ICJ ruling puts current global order on trial
The main question now is to what extent the ICJ order will create pressure on Israel’s allies.
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We must radically reimagine girls’ rights
Even in 2023, there are a number of very basic rights that Bangladeshi girls don't have.
6m ago
No more aid and no real solutions
Despite the international recognition, the global outpouring of support (at the time), and the crisis in Myanmar that has now escalated into civil war – the world seems to have moved on.
8m ago
Too unsafe to even play football?
Latest attack lays bare the relentless gendered violence faced by Bangladeshi women.
8m ago
What is the fracas on the Barishal uni question paper really about?
A Dhallywood dialogue recently created a social media storm by cropping up in a more unusual place: a question paper for Bangladesh Studies in the University of Barishal, where students were asked to examine it in the “light of British hegemony in the Indian subcontinent.”
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Forget the coronation, let’s talk about colonialism
Will the new king finally apologise for the atrocities committed in the name of the crown?
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January 22, 2023
The cold doesn't kill people. Bad policies do.
It seems grossly inappropriate that in a country on its way to achieving middle-income status, there are still people dying from poverty.
December 30, 2022
How did Bangladeshi women fare in 2022?
Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face
December 8, 2022
‘Change laws that undermine women’s position in the family’
Barrister Sara Hossain speaks on where we go next in dealing with violence against women in Bangladesh
December 5, 2022
‘University campuses are still mainly male-dominated spaces’
Prof Gitiara Nasreen of Dhaka University speaks on campus sexual harassment and media’s role in normalising sexual violence
November 27, 2022
Ongkur: Farhana Satu’s photography exhibition opens at the Asiatic Centre, Banani
If you had magical powers, what would you want to be? This question is likely to come up quite often in conversations with children. However, it takes on a new dimension when asked to children diagnosed with cancer. What does a little person struggling with such big problems dream of? This was the question that photographer Farhana Satu posed to her subjects, from which was born her latest exhibition, Ongkur.
November 17, 2022
Spare Fardin the burden of social judgement
During criminal investigations, the police and media need to do their bit to avoid a public trial
November 10, 2022
HSC question paper is merely a symptom of communalism
A progressive education system is necessary to root out communalism from society
November 4, 2022
Guerrilla Hafiz and the freedom fighters we have failed
Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition
October 29, 2022
Why is workplace safety for women such a big ask?
The truth is that women are at risk of violence regardless of whether they work in homes, factories, fields or offices.
October 1, 2022
Game of Seats: Eden College ugliness exposes the rot in student politics
According to media reports, there are around 3,310 seats at halls but at least 12,000 students unlawfully inhabit them, with up to 12-15 students living in one room.
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