violence
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD 2024 / What it means to be a girl
To be a girl means being silent while our world is burning.
I reject the minority tag. Here is why
The face of the minority keeps changing depending on national borders.
Whom is the propaganda on X for?
The disinformation game is now increasingly a part of our political makeup.
POETRY / The song of freedom
the bullet hole/ in my brother's chest/ unfolds like a pandora's box
Quota reform protests / The government should take responsibility for its mistakes
The government wasted time while the violence continued.
Sudan crisis explained: Why wars are not a matter of the past
To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.
A monologue on the beasts among us
As I stand before the heap of fresh meat, my thoughts turn to the slain politician who was hacked to death
Checking Violence Against Women: Govt app sees only six rescue pleas in about six years
The government’s “Joy” app, developed with a budget of Tk 45 lakh to tackle violence against women and children during emergencies, received only six rescue requests in five years and nine months.
Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield
Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail
MK Anwar sent to jail in Comilla
A Comilla court sends BNP standing committee member MK Anwar to jail in a case filed for petrol bomb attack on a bus in the district earlier this year.
Unicef condemns violence on children
The UN body on children condemns violence against children and lauds media efforts in bringing such incidents to light.
Girl gang-raped in Dhaka
A female worker is gang-raped allegedly by one of her colleagues and his two cohorts in Uttara area of Dhaka.
‘IS bombings’ kill 120 in Iraq on Eid day
A car bomb kills 120 people and injures at least 130 at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said.
Violence against women treated as lesser crime: Angelina Jolie
Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie, addressing the African Union summit, has called for more global support to end violence against women around the world.
SC halts HC order on Rajshahi city mayor
The apex court stays a High Court directive that halted the government’s suspension order of Rajshahi city Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul.
7 burnt as bus firebombed in Comilla
Police cannot say about the motive of the attack; probe body formed to investigate.
Hollywood actor Matt Dillon visits Rohingya camp (video)
American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims, visiting a camp for tens of thousands displaced by violence.
Brutal crimes shake society again
The country had become a “soft” state revealing itself to be completely incapable of fighting the forces of violence and terror. True, the patronage of criminals by politicians in the past and a demoralised police force pushed up the crime graph in the country.
PM wants UN chief to advise BNP to return to democratic politics
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her hope that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will suggest BNP to return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities.