Five hours of work, three hours of gratitude
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion
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
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
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
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
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
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
Opinion / Why are young men becoming so violent?
There is a staggering lack of empathy, respect, and compassion in our society, which has seeped into many of our young people.
30 April 2025, 02:00 AM
What will it take to be Smart Bangladesh?
What more will we achieve through being 'smart'?
22 December 2022, 18:27 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
Education minister’s comments against bigotry are commendable
It is not always that we see a politician making comments that criticise misogyny and bigotry.
1 September 2022, 11:54 AM
The Narsingdi incident was a hate crime against a woman, plain and simple
How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?
18 August 2022, 16:12 PM
Price hike: Don’t worry, be happy – no matter what
If things are bad, there must be a good reason for it.
11 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Where death follows too closely
Experts and road safety activists scream themselves hoarse calling for the basics.
30 July 2022, 14:55 PM
Who is entitled to 'hurt religious sentiments'?
Apparently, only the majoritarian population experience hurt sentiments – minority communities have no sentiments to be hurt.
19 July 2022, 15:00 PM
Youth Violence: The definition of ‘boro bhai’ needs to change
Could our grossly unequal society be to blame?
14 July 2022, 16:00 PM
How late can a Late Lateef be?
For most guests of honour at seminars, inaugurations or book launches, if they are VIPs, being on time is unthinkable. The norm is to arrive at least an hour later than the stipulated time, while the other guests and participants huff and puff with exasperation and then speak well over the allotted time.
7 July 2022, 15:59 PM
Faraaz’s message to the world
Stumbling across a post on the meaning of “Faraaz”, I was taken aback by the qualities attributed to this name – “someone full of love”, one who “creates balance and harmony for anyone lucky enough to be called his friend”.
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Why I’m a fan of Ananta Jalil
But not because of the logic-defying stunts in AJ's latest movie venture, Din: The Day. It's because of Ananta Jalil, the human being.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM
How do we get the goons out of the EVM booths?
The recent eruption of political activity, and hence political news centred on city corporation elections has again livened up the dull, drab political stage of recent times.
16 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Prices of machetes, bamboo and iron rods to go up?
It may seem like an odd assortment of items to be afflicted by the inflationary fever currently in circulation, but following the basic rules of economics—when demand goes up, with existing supply, prices will go up in a free market
3 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Besides the PK Halder saga
Food prices have been keeping us awake at night, making some of us seriously rethink our diets.
20 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Being a non-VIP at Dhaka airport is no fun
The adviser to the prime minister on private industry and investment, Salman F Rahman, recently expressed his dissatisfaction about the way our airport in Dhaka has been handling passengers, referring to allegations of staff members taking bribes and harassing them.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM