secularism

Women’s bodies, male privilege, and the enduring secularist/religious binary in Bangladesh

There are women who don't want to be in the middle of a duel between two groups who legitimise and co-produce each other.

Book Review: Nonfiction / The minority report in India

In Another India, Pratinav Anil unambiguously faults Nehruvian secularism—the very mantle championed by historians such as Mushirul Hasan for whom “the congress best represented the Muslim interests from the fifties on.”

"Even if one is guilty, none has the right to make an entire community suffer"

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, lawmaker from Narail-2 constituency and also former skipper of Bangladesh national cricket team, today (July 16, 2022) called upon all to maintain peace and work to ensure communal harmony, following attacks on Hindu community in Lohagora of Narail yesterday over a Facebook post that reportedly “hurt religious sentiments”.

How are we doing — as human beings?

It is one of the biggest paradoxes of present time — the contradiction of having the most remarkable advancements in technology with the most regressive developments in human civilisation.

Govt cheating with secularism tag: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that that the government is “cheating” people in the name of secularism.

Pakistani activist murdered in Karachi

A prominent Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Khurram Zaki, is shot dead in Karachi.

Govt moves to form media monitoring centre

The government has taken initiative to form a “media monitoring centre” to monitor news items published in different media, the information minister tells the parliament.

Amnesty urges action to stop attacks on secular activists

Amnesty International today urges the Bangladesh authorities to ensure protection of activists and writers who are under threat.

Editorial / Murder of Hindu priest

We vehemently condemn the attack on a Hindu temple and the murder of a priest, that too on a day which, for Bangladeshis, symbolises plurality, tolerance and secularism.

October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024

Women’s bodies, male privilege, and the enduring secularist/religious binary in Bangladesh

There are women who don't want to be in the middle of a duel between two groups who legitimise and co-produce each other.

August 28, 2023
August 28, 2023

The minority report in India

In Another India, Pratinav Anil unambiguously faults Nehruvian secularism—the very mantle championed by historians such as Mushirul Hasan for whom “the congress best represented the Muslim interests from the fifties on.”

July 16, 2022
July 16, 2022

"Even if one is guilty, none has the right to make an entire community suffer"

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, lawmaker from Narail-2 constituency and also former skipper of Bangladesh national cricket team, today (July 16, 2022) called upon all to maintain peace and work to ensure communal harmony, following attacks on Hindu community in Lohagora of Narail yesterday over a Facebook post that reportedly “hurt religious sentiments”.

September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018

How are we doing — as human beings?

It is one of the biggest paradoxes of present time — the contradiction of having the most remarkable advancements in technology with the most regressive developments in human civilisation.

June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017

Govt cheating with secularism tag: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that that the government is “cheating” people in the name of secularism.

May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016

Pakistani activist murdered in Karachi

A prominent Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Khurram Zaki, is shot dead in Karachi.

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

Govt moves to form media monitoring centre

The government has taken initiative to form a “media monitoring centre” to monitor news items published in different media, the information minister tells the parliament.

April 7, 2016
April 7, 2016

Amnesty urges action to stop attacks on secular activists

Amnesty International today urges the Bangladesh authorities to ensure protection of activists and writers who are under threat.

February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016

Murder of Hindu priest

We vehemently condemn the attack on a Hindu temple and the murder of a priest, that too on a day which, for Bangladeshis, symbolises plurality, tolerance and secularism.

January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016

The real face of Bangladesh - moderate, secular

The high-profile arrests and deportation of 27 Bangladeshi workers from Singapore for planning violent attacks overseas may have caused some Singaporeans to wonder about Bangladesh and its people. The truth is that the country is a secular, moderate nation with a Muslim-majority population.