censorship
The hurdles to academic freedom in Bangladesh
In the current Bangladeshi scenario, even core academic and intramural speeches are not well protected by the constitutional regime.
Voices in captivity
To justify the restrictions, governments run a fear factory.
A youth forced to censor their thoughts
It is a well-known fact that politicians seek to retain power once they attain it.
How can abuse of privacy be legal?
Authorities must address concerns about the draft Data Protection Act
Navigating cancel culture in the literary world
Cancel culture is best treated as a collective decision to minimise the cultural influence a person and their work have moving forward.
Film Censor Board to be abolished in the future?
On a global scale, there are very few Censor Boards, rather it is more common for countries to have Certification Boards.
The problem with social media censorship
The implementation of censorship laws on social media leaves more questions than it answers.
Opinion / How censorship is hampering the Bangladesh film industry
The fact that any movie has to go through so many hurdles to tell the story they want to tell will never make for a healthy scene for films in this country.
Hopes, disappointments and this year’s Ekushey Boi Mela
"I don’t believe that we will get redress from the government in this matter. The only way out is a total reform of the state": Altaf Parvez, writer and researcher.
The hurdles to academic freedom in Bangladesh
In the current Bangladeshi scenario, even core academic and intramural speeches are not well protected by the constitutional regime.
Voices in captivity
To justify the restrictions, governments run a fear factory.
A youth forced to censor their thoughts
It is a well-known fact that politicians seek to retain power once they attain it.
How can abuse of privacy be legal?
Authorities must address concerns about the draft Data Protection Act
Navigating cancel culture in the literary world
Cancel culture is best treated as a collective decision to minimise the cultural influence a person and their work have moving forward.
Film Censor Board to be abolished in the future?
On a global scale, there are very few Censor Boards, rather it is more common for countries to have Certification Boards.
The problem with social media censorship
The implementation of censorship laws on social media leaves more questions than it answers.
How censorship is hampering the Bangladesh film industry
The fact that any movie has to go through so many hurdles to tell the story they want to tell will never make for a healthy scene for films in this country.
Hopes, disappointments and this year’s Ekushey Boi Mela
"I don’t believe that we will get redress from the government in this matter. The only way out is a total reform of the state": Altaf Parvez, writer and researcher.
Why I disagree with ‘Bangaleer Mediocrityr Shondhane’, the book that got Adarsha banned from Boi Mela
Where Faham Abdus Salam calls Bengalis mediocre, in my soon-to-be-published book, Before You Shame My People, I see Bangladeshis as a highly promising nation of tortured people who, at the same time, have dissented against and been crushed by the powers of colonialism, imperialism, and an ancestral and oligarchical political system.
