Kamrunnahar Bilkis Kona has been working as a paralegal with BLAST since 2008.
The government has to have an updated understanding of the realities of the supply chain
The last thing we want is for the process of justice to be derailed
A joyous feeling overshadowed by waves of destruction, then revived by the hope of a new tomorrow.
As a grandchild of a freedom fighter, I would have felt ashamed to use the quota after so many lost their lives over this issue.
Researcher Maheen Sultan shares her insights on the backlash against 'Sharifa's Tale' and promoting comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Bangladesh.
M Humayun Kabir talks about the implications of the ongoing conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Dr Syed Abdul Hamid, professor of IHE and moderator of the dialogue, talked to Tamanna Khan of The Daily Star about the pros and cons of using generic drug names.
An Amnesty International poster with the sketch of a young woman appears on the screen when googled for #myunseensister. The question “Kalpana Khudu?” (Where is Kalpana?) glares beside the pictures.
When Farida Akhter, 65, first took up the responsibility of accompanying her granddaughter between home and school, she had no idea of the things she would gain from this otherwise tiring, five-days-a-week journey between Dhanmondi and Bailey Road.
Although many seminars and discussions are going to be held to mark the 117th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam today, only a handful of research has been done on the poet in the last few decades.
The colourful and picturesque pages of the National Geographic magazines were what enchanted little “Nuri” and
The excerpt (translated) above is not from 2016. It is from an article written by Hamida Banu, which was published in
Her dark-circled, deep-set eyes gave her a hollow look. The eyes were full of fear and mistrust. The girl gave sideways glances as she hesitantly walked into the office of the One-stop-Crisis Centre (OCC) at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last month. She looked afraid, and when she noticed a man sitting in the room, she immediately cringed.
Shepu Rani Das, 20, was busy braiding wax hair on a statue of black molten wax, while her sister Shilpi Rani Das, 18, looked on and recounted their rescue from under the debris of Rana Plaza.
All she felt was a sudden jerk and then her limbs went numb. Twenty-year-old Sumaiya Sweetie was paralysed for life from the neck down.
Considering the importance of role models in the lives of young people, the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangladesh yesterday celebrated the UN International Women's Day (IWD) in a different way.
The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi has recently taken steps to bring back 20 Bangladeshis, who have been languishing in different prisons and shelter homes of Indian southern state of Kerala.
