The author is a Sub Editor, News Desk at The Daily Star
Despite the legal provisions in place to punish such actions, many victims find themselves powerless to pursue justice.
Are we so far gone that even a creature's panic, its last attempt at life, is turned into viral entertainment?
How many broken bodies, how many babies torn apart, how many headlines soaked in blood will it take before this nation wakes up?
Bangladesh's efforts to conserve biodiversity remain lukewarm.
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.
Psychologists call this speciesism -- the deeply ingrained, culturally taught prejudice that human life is the only one that matters
On 10 May, a man brutally assaulted two women with a belt in full public view at the Munshiganj river terminal
In countless homes across this region and beyond, patriarchy does not always arrive with fists raised.
Despite the legal provisions in place to punish such actions, many victims find themselves powerless to pursue justice.
Are we so far gone that even a creature's panic, its last attempt at life, is turned into viral entertainment?
How many broken bodies, how many babies torn apart, how many headlines soaked in blood will it take before this nation wakes up?
Bangladesh's efforts to conserve biodiversity remain lukewarm.
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.
Psychologists call this speciesism -- the deeply ingrained, culturally taught prejudice that human life is the only one that matters
On 10 May, a man brutally assaulted two women with a belt in full public view at the Munshiganj river terminal
In countless homes across this region and beyond, patriarchy does not always arrive with fists raised.
Sexual desire or show of power?
Across South Asia, children are trafficked, crippled, and discarded—all so someone can pocket loose change from your car window.