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
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.
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
Tomorrow’s SSC exams on Friday
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for tomorrow will be held on February 20
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”
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.
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.
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.