Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.

In celebration of Gabriel Garcia Márquez, born on this day, March 6, 1927.

It is time to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels altogether.

Societal expectations and cultural norms impact young people's SRHR, including their choices about their bodies, relationships, and futures

Workplace sexual harassment is common in Bangladesh. It inhibits  women from entering the labour market and is also a major reason why they drop out of work.

The need for corroborative or medical evidence to prove rape (and therefore these two rules) violates the global standards set by the UN and the WHO.

The link between the structural and personal is continually at risk of getting obscured in favour of an individualist reading of interpersonal violence.

Bhawaiya, produced and reproduced by both men and women, bears the elements of subverting Bengali gender norms.

While discussing the legal recognition of gender identity, many participants highlighted that the state authorities and general people lack sufficient understanding of the various clusters of the transgender population.

By interviewing current and former students of Qawmi madrasas, we wanted to know why sexual violence happens in the institutions where they go to study the Quran and where they are supposed to maintain strict Islamic practices.

It is clear that the way we are talking about violence against women is not working

Women and girls suffer the most, with hardly any services for reproductive and maternal health.

The increasing difficulty of accessing clean water is forcing young women in coastal areas of Bangladesh to try to halt their menstrual cycles by misusing contraceptive pills, putting their long-term reproductive and mental health at risk.

According to our study, 17 percent of women experienced physical abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic, 30 percent of them reported mental torture while 34 percent reported no harassment or abuse

Positions of power acquired through various means have long been allowed to be treated as a licence for self-enrichment through various illicit means.

Unprecedentedly powerful predictive tools will strengthen authoritarian regimes’ surveillance capacity.

We have lost not only a great man and a charismatic person, but also a real guardian and a visionary business leader.

Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo, a Bangladeshi scholar of international repute, has left his legacy for many generations to come.

How can a development organisation in Bangladesh truly reach the grassroots?

Because of the importance given to debt-funded infrastructure-based development, the country’s economy is being burdened by increasing unsustainable foreign debt and import dependence.