Freedom
World Freedom Day / Freedom is more than the absence of oppression
Dissent in Bangladesh has been met with hostility, with individuals being labelled as traitors or enemies of the state for expressing opposing views.
FICTION / Shadhin
Sumedha replied with annoyance, "I will make him say the words. It's so simple, 'Apni kemon achhen, bhalo?' Why can't he say it?"
#Arts / Rickshaw art turn Dhaka University walls into an art gallery
On 13 August 2024, the Bangladesh Rickshaw Art Society transformed the walls near Sheikh Russel Tower at the Dhaka University campus into a vibrant canvas of rickshaw art.
#Perspective / The many faces of freedom
Freedom is something chased by many yet fully grasped by surprisingly few. In Bangladesh, where the echoes of the Liberation War still pulsate strongly in the hearts of its people, freedom takes on various forms and meanings depending on whom you ask.
POETRY / The song of freedom
the bullet hole/ in my brother's chest/ unfolds like a pandora's box
POETRY / Rebel is a letter in red
Where voices unite, a chorus strong, / Demanding justice, righting wrong
REFLECTIONS / Byting wisely: The varying narratives of nationalism and independence
So in the spirit of Independence, I urge my reader to exercise independence of consumption—to question what you are buying, what you are reading, what you are watching, and which of these you are really given the freedom to choose.
POETRY / Losing An Arm
It said, my body was no longer needed. / “This is the age of freedom. Let me go, and explore.”
Freedom without justice
If we believe that things will fall into place by just letting them take their course, we will end up with multiple catastrophes.
An invaluable study of Bangladesh's political history
"In Fool’s Paradise" is aptly named as it gives us a glimpse of post-independence Bangladesh, a young nation still struggling to find its identity amidst post-war blows.
Arms for freedom
It was truly a fight between David and Goliath in 1971. The Mukti Bahini fighters fought the war armed with a collection of old and worn out weapons against the mighty Pakistan army, supposedly one of the best armed forces of the time.
My freedom of expression is probably threatened: Imran
Gonojagoron Mancha leader Imran H Sarker says his freedom of expression has been probably threatened as he talked in favour of the right.
Free media vital for democracy
The power of the press always overcomes the power to suppress, former Amnesty International chief Irene Z Khan has said.
Women on the move
Bangladesh hasn't ratified the Domestic Workers Act itself, making it difficult for the government to require the same of destination countries.
Obama vows to defeat 'new phase' of terrorist threat
US President Barack Obama lays out the most sweeping defense yet of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no US policy shift to confront what he called a "new phase" in the terrorist threat after a mass shooting in California.
Ensure freedom of NHRC: Mizanur
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman calls upon the government to take steps to ensure freedom of the commission.
Govt using state to curb media: Report
The ruling party in Bangladesh is using state mechanisms to curb the media, says a report published by London-based rights group Article 19.
Interview: Guerrilla Fighter Shahzaman
Shahzaman Mozumder Bir Protik goes back to the heroic days of our 1971 Liberation War and tells the story of the battle of Ashuganj and the Muktibahini's march towards Dhaka.