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need for raising sons with good values

Opinion / Dear mothers, stop coddling your sons

If we want decent men, we must start by raising decent boys.
5 December 2025, 03:00 AM
5 December 2025, 03:00 AM
Jamaat-e-Islami statement on women employment

Five hours of work, three hours of gratitude

Lately, my newsfeed has been ablaze with outrage over certain remarks by the head of Jamaat-e-Islami. His latest statement is that if his party comes to power, women will work for five hours but be paid for eight, with the employers footing five, the government kindly covering the other three.
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Music teacher

Opinion / Without song, the soul is a desert

To argue that music causes moral decay is not only baseless—it’s dangerous.
22 September 2025, 02:00 AM
22 September 2025, 02:00 AM
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Threatening to gang-rape is not just vile, it’s a crime

Threats of repeated sexual violence subtly aim to intimidate and exclude women from public participation spaces
5 September 2025, 03:00 AM
5 September 2025, 03:00 AM
Domestic violence killing women in Bangladesh

Domestic violence in Bangladesh: When numbers speak of the silence

When we are informed that 133 women have been killed by their husbands in seven months, it is no longer just a number.
23 August 2025, 02:00 AM
23 August 2025, 02:00 AM
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Faraaz’s message of embracing humanity

If his life had not been so cruelly cut short, Faraaz Ayaz Hossain would have been a young man just waiting to enter his 30s. Would he, like his brother Zaraif, be working in his grandfather’s business alongside his mother Simeen Rahman, the current CEO of Transcom Group, who has had to live these nine years with the worst burden any parent could carry?
30 June 2025, 18:31 PM
30 June 2025, 18:31 PM
rising misogyny in Bangladesh

Opinion / The interim government’s silence over misogyny is tragic

There is chaos and dissent in every corner and no one seems to have a grip on anything.
30 May 2025, 03:00 AM
30 May 2025, 03:00 AM
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Reaction / Nusraat Faria’s arrest sends an ominous message to the people

This arrest is particularly jarring, even in this current environment where arbitrary murder cases are being filed against suspected AL sympathisers or beneficiaries.
20 May 2025, 06:29 AM
20 May 2025, 06:29 AM
Alien Day 2023

Why we can’t get enough of aliens

In the US, an alien is not just an extraterrestrial; it could simply mean someone from a foreign country.
27 April 2023, 15:00 PM
Age IS a number

Age IS a number – get over it

It’s always a bit of a jolt when one is reminded of one’s age.
21 April 2023, 09:00 AM
Leaders, beware of sycophants

Leaders, beware of sycophants

Being surrounded by sycophants is an occupational hazard for anyone who has some form of power.
13 April 2023, 16:00 PM
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury

A revolutionary’s journey

The first time I saw Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury was in 2007, for a story in our weekend magazine in The Daily Star, on his Nagar Hospital on Mirpur Road, where anyone, no matter how poor could get medical care at subisidised costs
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Sultana Jasmine

How did Sultana Jasmine die?

Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.
30 March 2023, 17:00 PM
Dhaka airport

Dhaka airport: A tale of grime and punishment

Be it uncleanliness, chaotic immigration lines, or unnecessary drama at baggage claim - our Dhaka airport has a lot to offer.
24 March 2023, 03:00 AM
Don’t underestimate the power of women cadres

Well done, BCL sisters!

When it comes to the BCL, ordinary laws do not apply as they are not "ordinary" people.
16 February 2023, 16:30 PM
Apathy in the city

Are we becoming a selfish, uncaring society?

Shemi’s ordeal proves that the ridiculously glamourised notion of the family being the guaranteed support system in drama series and films is grossly overstated.
9 February 2023, 15:00 PM
Deforestation

The ‘War on Trees’ is winning

Unlike the “War on Terror,” a script written and executed by US President George W Bush, the “War on Trees” has been far more successful.
26 January 2023, 11:52 AM
To catch a plagiarist

To catch a plagiarist

If the language is too flawless and the writer unknown, if the nit-picking editor cannot put a single mark on the script, chances are that it is too good to be true.
19 January 2023, 23:00 PM
AI-driven traffic signal system in Dhaka

Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?

Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”
12 January 2023, 18:17 PM
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In the game of big bucks, don’t be small fry

If you are ready to launder ill-gotten wealth, make sure it is in the thousands of crores – a few hundred crores is embarrassingly measly in this game of big bucks.
5 January 2023, 16:00 PM
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From an incorrigible New Year enthusiast

Let’s think of some out-of-the-box ways to tackle even the most formidable of problems.
31 December 2022, 18:37 PM
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What will it take to be Smart Bangladesh?

What more will we achieve through being 'smart'?
22 December 2022, 18:27 PM
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AL's strategy of intimidation may no longer be working

So far, whatever the ruling party has been doing is going in favour of the BNP. 
10 December 2022, 10:54 AM
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How women's secondary status encourages violence

The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society
24 November 2022, 15:00 PM
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News Analysis: An exam question to ignite bigotry

The bizarre and clearly communally inspired section in this year’s HSC Bangla question paper is a dangerous occurrence that could easily have been overlooked had it not been doing the rounds on social media.
10 November 2022, 02:30 AM
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The unbearable smugness of AI

My phone thinks it knows me better than I know myself – how preposterous! Or is it?
27 October 2022, 14:00 PM
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Why people want to leave Bangladesh

There are a litany of issues that make the lives of ordinary citizens difficult.
20 October 2022, 14:00 PM
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University of BCL

The BCL has demonstrated that their “power” lies in their licence to beat up anyone they want, anytime they want – academic decorum be damned.
13 October 2022, 10:47 AM

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