Shuprova Tasneem

Can we break the cycle of migrant exploitation?

There has been a silent consensus on turning a blind eye to rights abuses of our migrant workers.

3m ago

ICJ ruling puts current global order on trial

The main question now is to what extent the ICJ order will create pressure on Israel’s allies.

10m ago

COP28’s hollow victory

It is difficult to not feel defeated by COP28’s end results.

1y ago

We must radically reimagine girls’ rights

Even in 2023, there are a number of very basic rights that Bangladeshi girls don't have.

1y ago

No more aid and no real solutions

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.

1y ago

Too unsafe to even play football?

Latest attack lays bare the relentless gendered violence faced by Bangladeshi women.

1y ago

What is the fracas on the Barishal uni question paper really about?

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.”

1y ago

Forget the coronation, let’s talk about colonialism

Will the new king finally apologise for the atrocities committed in the name of the crown?

1y ago
June 9, 2021
June 9, 2021

‘Institutional reforms are central to effective budget implementation’

Does the proposed budget make adequate provisions for the new poor that have been created by the Covid-19 pandemic, and do you think the expanded social protection measures will reach them?

May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021

Our students deserve better policies

The prolonged school closures in Bangladesh has put us at the top of yet another unpalatable list—according to UNICEF, we have had one of the world’s longest full closure of educational institutions due to the pandemic.

May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021

‘We still have a lot more to do for equality’

To be honest, I was not that conscious from a young age of the inequalities that exist in our society, or even of the unequal treatment that women receive within their families.

April 22, 2021
April 22, 2021

‘We have the laws and institutions – it’s time for the country to comply’

The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Together, We Can Restore Our Earth”, and at today’s global climate summit, there is a definite focus on

April 1, 2021
April 1, 2021

The inescapability of domestic violence

The news last week was dominated by the celebrations of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation and the pride we felt at reaching the golden jubilee of independence, alongside the concerns over the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hitting Bangladesh in full force.

March 9, 2021
March 9, 2021

Feminism must be inclusive for it to be effective

On March 2, the Prothom Alo shared a post that would move even the hardest of hearts—a photo of Dhaka South City Corporation cleaner Nurjahan Begum, pressing her hands together with tears in her eyes, begging the executive magistrate not to demolish her temporary homestead in Fulbaria, Dhaka.

February 28, 2021
February 28, 2021

Mushtaq’s grim punishment for the most ‘unspeakable’ crime

How should a country treat its detainees/prisoners, especially in the middle of a global pandemic?

January 12, 2021
January 12, 2021

When rape is encouraged by moral policing

On January 5, 2020, a second-year student of Dhaka University was raped in Kurmitola after she mistakenly got off at the wrong bus stop at around 7pm on her way to a friend’s house.

December 27, 2020
December 27, 2020

Where water lilies will always bloom

The sky was unusually blue for an early morning in late November, the day Aly Zaker passed away. Everything else that happened after feels like a sort of blur, except I distinctly remember thinking that he would have appreciated the beauty of that cold, clear morning in Dhaka.

December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020

The last days of a martyred intellectual

We were on strike today to protest the attack on India. None of us went to the university. I sat at home and prepared examination questions. I didn’t go anywhere else today. By evening, I had finished the question paper for the Honours students.