
Sarzah Yeasmin
Sarzah Yeasmin is a Boston-based writer and contributor to The Daily Star. She is an alumna of Harvard University.
Sarzah Yeasmin is a Boston-based writer and contributor to The Daily Star. She is an alumna of Harvard University.
The impact of the seismic shift in the global economy caused by Trump’s reciprocal tariffs is as immediate as it is personal.
The Netanyahu government spent approximately $31 billion on the war in Gaza (and Lebanon) in 2024.
Asiya's story is a tragedy where a child's life and worth are violently denied.
Beyond the personal cost to activists, the economic and diplomatic fallout of these crackdowns could be severe.
Violent clashes between settlers and Palestinians have resulted in multiple fatalities throughout 2024.
India is applying its own framework of sectarian politics to interpret and represent Bangladesh.
Kamala Harris may have offered a promise for some, but it was a change in appearance and not substance, and that alienated voters who vote based on principles.
Venezuelan politician Freddy Guevara shares why his country could not successfully transition to a democracy.
The police killings of Win Rozario and Sayed Faisal, Bangladeshi American youth, have put the role of law enforcers under great scrutiny.
The optics of visible solidarity for Palestine is important because it shows that the world is witnessing and recording this blatant act of outright dehumanisation.
Gender inequality and violence as the outcome of a society are symptomatic of the ethos that shape policies, family structures and opportunities for men and women.
Regardless of the tenacious systems of injustice the BDS movement works against, boycott has historically been a useful tool for advocacy and solidarity.
This current exchange between the US and Israel is a compelling case of how the US has become a puppet state
While there are gruesome acts from both sides, this is not a war between equals.
Loneliness, anxiety, depression – these have all intricately seeped into the very core of how we live in Dhaka.
The global education sector continues to endure a tumultuous period of diminishing funding and resource allocation, as competing priorities such as health, humanitarian aid and other social services require urgent financial responses from the international community.
In the words of Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet laureate to read at a presidential inauguration, America is “not broken but simply unfinished”.
The recent spate of debates around the rape and death of an O-level student has yet again illustrated the problems with Bangladeshi schooling and the chronic need for sex education in classrooms.