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
Muslim Brotherhood follows Maududi's ideology: UK report
Jamaat-e-Islami founder Maududi's takfiri ideology that permits use of “extreme violence” for establishing Islam in the society was adopted and followed by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, a UK review reveals.
Living with old memories
For 91 days from January 5 to April 5 last year, there was hardly a single day when innocent people were not burnt to death or injured in arson attacks on public transports. Some lost their loved ones, others their lone bread earners during the longest spell of horror allegedly carried out by the BNP-led coalition, protesting the January 5, 2014, elections.
I blame my fate
For 91 days from January 5 to April 5 last year, there was hardly a single day when innocent people were not burnt to death or injured in arson attacks on public transports. Some lost their loved ones, others their lone bread earners during the longest spell of horror allegedly carried out by the BNP-led coalition, protesting the January 5, 2014, elections.
Abbas lands in jail after surrender
A Dhaka court sends BNP standing committee members Mirza Abbas to jail after his surrender before it in connection with two violence cases.
Ashraf calls upon BNP to do peaceful politics
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam calls upon BNP to return to the path of peaceful politics and shun the path of violence while addressing a rally at Bangabandhu Avenue celebrating the second anniversary of January 5 general elections.
They all care about democracy
The month of January has come again, starting a new year with new hopes and new promises. But it makes no difference to those stuck in a circle of pain, sorrow and uncertainties resulted from the unprecedented violence last year.
AL too plans ‘programme’ for Jan 5
After BNP announced to hold a rally in Dhaka on Tuesday to protest the January 5 elections, ruling Awami League says they will also “hold programmes” on the same day. Thereby, again, the rival parties have called for holding programmes on the election anniversary with contrasting views – that ended up in violence and death of over a 100 people last year.
2 more killed in election violence
Two more people who were injured in clashes during Wednesday's municipal election in Barguna and Kishoreganj died from their wounds yesterday.
752 raped in 2015, says ASK
A number of 752 women were raped and 94 others became victims of rape attempts in 2015, according to a report of Ain o Salish Kendra.
Municipal polls: Farmer hurt in Barguna clash dies
An elderly man who is injured in a clash during yesterday’s municipality elections in Barguna succumbs to his wounds.