Tangila Tasnim

A total of 25 candidates are contesting for the post of assistant general secretary (AGS) in this year's Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election, scheduled for September 9.

For the first time in its history, the Ducsu polls will see the highest number of women vying for top positions, marking a significant shift in a space long dominated by men.

The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections are deeply entwined with Bangladesh’s student politics, historically shaping national movements from the 1952 Language Movement to the 1969 Mass Uprising and the 1971 Liberation War.

For the past decade, 18-year-old Raza has been wading through garbage to help his family survive.

With clenched fists and fierce voices, a group of fearless women stood before the locked gates of their residential halls on the night of July 14, 2024. There were no commands, no central leader -- only rage and a deep sense of injustice. They broke through the gates and poured into the streets.

The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance

Parul wails in anguish as she searches for her 3rd grader daughter Nusrat

Imagine a room full of eight teenage girls huddled around a computer, hands trembling, hearts racing -- all waiting for their SSC results.

S M Moon, a 24-year-old graphic design student and small business owner from Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area, faces a daily struggle just to move around the city.

Between January and April this year, 87.56 percent of reported rape victims with known ages were children