When there is harm hidden behind help
'Biggest threat to animal welfare in Bangladesh are overenthusiastic activists'
2 July 2025, 03:22 AM
Bangladesh must change to protect its women
Progress limps while women bleed, and no one seems to care.
2 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Empowered or enraged: What are we really doing with the internet?
The ability not just to use technology but to understand, interpret, and engage with it wisely is glaringly absent from our collective behaviour
24 June 2025, 05:44 AM
What is paedophilia and why Bangladesh should be concerned
In Bangladesh, nearly nine out of every 10 rapes in the first four months of this year involved children.
19 June 2025, 05:00 AM
‘Utshob’ and the art of tenderness
For anyone who grew up “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, “Utshob” is a warm wave of nostalgia. For those raised in 1990s Bangladesh -- whether or not they’re familiar with Dickens -- the film offers a loving nod to the dramas and films of that era. And even for viewers with no emotional ties to either Dickens or the 90s, this film still feels like a two-hour-long hug, a very warm one.
15 June 2025, 11:15 AM
For how long must women endure cyberattacks?
Despite the legal provisions in place to punish such actions, many victims find themselves powerless to pursue justice.
9 June 2025, 09:00 AM
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?
6 June 2025, 06:02 AM
Are we really going to let our children be raped?
How many broken bodies, how many babies torn apart, how many headlines soaked in blood will it take before this nation wakes up?
25 May 2025, 05:57 AM
Let’s not send our biodiversity to the museum
Bangladesh's efforts to conserve biodiversity remain lukewarm.
22 May 2025, 04:00 AM
World bee day: The hum beneath our harvests
In a country where rice paddies stretch endlessly and mustard fields glow golden, the soft hum of bees often fills the air. These tiny creatures -- nature’s most vital workers -- are the quiet pulse beneath our harvests.
19 May 2025, 18:20 PM
Is it okay to hurt animals just because they are not human?
Psychologists call this speciesism -- the deeply ingrained, culturally taught prejudice that human life is the only one that matters
14 May 2025, 05:41 AM
The monsters we make
On 10 May, a man brutally assaulted two women with a belt in full public view at the Munshiganj river terminal
13 May 2025, 04:35 AM
The language of oppression against women
In countless homes across this region and beyond, patriarchy does not always arrive with fists raised.
5 May 2025, 11:31 AM
Why rape happens
Sexual desire or show of power?
28 April 2025, 08:32 AM
The dark economy of child beggars
Across South Asia, children are trafficked, crippled, and discarded—all so someone can pocket loose change from your car window.
27 April 2025, 02:00 AM
A legal notice that proves the need for what it seeks to ban
Sex education is not vulgarity. It is survival
25 April 2025, 09:53 AM
Are we truly against discrimination?
“Students Against Discrimination” (SAD) sounded like a dream when we first heard about it.
10 April 2025, 03:00 AM
From struggle to success the Nujiang story
On March 12, the 10-member journalist delegation from Bangladesh, of which I was a part, held a seminar with academicians and professors at the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences in China’s Kunming city.
4 April 2025, 18:00 PM
The silent struggles of adolescence
Jamie believed his actions were justified because social media had distorted his sense of right and wrong, making him think harming a woman who mistreated him was acceptable
30 March 2025, 05:09 AM
How China’s green energy strategy can inspire Bangladesh
Shifting towards green energy would significantly improve our air quality.
28 March 2025, 06:00 AM