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Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield
Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail
Bangladesh 22nd among conflict-ridden countries
Bangladesh ranks 22nd among the world’s 50 most conflict-ridden countries, according to an index by a US nonprofit.
Into the intersection of identity & violence
It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.
Essay / Old sins cast long shadows: A vivisection of communal harmony as Puja ends
We can’t just wish things away, we can’t disown parts of our culture and country because they don’t fit our particular ideal. That is a cop-out, an easy way out, that is claiming we are pristine, and the dirt lives elsewhere, claiming we are saints and that is not our sin.
Lawmakers Blinded by Power
Who gave them the license to brutalise their constituents?
“Response to insulting Prophet": Islamic State claims attack on Kabul Sikh temple
An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violence targeting minorities and places of worship.
Himmati Mai: Symbolic protest in response to widespread atrocities against women
Saturday afternoon witnessed a unique performance art at the city’s Shilpakala Academy Grounds, where 70 women across all generations and professions took to the streets for an hour to protest against the escalating abuse against women all over the world including Bangladesh.
Bachao: App to prevent sexual assault and rape
The Bachao App was created to help prevent rape, a crime that remains to be constantly on the rise. The Bachao app is an excellent initiative to fulfil this purpose. We should all contribute by registering as volunteer so that if the time comes, we can save someone from something horrible.
PM warns students against violence
Asking students to refrain from resorting to vandalism in educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would no longer tolerate such activities.
Violence lessens, not irregularities
The election to 614 union parishads in the third phase of UP polls yesterday saw some stray incidents of violence and electoral
10 killed in 3 months
Ten religious minority people were killed, 366 injured and eight women raped in the country in the first three months of this year, a
EC asks AL leaders to keep grassroots men from violence
The Election Commission asks some central leaders of ruling Awami League (AL) to issue directives to the party’s grassroots leaders and activists to refrain from committing violence and irregularities during the next phases of union parishad (UP) polls.
Breaching of polls rules, violence on
Breaching of electoral code of conduct and spates of violence continue in different districts, leaving one person dead, as the third phase of Union Parishad (UP) polls starts on day after tomorrow.
In Banshkhali, despair and panic is all
Md Shafiq, a 14-year-old boy from Pashchim Gondamara, somehow escaped from the police vehicle after being picked up from his house, but his elder brother Rafiq, also a teenager, could not.
EC, law enforcers praise each other
Though widespread violence and loss of dozens of lives marked the first two phases of union parishad polls, the Election Commission and the law enforcement agencies have praised each other for their respective roles.
Govt tries to dispel Banshkhali fear
The government has extended its full support for the coal-fired power plant to be set up in Banshkhali of Chittagong amid growing protests over the project and last week's clashes that left at least four people killed and scores more injured.
Scores injured in post-polls violence
At least 58 people, including six women, were injured and 45 houses and shops, some of them belonging to Hindus, were vandalised
All he wanted to see polls in his school
All he wanted was to see and enjoy the festivity of voting.
`Irregularities mar peaceful polls’
The overall achievement of the Election Commission in holding yesterday's union parishad polls peacefully has been marred by irregularities in some places, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said.
