There has been a silent consensus on turning a blind eye to rights abuses of our migrant workers.
The main question now is to what extent the ICJ order will create pressure on Israel’s allies.
Even in 2023, there are a number of very basic rights that Bangladeshi girls don't have.
Despite the international recognition, the global outpouring of support (at the time), and the crisis in Myanmar that has now escalated into civil war – the world seems to have moved on.
Latest attack lays bare the relentless gendered violence faced by Bangladeshi women.
A Dhallywood dialogue recently created a social media storm by cropping up in a more unusual place: a question paper for Bangladesh Studies in the University of Barishal, where students were asked to examine it in the “light of British hegemony in the Indian subcontinent.”
Will the new king finally apologise for the atrocities committed in the name of the crown?
How often have you heard the term “hundi” recently? I would bet quite a few times, especially if you’ve been following the worried discussions surrounding the cost-of-living crisis and economic downturn, both at home and abroad.
It seems grossly inappropriate that in a country on its way to achieving middle-income status, there are still people dying from poverty.
Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face
Barrister Sara Hossain speaks on where we go next in dealing with violence against women in Bangladesh
Prof Gitiara Nasreen of Dhaka University speaks on campus sexual harassment and media’s role in normalising sexual violence
If you had magical powers, what would you want to be? This question is likely to come up quite often in conversations with children. However, it takes on a new dimension when asked to children diagnosed with cancer. What does a little person struggling with such big problems dream of? This was the question that photographer Farhana Satu posed to her subjects, from which was born her latest exhibition, Ongkur.
During criminal investigations, the police and media need to do their bit to avoid a public trial
A progressive education system is necessary to root out communalism from society
Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition
The truth is that women are at risk of violence regardless of whether they work in homes, factories, fields or offices.
