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In the trap of modern slavery

So, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's observation, "Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains", has not lost its relevance at all 300 years later but, it appears, has even, to the bewilderment of many, gained fresh grounds. The International Labour Organisation's (ILO's) latest disclosure is particularly alarming because instead of...

UGC, absentee academics and our universities

The move by the University Grants Commission on ensuring that teachers of public universities, once they have completed their higher studies abroad, return to their institutions is welcome. The expectation is that the UGC and through it the public universities will be able to stand by the decision and so...

LDC graduation: Education is the challenge

According to a report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in 2020, the literacy rate in the country was 75.6 per cent among people aged 15 years and above. This is a big jump in the rate from mere 16.8 per cent in 1971. But still we need to educate...

Diagnostic tests at Mugda Hospital

Private hospitals and diagnostic facilities in Bangladesh charge exorbitantly for medical tests. They generally charge multiple times the fees public hospitals do. For the ordinary people, these charges are unaffordable while the number of government-run hospitals is quite inadequate. One such public hospital is Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka...

Banning student politics on campus

Once student unions of the universities in Bangladesh used to be a window to express students' problems. But now student organisations, backed by political parties, are doing more harm than good. Extortion, tender manipulation, sexual harassment, crime and abuse of power in the name of student politics is now rampant....

Importance of comic books for children

Comic books can shape the mindset of people through beautifully illustrated pages and interesting images. This is why people, often children, who read them are highly influenced by them. However, it is unfortunate that we in Bangladesh do not see such publications on a regular basis. If our writers and...