The author is a Sub Editor, News Desk at The Daily Star
At the height of the July uprising, many hospitals turned their backs -- some out of fear, others silenced or forced into complicity. State forces roamed halls of healing, seizing CCTV footage, erasing patient records, and threatening doctors not to treat the wounded.
Let's not let this dog's death be just another forgotten statistic, let it be a beginning.
The cats don't always understand the human specifics, but they recognise sadness. They notice routines. And most of all, they stay
Politicians descended upon the hospitals in droves. And no, they did not come alone. They brought their entourages and photographers, hungry for headlines and votes.
The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance
If your idea of resisting state failure is to equate “femininity” with cowardice, you are not challenging injustice. You are reinforcing it.
A gang rape accused has no fear of consequences because of his political affiliation.
'Biggest threat to animal welfare in Bangladesh are overenthusiastic activists'
At the height of the July uprising, many hospitals turned their backs -- some out of fear, others silenced or forced into complicity. State forces roamed halls of healing, seizing CCTV footage, erasing patient records, and threatening doctors not to treat the wounded.
Let's not let this dog's death be just another forgotten statistic, let it be a beginning.
The cats don't always understand the human specifics, but they recognise sadness. They notice routines. And most of all, they stay
Politicians descended upon the hospitals in droves. And no, they did not come alone. They brought their entourages and photographers, hungry for headlines and votes.
The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance
If your idea of resisting state failure is to equate “femininity” with cowardice, you are not challenging injustice. You are reinforcing it.
A gang rape accused has no fear of consequences because of his political affiliation.
'Biggest threat to animal welfare in Bangladesh are overenthusiastic activists'
Progress limps while women bleed, and no one seems to care.
The ability not just to use technology but to understand, interpret, and engage with it wisely is glaringly absent from our collective behaviour