‘Don’t go to bring dad back without me’
“None of you should go to bring Dad back without me. I want to go and bring him home too.”
Trending Views
Sovereign AI in 12 months: Reality behind promise
Bangladesh’s ambition to establish sovereign AI capabilities within the next 12 months marks a significant policy commitment, with implications for its technological autonomy, national security and international partnerships. However, translating this ambition into measurable outcomes will require more than a political declaration.
Will El Niño make winter’s bite milder this year?
The season is changing, but winter appears to be taking its time. The familiar signs of autumn—white clouds drifting across the sky, dew settling on grass at dawn and a coolness in the air—have arrived unevenly across Bangladesh. While early mornings are beginning to carry a hint of winter, the heat of the day has yet to fully retreat.
AI attack hits 7 S Korean financial institutions, exposing over 65,000 records
Seven South Korean financial institutions, including three major commercial banks, were hit by seemingly coordinated cyber attacks within days of one another, exposing more than 65,000 customer and employee records between 28 September and 3 October.
Messi's last dance at Monumental: Argentina set to say goodbye to their eternal 10
Lionel Messi will pull on the sky-blue and white shirt for the last time at the Estadio Monumental tonight, ending a 20-year relationship with Argentina's home ground when the World Cup winners take on Benin in a friendly.
Question of teachers' dignity: from east to age of decolonization
From the guru to artificial intelligence, education has travelled a remarkable distance. That journey has brought us to an uncomfortable question: what, exactly, is the relationship between a teacher and a student? Is education simply the free circulation of information, a matter of self-learning and acquiring useful knowledge? Or is the ability to memorise and reproduce information still regarded as the ultimate measure of intelligence?
When lamp of journalism flickers in Dark
During May 1999, I was enrolled as a student at Jahangirnagar University, and Prothom Alo, a newspaper that had graced the newsstands merely twelve months prior, had already established itself as an integral component of our daily morning routine. At that time, I served as the university correspondent for the daily publication Sangbad. Nevertheless, each morning I would proceed to the common room of my residential hall, frequently waiting for my opportunity to peruse Prothom Alo.
Girls’ gender equality and social justice are imperative
In Bangladesh, every year we observe Daughters Day / National Girl Child Day on September 30, and Internatioanl Girl Child Day on October 11. Government of Bangladesh and other stakeholders organize different events to observe the day with due importance.
Government sector becomes top target for cyberattacks as AI accelerates threats
Government agencies and public services have become the biggest targets of cyberattackers worldwide, accounting for 27% of the cyber threats observed over the past year, up from 17% the previous year. At the same time, hackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate and expand their attacks.
Weapons drill on social media, then murder: Concern increasing in new form of teenage gangs
Teenage criminal gangs are making social media a tool for forming groups, publicity and spreading fear amid an average of more than ten murder cases a day and about 60 incidents of violence against women and children every day.
Aspiration to retire in village home residence remained unfulfilled
When I received a telephone call from a well-wisher in New York, it was about 7am in the United States. At that hour, I typically escort my child to school, so I was unable to answer the call. When I returned the call shortly thereafter, the individual on the other end inquired, "Brother, have you heard the news?" "What news?" I responded.
Winter breeze after the rain, a play of colours throughout October
October seems to be a silent bridge of seasonal change. The wet scent of the monsoon still lingers in the air, white autumn clouds float in the sky; yet within the northern wind is the tune of winter's arrival. Sometimes the sharp sting of sunshine, sometimes sudden splashes of rain, and at other times the sight of the river's breast covered in morning mist — October is passing in the colours of diversity.
...