January 1, 2022
Our children will be our saviours
Is it really 2022? How did 2021 go so fast? Was it because we had such high expectations and ended up facing one daunting catastrophe after another, that we didn’t realise that the days had turned...
September 27, 2021
‘I’m not a wall that divides. I’m a crack in that wall.’
Feminist icon, educator, and author Kamla Bhasin passed away on September 25, 2021, at the age of 75. The Daily Star pays tribute to her rich legacy by reprinting an interview first published in 2016.
May 6, 2021
Victim blaming is a crime. Who are its abettors?
It would have gone unnoticed as another suicide of a heart-broken young woman, a forgettable statistic among the thousands of desperate individuals taking their own lives to escape some harsh...
April 25, 2021
Airborne transmissions could be the next new battle
The latest report in The Lancet, one of the most well-known international medical journals, on how Covid-19 spreads, is a real shocker.
January 1, 2021
Are we looking at a hug-less world?
I have to confess, one of the most frustrating things I have had to face during The Year of Covid-19 is having to restrain myself from hugging people.
November 21, 2020
The MP’s words are an insult to all women
One would think it to be the rantings of a madman had it not been the words of a parliamentarian—that feminists are to blame for the rape incidents across the country.
October 6, 2020
Has the Noakhali gang rape shaken us enough?
By now, many people have already watched the video. Others could only stomach the transcript, also shared on social media.
September 4, 2020
Air travel in the time of corona is surreal
I don’t know why I was expecting that I would not be fazed at embarking on a journey across the Atlantic at a time when just stepping out of my bedroom had the potential to kill me.
August 18, 2020
Remembering Murtaja Baseer: The master of ‘abstract realism’
At 75, Murtaja Baseer is as agile and hyperactive as a child, with a mind as sharp and clear. In his cosy apartment in Manipuripara, Baseer eagerly shows his oil paintings stacked against the walls...
July 10, 2020
A distressfully uncertain future created by the latest US foreign student guideline
Monday July 6 proved to arrive with ominous news for international students studying in the US, some of them still in the US, others back home for the summer as well as those who were scheduled to...