Aasha Mehreen Amin

Aasha Mehreen Amin

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Aasha Mehreen Amin is joint editor at The Daily Star.

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.

1w ago

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?

2m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

3m ago

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.

4m ago

Digital technology can bring clarity to the July-August atrocities

ITJP's documentary provides evidentiary insights into the July uprising atrocities.

7m ago

Why 2025 is a crucial year for Bangladesh

Let us recap some of the most critical lessons of 2024 as we look forward to 2025.

8m ago

Seeing Bangladesh through Andrew Eagle’s eyes

You didn’t expect someone like Andrew, who would have turned only 50 this December 16, to exit the world so abruptly.

8m ago
May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024

World leaders are disconnected from the youth

Student protestors are calling out the double standards of Western powers

April 5, 2024
April 5, 2024

Rokia Afzal Rahman: A leader with a quiet strength

Perhaps it is no coincidence that she shared her name with Begum Rokeya, the pioneer of women’s emancipation in the Indian subcontinent during British rule.

March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Kindness gives life its biggest dividends

The history of civilisation has shown that humans survive when they are part of a community.

March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024

The poor’s debt burden gets heavier

The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.

March 8, 2024
March 8, 2024

A glimpse into the crazy, irrational mind of a woman

Women are crazy because they set the bar ridiculously high for themselves, with no thought of self-preservation.

February 2, 2024
February 2, 2024

How entitled are you?

Entitlement is a bad habit that few of us can escape.

January 19, 2024
January 19, 2024

When the mind gets foggier than the weather

There is an explanation, however infuriating, to each of the delightful conundrums in public work.

December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023

Of the AL, for the AL, and by the AL

AL-nominated and AL independent candidates will have enough AL supporters to represent a decent voter turnout.

December 8, 2023
December 8, 2023

Images you cannot unsee

We will remember the faces of the smiling Gazan children and their families in the photos—the faces of people who have been wiped out for no fault of their own.

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

Where do we go from here?

In Dhaka, the designated streets occupied by BNP looked like a battlefield.