Opinion
ESSAY / Ali Riaz’s ‘More than Meets the Eye’ and a writer’s responsibility
Writers and intellectuals are obligated to stir moral indignation at gross injustices and the plight of the masses.
Why Randomised Controlled Trials need to include human agency
There’s a buzz abroad in the development community around a new way to tackle extreme poverty. For exemple BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) programme combines asset transfers (usually livestock), cash stipends, and intensive mentoring to women and families in extreme poverty in order to help them “graduate” into more sustainable livelihoods within two years.
After Bhola / Five takes on the proliferation of fake news to instigate communal unrest and its larger political implications
Violence in Bhola preceded with a familiar pattern of events, blaming a member of a religious minority for demeaning Islam, creating a frenzy and then mobilising the angry people to the street.
A BAN ON STUDENT POLITICS / Cutting the head to cure a headache?
Speaking as a representative of the students, I want to reiterate that the BUET students are demanding that only party politics be banned on campus—not student politics in general. To be more specific, they are demanding the ban of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
A Vices’ circle
I don’t know whether to call it luck that we get to witness the development of a brand-new English phrase right under our noses. The
From victims to villains: The changing discourse on Rohingyas
Yet another attempt to send Rohingyas back to Myanmar ended up in an embarrassing debacle last week: Not a single Rohingya
Opinion / Neoliberal apologetics: The fallacy of boycotting meat to save the Amazon
This week, the tragic news that massive wildfires are raging in the Amazon has shocked the world. As photos of burning trees, fleeing
Opinion / The one thing missing from the conversation
What Priya Saha cited to Donald Trump is a statistical fallacy, and downright irresponsible, but what is way more problematic was our reaction to it.
The Birth of a Panopticon State
When the Awami League came to power in 2008, it was amidst the backdrop of a real possibility of military rule entrenching once ...
Bangladesh's Day of Infamy
November 3, 1975. At around 4 am some soldiers with full combat postures demanded entrance into Dhaka Central Jail. Seeing the armed men, the baffled jail officials, called the then Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (DIG, Prison) Abdul Awal. Abdul became
A Talk about Energy
Energy security is one of the most vital issues the world is currently facing. Energy, being one of the key sources of progress, is in very
Accepting Identities
When in 2014, the government officially declared the hijras to be the third gender in Bangladesh, the hijra community did the victory dance.
The Victims of Impunity
Throughout this year Bangladesh has been in a spell of targeted killings and assassinations, one after the other, has shocked its people
10 Inspiring Women of Literature
There are many female characters in the world of literature worth looking up to. Every new book will have at least one woman who every girl aspires to be like.
Peace 101
The recent protest carried out by students of private universities was met with victory as the Finance Ministry issued a statement saying the VAT imposed on Private Education will be withdrawn.
Our Future at stake
A few weeks ago, the nation witnessed a shocking incident. Some youths, so called members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), assaulted some of the most reputed scholars of our country in the premises of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).
Korvi Rakshand Named Asia 21 Young Leader by Asia Society
Korvi Rakshand Dhrubo has been named by Asia Society as part of the Class of 2015 Asia 21 Young Leaders, the preeminent network of young leaders from across the Asia Pacific, representing the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
100 Smiles
The annual event of 100 Smiles returned to 11 zones of Dhaka on July 13, 2015. Launched in 2010 by One Degree Initiative, the flagship project is designed to gather underprivileged children from different zones around the city and organise a festive Eid for them.