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
Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson
A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.
1 killed in Natore AL infighting
A local activist of the ruling Awami League has been killed and five others injured during infighting at Natore’s Singra upazila.
Indonesia's Aceh province tears down churches after religious violence
Authorities in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday began tearing down several small Christian churches after hardline Muslims demanded their closure.
Gunman kills Israeli soldier as diplomats seek calm
In the latest unrest, an Israeli soldier is killed in a shooting at a bus station in the southern city of Beersheba, the first such attack after a day in which violence seemed to somewhat ebb.
Bogra medical college shut after BCL infighting
Authorities have shut Ziaur Rahman Medical College in Bogra for an indefinite period after an infighting of the college’s BCL.
New kind of violence undid BCB plans
Ultimately it was the killing of an Italian national in Dhaka by unknown perpetrators that is believed, within the BCB, to have led to Australia calling off their tour of Bangladesh.
Army Ranger uses GoPro to document domestic abuse claim
An army ranger straps a GoPro to his waist and records footage which proved his claims of domestic violence, reports Fox News.
Gunmen kidnap tourists, local woman in Philippines
Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman have been kidnapped from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines, the military has said.
10 dead in Pakistan bus stop blast
At least 10 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a bus terminal in the Pakistani city of Multan, officials say.
I am a proud 36-year-old: Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan feels that the reason women are wary of revealing their age is because of the pressure to look young in a "youth obsessed society".