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Naval Commandos in Operation Jackpot

The Daily Star (TDS): Please describe to us the circumstances under which the Naval Commando Force was formed.
25 March 2015

The Gaze as 'little object a': Bangladesh at the United Nations in 1971

'Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defences of peace must be constructed.' −UNESCO, The Constitution
25 March 2015

"When the war was over, our struggle ended but the struggle of the Biranganas had just begun."

The Daily Star (TDS): Against what backdrop did you join the War of Liberation in 1971?
25 March 2015

The fabric of identity

The two-nation theory, a founding principle of the partition of India in 1947, was effectively shattered with the birth of Bangladesh as a nation-state in 1971.
25 March 2015

The Tangail Landings: A signal for victory

I travelled to Tura, the capital of Meghalaya, three times during the war as a representative of Tangail Mukti Bahini to bring arms and ammunitions.
25 March 2015

A Tamil family's sacrifice

Doreswami Naidu was born in a humble family in Kaium Betur, a village in South Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Arekum Naidu, was a cultivator and was also involved in the collection and disposal of animal bones.
25 March 2015

"There should not be any doubt about the trial process in Bangladesh"

The Daily Star (TDS): Why is it important to study genocide in the context of South Asia?
25 March 2015

"Genocide is very often a response to an extreme political threat."

The Daily Star (TDS): Please tell us something about the origins of genocide.
25 March 2015

1971: Witness to an early resistance

On 27 March 1971, my entire family and I had left Dhaka for safe shelter in a village named Noagaon, located 15 miles from Demra River.
25 March 2015

Unfriendly Dhaka for the forgotten 10 percent

The population of Dhaka is growing by a little over four percent per year and stands in its wider metropolitan area at an
11 March 2015

A proposal for improving Dhaka's future transport scenario

Lately Dhaka's transport scenario has been deteriorating visibly under fast growing urbanisation, despite a number of transport
11 March 2015

Low cost housing in Bangladesh

Housing is a basic need for civilised living. In a developing country like Bangladesh –housing inadequacies and backlog have been
11 March 2015

Dhaka: The city of walls

There are more or less walls in every city, but maybe there are more of them in this city – Dhaka. Whoever – be it the higher,
11 March 2015

Ensuring quality in construction

There is a construction boom going on in the country at the moment. Residential houses are being built, office and factory buildings
11 March 2015

Challenges of real estate developers

Residence is one of the basic needs of human beings. The right to live in one's own is a fundamental right of people and it is internationally recognised.
11 March 2015

Why does infrastructure matter?

Ensuring better infrastructure ranked the top priority in the Dhaka Apparel Summit 2014 to reach USD 50 billion apparel export target by 2021.
11 March 2015

Energy pricing dilemma and the culture of subsidy

Proper price and market structure is the key for ensuring the uninterrupted quality supply of any product.
11 March 2015

Crossing barriers and lighting the future

From the very beginning of our lives it is drilled into our brains that children are the future, and education is what lights up the path
11 March 2015

The startup culture

The number of university graduates who are frustrated with the job market and the stagnating situation they find themselves in is
11 March 2015

Education, employment and human capital

Irrespective of the level of development of a country, economic growth is essential for raising the levels of employment and income.
11 March 2015