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On 27 May 2019, Kym Purcell’s schedule was thrown into disarray. Usually a Monday morning would follow a strict routine of breakfast and housework followed by a trip to the gym. But today, the 52-year-old retiree was in for a surprise. Her husband, Terry, 54, told her to get ready...
People weigh or calculate many things, be they literate or illiterate. While buying or selling something a weighing scale or yard stick is a must. Some weigh themselves regularly to check their extra kilos or use measurement tape to keep watch on their ever bulging waistline or other parts of...
Every economy has one similarity – the basic economic problems. We have finite resources while we have infinite wants; the purpose of economic activity is to allocate resources in conditions of scarcity. Therefore, each society must answer three questions; ‘what will be produced?’, ‘how will it be produced?’ and ‘who...
Politics is very easy most probably in a democracy. Just join a political party anywhere in the world. Do social work to win the confidence of the people of your locality. Gain the following of your political party’s hierarchy and garner support in the grassroots. That’s all. But if your...
The economic forces at work is undeniable and hence the working-age population has been forecasted to be recessed by about a third in the next half century and companies simply cannot hire enough workers. Therefore, turning to automation gives a huge raise to the productivity without any mistake and helps...
Over the years, the ploy of getting out of mother’s sight has changed in various ways. The youngsters nowadays look for an odd chance to play with the eSports. As if, it was yesterday, the local boys used to excuse themselves naughtily to play on the field or to play...
‘A 16-year-old Garo girl is allegedly raped by her employer in Gulshan area of Dhaka.’ It’s a news that should have shaken whole Bangladesh rather only hurting the victim and her family for long. That’s only because it is not a stray or one-off incident but these sorts of thing...
From the time immemorial, a plethora of problems has been plaguing the pristine planet and the inhabitants on it. Whenever a common man or woman of the Earth faces troubles, he or she looks for a way out of the problem. In this process s/he seeks help from those who...
The clock kept looking better by every slow minute as the plastic clock hand swept away in its own misery. Even though everyone forestalled for the end of the class, one of them looked out the window and smelt the rain in the breeze; he forged a smile. Clothed in...
With the unprecedented display of courage, patriotism and bold leadership, the two recent youth uprisings of Bangladesh which took place in a single month caught almost everyone by surprise. Despite the apparent bittersweet results of the movements, these valiant displays of youth power through its’ unprecedented patterns, deep-rooted socio-political impact...
Space for journalism is shrinking day by day. Media is being muzzled. Communications are being censored. Mass-communications are monitored. Telephone calls are tapped. Sage but anti-corporate people are under surveillance. Dissent voices are being silenced. Prisoners of conscience are being imprisoned. Day by day gagging of journalists or media muzzling...
Had national register of citizens in Assam province of India been adopted before the births of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the only Assamese president of India, Syeda Anwara Taimur, the only woman chief minister of Assam India would have been deprived of their leadership. Had these leaders not failed to remember...
The functionality of a state basically depends on how much the laws are enforced effectively for the welfare of its citizens not how many laws are enacted. Whenever a new crisis like the absence of safety on roads arises, enactment of law becomes imperative. Bangladesh is one of the worst...
Human existence is threatened by many diseases, injuries and harmful habits. They are caused due to exposure to many different difficult situations overnight and sometime for over the years or because of psycho-physical deformities. Some diseases are sourced from habits, lifestyles, whim, hobby, seduction, trend, addiction, mania and even jobs....
Once lush green the earth now faces deforestation when the star-studded sky is facing repeated lightning. A danger is looming on the horizon for the humanity. A starry sky always soothes a gazer’s eyes but the illuminations on the horizon created by repeated lightning could have been the sky of...
Once upon a time there was a young man named Hafiz Rabiul Islam, with an extraordinary brilliant mind, lived in small village of Jashore miles away from the Indian border. He used to tell his wards that he had to abandon his education to take responsibility of the new family...
Tired of your honey not being sweet anymore? Tired to the extent you’d rather refer to her as bitter gourd (or more commonly known as korolla)? In the age of filters and Tinder, we lack authenticity – when filters and Snapchat stories paint for us selves that contradict with our...
Muktodhara, a publishing small company, with initiative of Chittarnjan Saha, started a little sale in front of Bangla Academy in the 21st February 1972. It’s been only two months after Victory Day. At that time the Bangladeshi people were still trying their best to cope up with the aftermath of...
Three billion people, around 40% of the world’s population, use online social media – and we’re spending an average of two hours every daysharing, liking, tweeting and updating on these platforms, according to some reports. That breaks down to around half a million tweets and Snapchat photos shared every minute. With social...
When a nation weakens it weakens nationally and as a logical consequence it fails internationally to stand out plausibly. In the way around in this global village if a nation grows internationally viz. contributing to UN peacekeeping forces, exporting manpower, goods and services, it can grow nationally. This is especially...
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