Why did Abdullah have to die?
How many of those injured during the July-August uprising, like Abdullah, are still fighting for their lives?
3h ago
Are we trying to get ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’?
The euphoria of August 5, and the momentous days leading up to it, especially since July 15, are now being overshadowed by a cloud of uncertainty.
4w ago
Why did the Khagrachhari school reinstate a known sexual predator?
This incident exposes the added vulnerability of young women and girls when they belong to Indigenous communities.
1m ago
Cox’s Bazar attacks reflect a sickness far from being cured
By giving their opinions a religious tag, groups or individuals have managed to get away with vicious assaults on women
2m ago
Can we hold onto our precious freedom?
After the stunning fall of an autocratic regime camouflaged in democratic garb, we now have a precious opportunity to reclaim our rights as a people.
2m ago
One month after the new beginning
From that pivotal moment on August 5, the subsequent events in the next 30 days have been just as dramatic
2m ago
The cadences of a people’s victory
This victory has come at the cost of hundreds of lives of overwhelmingly young people, mostly students.
3m ago
Saluting the spirit of our young people
There is no shame in admitting that in the last few days many of us have cried helplessly, over the senseless deaths of students—teenagers or in their early twenties—the same age or close to the ages of our children.
4m ago
November 24, 2022
How women's secondary status encourages violence
The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society
November 10, 2022
News Analysis: An exam question to ignite bigotry
The bizarre and clearly communally inspired section in this year’s HSC Bangla question paper is a dangerous occurrence that could easily have been overlooked had it not been doing the rounds on social media.
October 27, 2022
The unbearable smugness of AI
My phone thinks it knows me better than I know myself – how preposterous! Or is it?
October 20, 2022
Why people want to leave Bangladesh
There are a litany of issues that make the lives of ordinary citizens difficult.
October 13, 2022
University of BCL
The BCL has demonstrated that their “power” lies in their licence to beat up anyone they want, anytime they want – academic decorum be damned.
September 1, 2022
Education minister’s comments against bigotry are commendable
It is not always that we see a politician making comments that criticise misogyny and bigotry.
August 18, 2022
The Narsingdi incident was a hate crime against a woman, plain and simple
How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?
August 11, 2022
Price hike: Don’t worry, be happy – no matter what
If things are bad, there must be a good reason for it.
July 30, 2022
Where death follows too closely
Experts and road safety activists scream themselves hoarse calling for the basics.
July 19, 2022
Who is entitled to 'hurt religious sentiments'?
Apparently, only the majoritarian population experience hurt sentiments – minority communities have no sentiments to be hurt.
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