violence

Our propensity for violence and the elements that foster it

With crumbling institutions built on fragile principles, power has been co-opted.

The hope is not there

It feels wrong in myriad ways to say that hope isn’t there when an autocrat fell

World Children’s Day / Helping street children requires a holistic, evidence-based approach

The focus of local governments should be ensuring that child protection protection services are prioritised.

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.

March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015

2 hurt in 14-party rally blasts

Two people were injured in crude bomb explosions during a rally of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Hazaribaghin Dhaka.

March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015

Rizvi on fresh remand

A Dhaka court granted a fresh two-day remand for BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed in an arson case filed with Mirpur Police Station

March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015

Diplomats for de-escalating political conflict

A group of foreign diplomats including US and EU ambassadors has emphasised on the de-escalation of political conflict for the sake of human rights and democracy in Bangladesh.

March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015

Foreign powers linked to violence: Matia

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,

March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015

Tomorrow’s SSC exams postponed

(SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow have been postponed following extension hartal.

March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015

Ctg lawyers to attend court for 3 hrs during hartals

Chittagong Bar Association decided that the lawyers in Chittagong will attend courts for three hours during hartal days, a meeting of the Chittagong Bar Association decided

March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015

Hartal extended till 6am Friday

Hartal by 20 party alliance has been extended till 6:00am Friday demanding fresh election under a non-party administration

March 3, 2015
March 3, 2015

The idea of hope in times of despair

FARIA was only sixteen and like any other teenager, had dreams, innocent aspirations and hopes. On Facebook, she shared her moments of happiness, optimism and confusion, but rarely her despair. Her father's world revolved around her happiness and he had a promise to keep -- a trip to Cox's Bazaar after Faria turns sixteen. Seemingly oblivious of any hazard, he decided to take the long journey with his wife and daughter from Jessore to the sea resort by bus, the only means of transport he could afford.

March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015

Journo among 4burnt in Dhaka firebomb attack

At least four people, including a journalist, are burnt in a firebomb attack on a bus at Banasree in Dhaka

March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015

6 crude bomb explosions in front of Dhaka New Market, 3 injured

Miscreants exploded six crude bombs in front of the New Market in Dhaka injuring at least three people