Nazifa Raidah

Journalist at The Daily Star. For insights or collaborations, reach her at: nazifa@thedailystar.net

This is not the Bangladesh we stood in the line of fire for

It is time for us to be vigilant on all fronts, it’s so much harder to protect freedom than to achieve it.

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Where’s the noose for 'murder caused by negligence'?

Many of us walked past those restaurant corridors on Bailey Road without fire safety measures.

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The mystery of Pahela Baishakh and the Bengali calendar

A blend of astronomy, history, and culture

5m ago

Younus Ali’s dream of conquering the Californian waves

I could tell that his dream is not a dream per se, but an event that only requires time to come true.

5m ago

What are we doing for people with autism?

Has the government truly done enough for children and people with ASD and their parents?

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Reduce, reuse, recycle… and then what?

The reality is that recycling alone cannot combat the environmental impact of plastic waste.

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When our victim-blaming culture shrouds predators as teachers

How can students regain a sense of safety within their classrooms?

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Silencing the critic: The cost of stifling voices in the name of authority

Would we, in today's Bangladesh, have subjected Quamrul Hassan to imprisonment for employing his art to critique the current political culture?

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September 24, 2022
September 24, 2022

Deprived of parents’ love, cop keeps taking it out on civilians

In a recent development of curious events in the city, a local policeman, on multiple occasions spacing out in different timelines, was found beating the excrement out of students.

September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022

Yass Kweeners rejoice as they’re the only queens in the game now

Instagrammers, bloggers, vloggers and content creators of all kinds who are part of the Global Yass Kween movement, rejoiced as they could now not only mispronounce, but also make “Kween” the new queen as the real monarch has left the lands.

September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022

The youth motors on two wheels

For many, motorcycles act as a mode of escapism.

September 8, 2022
September 8, 2022

A deep dive into a poet’s mind

He had lost touch almost completely with his craft, so much so that he wondered if he even had it in him. But even so, for the sake of writing, he wrote. When the pandemic hit, Helal batted off the dust of his desk and sat down to write. Sitting from a foreign land, the ink flowed again.

July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022

Home-grown solutions for a global crisis: 'Rohingya Camp Narratives' launches at IUB

“Here one will find on state policy analysis and societal dynamics–exploring grey areas and bringing multidimensional analysis to the refugee crisis”, said Professor Dr Meghna Guhathakurta.

July 9, 2022
July 9, 2022

What’s stopping us from reading books?

How did I get here? Can I unleash the wee bookworm that could devour books back? 

June 23, 2022
June 23, 2022

From Feni to New Zealand: Trinkets of a life lived

Mastura's penning is sincere. She crafts the details like a watchsmith, a representation of which could be found in the very first piece of the book, named "Feni".

June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022

Budget 2022-23: Is the publishing industry only an inconsequential afterthought?

With the Russia-Ukraine war continuing and the (consequent) wave of inflation that has struck the world, serious concerns for

June 10, 2022
June 10, 2022

The twisted plight of Bangladeshi transgender community: A critical error in policymaking

If 'facilities' are really that accessible, why aren't we seeing more transgender people in job roles?

June 9, 2022
June 9, 2022

Budget 2022-23 and the fate of our publishing industry

The protruding question we’re left with is this: is the allocated sum for purchasing even merely enough to support our publishers in this grave time?

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