World Environment Day / Why change must start with people

On World Environment Day, the conversation around plastic pollution takes centre stage.

‘Recovery of NPLs overseas will strengthen Bangladesh’s banking sector’

Wieger Wielinga, managing director of Omni Bridgeway, speaks with The Daily Star breaking down the concept of litigation funding.

Why victims must lead Bangladesh’s truth commission

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission must be inclusive, holistic and sustainable.

Beat a woman, become a hero

Garlands around their necks, broad smiles on their faces, motorbikes revving behind them, and a crowd of cheerleaders to welcome them—as if justice has finally prevailed with their innocence established. Only, it hasn't

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When mercy is missing from sacrifice

Are we so far gone that even a creature's panic, its last attempt at life, is turned into viral entertainment?

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Why change must start with people

On World Environment Day, the conversation around plastic pollution takes centre stage.

1d ago

Whose feminism is it anyway? : Lessons from the gender reform uproar

In Bangladesh, liberal feminism has long been perceived as centring on the secular, urban woman as its ideal.

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World Environment Day: A story of memory and nature

There are people who protect our little spaces so that they can be green again.

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‘Recovery of NPLs overseas will strengthen Bangladesh’s banking sector’

Wieger Wielinga, managing director of Omni Bridgeway, speaks with The Daily Star breaking down the concept of litigation funding.

1d ago

The budget was a missed chance to honour the revolution

This budget failed to redefine the role of the state and mark a departure from inequality and patronage.

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Weaponising hunger: An anatomy of Israel’s war crime

It is a coordinated policy that uses food as leverage.

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The curious case of the déjà flu

Covid is rising again—slowly, stealthily, like your relatives during iftar.

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Freedom in the sky?: The limits of satellite internet in Bangladesh

If we invest in satellite internet without also reforming the political culture, we will have treated the symptom, not the disease.

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