Opinion

The Nobel Peace Prize in Our Times

–––––Syed Badrul Ahsan–––– The Nobel Committee has sort of redeemed itself this year. When it awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace to the atomic bomb survivors’ organisation Nihon Hidankyo, it

Two Blossoms on One Stem

TDS Desk Back in 1949, when I was in Class Four, this poem was part of our curriculum. Most of the stories and poems we studied at the time carried

From Climate Struggles to Protecting the Displaced

TDS Desk The susceptibility of Bangladesh to increasing sea levels and severe weather events is one of the many devastating effects of climate change, representing both an environmental and human

Bangladesh-Pakistan Strategic Partnership: Doors of Opportunity

–Taufiqur Rahman– Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Chief Adviser Dr Yunus during UN General Assembly gathering in New York. Mr. Sharif also attended a ceremony commemorating Bangladesh’s 50th year

October 1958: Iskandar Mirza and Ayub Khan

—Syed Badrul Ahsan— On 7 October 1958, the state of Pakistan was pushed down the road to political disaster. In a move that was as unseemly as it was foolhardy,

Does Scientific Communication Require Scientists’ Understanding of Public?

-Dr Kanan Purkayastha- In his book The Making of a Scientist, Anne Roe said, “Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated and scientists are