Lest we forget the casualties of a revolution
August 5, 2024 is two months behind us. That’s a much longer time than between citizens demanding the authoritarian Hasina step down and her actually fleeing. Yet, for many people, July-August 2024 will always shadow their present. Even by the end of August, pretty much all the beds of the ground floor casualty wards at the capital’s National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) were occupied by those injured during the student-led movement. The wards at the National Institute of Opthalmology & Hospital (NIOH), too, were filled with those who had received severe injuries to their eye(s) during the movement.
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A woman umpire and a click-hungry media
Though the match ended well for Jessy, things took a turn for the unexpected once the media took over.
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‘The right to fear-free democratic opposition must be ensured’
Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
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‘Girls tend to be strong by default when it comes to playing football’
AKM Saiful Bari Titu, interim head coach to the Bangladesh National Women’s Football team, speaks about his experience coaching the team, their recent performances, and what can be done to take them further, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
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VIP movements are Dhaka’s undiagnosed illness
If the capital's traffic condition makes you angry, you're normal
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A blatant, disgraceful act of discrimination
Even in its press release, NSU failed to acknowledge the deeply concerning nature of the protesting students’ agenda.
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The death of a climate justice pioneer
The editorial team at The Daily Star is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of eminent climate expert and scientist Dr Saleemul Huq OBE
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July 5, 2021
Our disturbing apathy towards domestic worker abuse
There are certain topics which, when in the news, garner a lot of attention and opinions from varying perspectives.
June 12, 2021
Prolonged school closures to have repercussions on child protection
The Covid-19 pandemic has undone a lot of progress towards ending child labour, globally. What can Bangladesh do to recover some of that progress?
May 25, 2021
In the ‘free’ digital space, how does our bigotry persevere?
The internet and its cloak of anonymity seemingly avails us with freedom on all counts. What people see of one’s life on their social media profile/s, for instance, is what they want people to see.
May 10, 2021
Our silent, resilient saviours
At a time when most people are struggling to choose between life and livelihood, there are members of our society who have been going out of their way to help make life easier for those who have been afflicted by the virus.
April 7, 2021
‘Second wave of the pandemic’ woes, etcetera
The second April of the pandemic is here, and it seems we are back to square one. Just as most institutions were planning to reopen (all of them intending to exercise proper health guidelines, one hopes) after having lost a year to the Covid-19 pandemic,
March 23, 2021
The business of being a female online entrepreneur
Think of something you want. Anything. No, really. Be it a set of frosted cupcakes, a piece of jewellery, or homemade sushi rolls.
March 14, 2021
The real and intangible threat of online child harassment
Enough time has finally passed for us to collectively reflect on how much, and in what ways, the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our usual lives. Students, in particular, have encountered a drastic shift in how they experience their education—and as a result, the internet.
February 21, 2021
Is the priority list of vaccine recipients being maintained?
Now that the few crores of Covid-19 vaccine doses are finally arriving in Bangladesh in batches of tens of lakhs (and many more have been promised to be on their way soon), a new challenge has presented itself for those in charge of distributing the vaccines.
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