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Homage to Lt. Col. Abul Kalam Azad

Nazifa Nawar

Five years ago, on March 31, 2017, the former chief of the intelligence wing of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Lt. Col. Abul Kalam Azad died of a head injury in a bombing in northeastern Sylhet district during a raid against a suspected militant den. Six other people were killed and dozens were injured in the blast when the security forces were trying to flush out the militants on March 25, 2017. Who was Abul Kalam Azad? Abul Kalam Azad (30 October 1971 – 31 March 2017) was a lieutenant colone...

Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations: Time to Break the Stalemate?

Nazifa Nawar

In this age of interdependence, all countries are interrelated and interconnected with each other. It is true that there will be some issues between neighbouring countries but close relations between countries help to address bilateral hurdles in the most prudent way. Bangladesh has two immediate neighbours- India and Myanmar. Historically the South-Eastern region of Bangladesh had close ties with the neighbouring state Rakhine (formerly Arakan) state of Myanmar. But, in the 21st century, the two neighbouring countries haven’t enjoyed much of their bilateral relationship.

Historical evidence of bonhomie

At the state level, Bangladesh-Myanmar relations officially began on 13 January 1972, t...

The Requirements of Military Diplomacy Between Bangladesh and Myanmar 

Jubeda Chowdhury

Military diplomacy has long been one of the essential constituents of international diplomacy and an effective methodology, to foster bilateral and regional relationships. Military training cooperation is an essential component of military diplomacy and helps to build close ties with other nations. Such cooperation also helps to strengthen strategic security relationships and address common security concerns. Bangladesh and Myanmar are two neighbouring countries having 271 kilometres of the international boundary. After the independence of Bangladesh. Myanmar recognized Bangladesh on 13 January 1972 as a sovereign state. On 13 August 1973, a general trade agreement was signed between Bangladesh and Burma...

Wildlife conservation a time befitting demand for Bangladesh

 

Shohana Islam Sraboni

With technology, we can glimpse the invisible. We can discover the unknowns by holding a remote in our hand while sitting on the couch. Then again, do we really need to punish voiceless lives by locking them up in cages for amusement, whereas we can get to know everything by browsing the internet?

When animals reac...

Rights education: A value-added learning in the pedagogy

A. R. Farrukh Ahamed

Getting an education is a basic human right.  It is also the same to get education regarding human rights.  So, getting human rights education is, no doubt, a basic human right. The right to education is now synonymous with the right to human rights education considered almost worldwide as a precondition of quality education. Bangladesh has successfully achieved a record of almost 100 percent enrollment in primary education after a l...

Wordsworth & Nazrul

Prof. Dr. Mustofa Munir

 Poet William Wordsworth and Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote some poems that embraced almost similar emotions, imagination, and thoughts.  Both Poets wrote poems with utter sadness when their dearest child had died. They used the imagery to describe their poetic emotion of love and pain. They demonstrated their ability and avidity to derive some moments from alluring nature amidst melancholy, unhappiness, and desolation. Poet Wordsworth as a na...
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