Reporter, Print/Digital, The Daily Star
Our hospitals exist to heal bodies, not feed egos
When was the last time you saw more than 23000 people packed into a stadium for a Bangladesh football match? When did fans last beg for tickets, attempt to break through gates, and prompt an army intervention?
In Bangladesh, one does not need to teach a generation, invent a cure for a disease, feed the hungry, or fight for justice to be honoured. In this country, respect comes cheaper
This is not a mere collapse of law and order. It is a slow but certain decay of democracy
Despite pledging special attention to education and health, the government has proposed only slight increases in allocations for both sectors in the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025–26.
This was targeted violence, against women, by men who knew exactly what they were doing
When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line
Our hospitals exist to heal bodies, not feed egos
When was the last time you saw more than 23000 people packed into a stadium for a Bangladesh football match? When did fans last beg for tickets, attempt to break through gates, and prompt an army intervention?
In Bangladesh, one does not need to teach a generation, invent a cure for a disease, feed the hungry, or fight for justice to be honoured. In this country, respect comes cheaper
This is not a mere collapse of law and order. It is a slow but certain decay of democracy
Despite pledging special attention to education and health, the government has proposed only slight increases in allocations for both sectors in the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025–26.
This was targeted violence, against women, by men who knew exactly what they were doing
"Dhaka has become one big group project, where everyone's angry"
When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line
The government has decided to form a search committee to recommend vice-chancellors, pro-VCs, and treasurers for public universities. But educationists are criticising the timing and intent of the move as most of these top positions in at least 47 universities have already been filled.
At Joymontop village in Manikganj, a long-held dream is starting to become reality. A reality where cancer patients would no longer suffer in silence or lose their life because of poverty.