Hong Kong’s inevitable showdown
IT IS impossible not to admire the bravery and commitment pro-democracy demonstrators display daily as they clog Hong Kong streets, shut down its airport, and disrupt the territory’s beating heart ReadMore
‘The Little Prince’ sketches found in Switzerland
Shawdesh Desk: Early sketches of ‘The Little Prince,’ the world famous creation of French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, have been found in storage in northern Switzerland, local media and an ReadMore
Rabindranath’s 78th death anniversary today
Shawdesh Desk: The 78th anniversary of death of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore will be observed today. Tagore died at the age of 80 on August 7, 1941, according to ReadMore
Two Haibuns
Conch Once oysters are nowhere to be found, he searches for shunks. 130 Indian rupees for an hour of diving. He spends hours, over years, under the glittering blue of coral. The ReadMore
Rapists Deserve Fast And Exemplary Punishment
Dr. Jesmin Chowdhury: Abdus Salam, the father of Saima, the seven years old girl who was raped and killed a few days ago, has appealed to the country’s people to ReadMore
Post-Rahul, party may splinter but something new is needed
WHEN Trinamool’s Mahua Moitra took the parliament by storm in her debut speech in June, a thought crossed my mind. In over two decades as Congress president, Sonia Gandhi could ReadMore
Japan set to Take more workers
Keizo Yamawaki: As the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act enacted last December took effect in April, the government set in motion newly created visa statuses designed to admit ReadMore
Obhinoy Shilpi Shongho’s oath taking ceremony held
After the festive elections of the Obhinoy Shilpi Shongho was held on June 21, the elected members took their oaths on Monday night in a ceremony held at their office ReadMore
