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“Bangabandhu and Dhaka University” by Dr A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan won National Film Awards 2022

December 2, 2023

The documentary film titled "Bangabandhu and Dhaka University," produced and directed by Professor A. J. M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Ph.D., received the National Film Award 2022 as the best documentary. On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the Ministry of Information unveiled...

The relevance of Bangabandhu’s philosophy on education

June 13, 2022

What is Bangabandhu’s philosophy of education? What kind of education system did he envision for the newly independent Bangladesh? My purpose in this article is to shed some light on the education thoughts of the Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...

Peripheral View: Conceptualizing the Information Society as a Postcolonial Subject

December 21, 2021

This article looks into the information society from a postcolonial subject position. It uses concepts from a postcolonial perspective and critical political economy of communication to investigate the information society. It perceives the information society as a discourse of social...

Universal Access in Developing Countries: A Particular Focus on Bangladesh

December 21, 2021

The concept of universal access, which originated in the United States, is now part of the telecommunications policy frameworks of many developing countries. This article uses the case of Bangladesh as a vehicle for examining the transferability of the universal...

Can or will the Right to Information Act (RTIA) ensure people’s right to know? Answer to this question requires an analysis of the law and the context of its creation. The military-backed non-party caretaker government of Fakhruddin Ahmed promulgated this act in 2008 as an ordinance. The incumbent Awami League (AL) led government got it […]

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Dr. Abu Jafar Md. Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan is a Professor of film and media studies at the University of Dhaka. He is the founder of the Department of Television, Film and Photography, a vibrant and ever-expanding academic Department at the University of Dhaka. He is also the first Provost of the Bijoy Ekattor Hall, the most magnificent student dormitory on the Dhaka University campus. He taught at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada for several years.

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“Bangabandhu and Dhaka University” by Dr A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan won National Film Awards 2022

The relevance of Bangabandhu’s philosophy on education

Peripheral View: Conceptualizing the Information Society as a Postcolonial Subject

Universal Access in Developing Countries: A Particular Focus on Bangladesh

RTIA and People’s Right to Know