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.

February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015

‘EU team not concerned about HR situation’

The visiting EU parliamentary delegation did not express any concerns about the human rights situation in Bangladesh, claimed State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam.

February 18, 2015
February 18, 2015

Ashraf links ongoing violence to global terrorism

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says country's ongoing violence is part of global terrorist activities by religious fundamentalists.

February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015

Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina seeks cooperation to contain violence

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks all-out cooperation from all in rooting out militancy, terrorism from the country

February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015

Bangladesh crisis in the mirror of historical sociology

ENOUGH has already been written, discussed and debated on the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh, especially with regard to the usefulness of a meaningful dialogue between Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to resolve the crisis, albeit in the short term. However, all the unsolicited advice seems to have gone down the Buriganga, which is also as polluted as Bangladesh politics.

February 15, 2015
February 15, 2015

BNP welcomes talks move

Six days into a group of civil society members proposed for holding a national dialogue to end the political standoff, the BNP says it would welcome such initiative

February 14, 2015
February 14, 2015

Tomorrow’s SSC exams on Friday

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow will be held on February 20

February 13, 2015
February 13, 2015

20-party threatens of ‘law flouting programme’

BNP-led 20-party alliance threatens to go for “law flouting programme and non-cooperation movement” against the government’s “repressive acts”

February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015

No dialogue but tria, says PM

Reiterating that there will be no dialogue with criminals and militants like BNP-Jamaat alliance, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issues warning that they would be put on trial for their militant acts.

February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015

Anonymous people and the insidious logic of petrol bomb terror

POLITICAL violence is as old as the memory of our nationhood stretches back. Between the rise and fall of regimes, what appears again and again is the cycle of political violence.

February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015

Oborodhs and my holiday burnt to ashes

THE pressure was getting to me. Tomorrow was the last day of my exams, and if I did well I'd have a good feeling during the entire vacation.

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