New efforts to clean Bangladesh's rivers offer hope, but community involvement and innovation are key.
Patriarchy would have you believe that women are inherently complicated—creatures who must be defined, boxed in, or reduced to stereotypes.
No other government in this country's political history has been labelled “fascist” with such intensity, despite similar tendencies having existed before—at times to the same extent. The current context is unique in that it reflects the 15-year-long authoritarian rule of Awami League and its trickle-down oppression. Yet, understanding fascism is crucial if we seek to avoid the rise of another such regime.
Multiple ministries, overlapping mandates, and the exclusion of key stakeholders make streamlining water governance a challenge.
It is time for us to be vigilant on all fronts, it’s so much harder to protect freedom than to achieve it.
Many of us walked past those restaurant corridors on Bailey Road without fire safety measures.
A blend of astronomy, history, and culture
I could tell that his dream is not a dream per se, but an event that only requires time to come true.
So this Eid, I pray for a fresh pair of eyes, and a reason to hope. Or at the very least (once the festivities are over and we return to life as it is) be able to hope for and demand better realities than the ones we’ve been dealt.
Online harassment can range from hate speech and verbal abuse to (threat of) circulation of doctored photos and videos. In worst cases, perpetrators record rape in the form of video and photographs and then use it to extort or silence the victim.
It was late at night. After what was an excruciatingly exhausting day, Armana dragged her body to bed, eager to put the day, and herself, to rest.
When I visited Hanoi in 2019, I only had a chance to catch a whiff of Vietnam’s capital. I took a glance at all the splotches of yellow architecture in awe and had little to no idea how to navigate myself in a town that hardly communicated in English. But even then, Hanoi found a place of eternal fondness in my heart and gave me a gift of familiarity that I couldn’t make much sense of at the time.
It was a time in the night where one can’t really tell if it’s night or eve. The sun is still sleeping in and it’s unlikely that it has any other plans anytime soon. Nothing but silence cloaks the wood and it is the time for the chatter of the owls and bats.
Talking about Dhaka traffic and talking to a wall is almost the same thing. You can scream and shout all you want, but at the end of the day you realise that it feels like talking to a wall, and unfortunately, this wall doesn’t have ears as the Bangla saying goes.
How is it that such a seasoned director did not seek consent from the victims’ families when making Faraaz?
Rifat Munim highlighted how a moderator can be a catalyst to an engaging dialogue between the panellists and the audience,
Fatima Begum (not her real name) is from Datiar char, located in Kurigram’s Chilmari upazila. She lived with her husband Baniz and three sons, all of whom are married.
If you’re having a bad day and you need a pick-me-up, Waffle Up is definitely a place you should visit.
