured lockdown. The responsible authorities have succeeded in ensuring sustainable access to disaster ...

Time to make our stand against fundamentalist forces loud and clear

Professor Dr. Mamun Al Mahtab (Shwapnil): Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Europe was grappled with fresh round of alleged terror attacks, first in France and then in Austria, that made global headlines, something very unusual during these corona-days, when hardly any news unrelated to COVID-19 is to be seen anywhere in the front or back pages of ...