The government will be stronger with more women at the table
18 February 2026, 00:08 AM
Imagine a parliament and cabinet with a significant number of competent, capable, and honest women members.
18 February 2026, 00:08 AM
Why this election matters more than ever
11 February 2026, 23:16 PM
Despite many uncertainties and deep misgivings that weigh heavily on our minds, the excitement of voting this time is inescapable.
11 February 2026, 23:16 PM
Where teachers fear to tread
24 January 2026, 04:04 AM
The termination of two teachers of the University of Asia South Pacific (UAP), under pressure from groups of former and current students, on allegations of “Islamophobia” and being sympathisers of the ousted regime, is part of a disturbing trend.
24 January 2026, 04:04 AM
Opinion / Dear mothers, stop coddling your sons
5 December 2025, 03:00 AM
If we want decent men, we must start by raising decent boys.
5 December 2025, 03:00 AM
Five hours of work, three hours of gratitude
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Lately, my newsfeed has been ablaze with outrage over certain remarks by the head of Jamaat-e-Islami. His latest statement is that if his party comes to power, women will work for five hours but be paid for eight, with the employers footing five, the government kindly covering the other three.
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion / Without song, the soul is a desert
22 September 2025, 02:00 AM
To argue that music causes moral decay is not only baseless—it’s dangerous.
22 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Threatening to gang-rape is not just vile, it’s a crime
5 September 2025, 03:00 AM
Threats of repeated sexual violence subtly aim to intimidate and exclude women from public participation spaces
5 September 2025, 03:00 AM
Domestic violence in Bangladesh: When numbers speak of the silence
23 August 2025, 02:00 AM
When we are informed that 133 women have been killed by their husbands in seven months, it is no longer just a number.
23 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Looking for a HERO
After a very long time I have started to find heroes in our country. It isn't that they were not there, they always existed - it's just that I didn't know how to look for them.
20 May 2015, 18:00 PM
How to solve a stinking problem
The video a loved one sent me to cheer me up certainly did the trick. It was a very well edited documentary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs about a unique move to solve the problem of men using the walls of the city as public toilets.
9 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Most Needed and Most Neglected
ONE of the most cherished privileges many expat Bangladeshis miss about their motherland is the comfort of having others do all their household chores –
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Dhaka - A woman-unfriendly city
"This is not a woman-friendly city, dear mayoral aspirants. That is perhaps the most glaring parameter of failure of our consecutive governments."
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Driving reverse gear?
I have a recurring nightmare that plagues me every few months. While the circumstances are not always identical,
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Monuments of Greed
GREED is an ugly thing. To see just how grotesque it can be, just look up from your vehicle and try to get a broad view of the city as it spreads out in front of you.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The eerie sound of silence
IT'S almost like a ritual killing that will happen every now and then. The word 'blogger' has become the most hateful word in the dictionary of religious extremists.
1 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A basic instinct
It's hard to say when it will hit you, usually when you will least expect it to. For me it was when I was in Kindergarten in London, with
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Tribulations of Transparency
ONE of the buzzwords of the 21st century attached to other buzzwords like 'democracy,' 'progressive thinking' and 'participatory' is 'transparency.'
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Embrace the F word
Isn't it weird that in an age when we are so advanced that we are talking about making robots do the laundry, video games to make us
7 March 2015, 19:03 PM
The Last of the Tuesday Blues
It's a Tuesday today, the day we go to print, the day my colleagues, friends and family try to stay out of my way knowing the rise in my level of crankiness.
27 February 2015, 11:52 AM
THE MAN BEHIND THE MAGIC
It is hard to speak out honestly in a world that is so intolerant of divergent views and so harsh in judging anything that challenges the status quo.
27 February 2015, 09:32 AM
Groovy* is not Cool Anymore
“Ma, teacher onek para ditase homework kori nay bole” (Ma my teacher is giving me a lot of 'para' because I didn't submit my homework), says your school going kid one day.
20 February 2015, 12:06 PM
WANTED Attention
We all crave attention. The need to be liked or even just noticed compels us to do the craziest things.
And we're not talking about people like Lady Gaga or Nikki Minaj who take such craving to shocking levels. Even non- celebrities may go to great lengths to get people to at least look at them.
6 February 2015, 13:30 PM