We cannot just allow criminal elements to violate our territorial integrity and flout our law and order system.

The simple fact is that not all teachers and students have the empathy to accommodate people with different abilities.

The workshops were the sessions I’d look forward to. Someone actually reading your work, studying it, telling you what you do well, telling you what you can improve on, all phrased constructively (“I like this!” was a banned phrase). If you’re pursuing writing, workshopping—on some level or another—is what you’ll need.

Even though it is a chilling concept, there are credible precedents of nuclear winter.

Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition

What Bangladeshi economists have been saying for a long time is pretty much what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told our central bank and the government.

Apparel exporters are faced with the dilemma of a shrinking demand overseas and a sharp rise in the cost of production.

While the government, tea board and factory owners have benefited, tea farmers have been suffering losses for years.

Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhary’s chapter on the trafficking of women, with a focus on India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, teases out the differences in the lived experiences of the Adivasi, Dalit, and other marginalised women. 

There is a great need for an annual “Accountability COP” to hold those who have pledged to act against climate change to account.

The resurgence of the far right in Europe can lead to global repercussions

A 200-page notebook that cost Tk 40 four months ago now costs Tk 50

It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become

Proper preparations and mitigating actions can improve resilience to tropical cyclones 

Nancy Drew always knows how to save herself and others from seemingly hopeless situations. For instance, she uses specific techniques to free herself from ropes, sends SOS signals with a tube of lipstick, and uses spike heels to break out windows. Her blue convertible car is a symbol of radical feminine freedom. 

The Rohingya crisis needs to be resolved diplomatically and via political means.

Violence against journalists have been on the rise in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

All our institutions are crumbling because of politicisation, inefficiencies, and corruption.

With a sliver of sanity realising the urgent need for damage control, Brazilians have voted out their most dangerous populist leader.

Laws and policy frameworks must be sensitive towards the rights of maternity protection