How independent and effective is the NHRC?
11 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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The Curtain Call
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Analysis / Trends in Fire Incidents show Lapses in Government Action
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Infographics/Methodology / Mapping Our Many Mother Tongues
21 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Mental Health 101
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Girls Still Left Behind
11 October 2018, 18:00 PM
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The rise and silencing of a mass student movement
9 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Erased Desires - Of Disability and Sexuality
22 February 2018, 18:00 PM
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Corrupting a Generation
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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WORDS FOR THE YOUNG
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Eid on the Silver Screens
What can you do to make your Eid worth your while? What can be done to bring in the ultimate spunky twist? With colours, dramatic dialogues, fight scenes, the vavavooms and the ooh lalas?
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM
A Wild Struggle towards Home
Every year during Eid, millions of Bangladeshis rely on some 300 trains of Bangladesh Railway to reach home to spend their
23 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Dharmarajika's Act of Compassion
At the beginning of this Holy month of Ramadan, the internet exploded with a video going viral- but for good reason.
16 June 2016, 18:00 PM
The Brutal Experience
Dhaka's intense traffic congestion is brutal, an experience that, unfortunately, is now a daily event for Dhaka dwellers. According
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM
‘Shuttering’ Stereotypes
“Just by seeing the angle in which she is holding the camera, I can sense that she takes good pictures,” commented Satyajit Ray once on
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Dare To Lead
What do you think of when you hear the word ‘leadership’? Flip through the dictionary and you will find it says ‘The state or position of being a leader’.
26 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Be Your Own Begum
The fight we have been fighting, us women, has been a long and tedious one.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The (In)dispensables
In Bangladesh, we have a strange relationship with our domestic workers. From cooking to cleaning, we cannot think a day
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM
The Secrets of her Kitchen
Born on May 7, 1931, Siddiqua Kabir is a household name. It would be difficult to find anyone in Bangladesh who loves cooking and eating
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Gripped with Fear
With four murders to make the headlines within a span of three days, last week probably marked the beginning of the 'era of fear' within the people of
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM
In a State of Denial
The numbers in rape cases and sexual assaults have dramatically increased over the last few months in Bangladesh. In fact,
21 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Where is Home?
45 years ago, as a people celebrated their Independence, another group was deprived of all semblance of their freedom at the same time.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
The Big Six
Everyday we face problems. Commuting, house help, mishaps in the education system, corruption- these are everyday issues that
31 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Shaping a Nation
45 years on, do we still remember the core tenets of our autonomy? What did we want as a liberated Bangladesh? Were we successful in giving a state, a home and citizenship to those that needed it the most?
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Held Captive
Mental health is something that we seldom talk about. We don't see it, we can't touch it, we don't see any blood; how is it that mental
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Creating a Platform for Pathologists
There is a quote by Henry Brooks Adams, a famous American Historian that says, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM
The Woman Next Door
Every year on Women's Day, we like to compare and draw lines between the roles women played in the past few decades and the present.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM
The Forgotten Languages of Bangladesh
Every year we celebrate International Mother Language Day with much pomp and ceremony. However, in the very heart of Bangladesh,
25 February 2016, 18:00 PM
The next big contender
South Asian Games 2016 has been quite remarkable for Bangladeshi women athletes for a number of reasons. While our women swimmers
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Threading New Paths for South Asian Art
The 3rd edition of the Dhaka Art Summit produced by the Samdani Art Foundation was its most ambitious yet, with the platform evolving
11 February 2016, 18:00 PM