Behind prison walls, Kaiser turned confinement into creation.

When the Liberation War erupted, Raihan crossed into Kolkata—not to retreat, but to fight with his camera.

The letter was both personal intimidation and a symbol of the regime’s determination to silence intellectual resistance.

Abdul Muktadir was a gifted geologist and a deeply admired teacher at Dhaka University.

During the First World War, he served in the Royal British Army, fought in Iraq with the Bengal Infantry (Bengali Paltan), and later joined the 1919 Victory March in London, where he was awarded the prestigious Sword of Honour.

At dawn on 16 December, Rashid Talukder set out to take photographs with Michel Laurent, an American photographer from the Associated Press.

From the bustling streets of Nairobi to the serene Maasai villages and even the sun-kissed shores of Diani Beach, one thing was clear: everyone uses mobile money.

TDS: The Women’s Affairs Reforms Commission made 423 recommendations. How much has been implemented?

Every generation inherits new rights to defend. This Human Rights Day, Bangladesh confronts a frontier expanding faster than laws or institutions can manage: the digital world.

Bangladesh now needs a government prepared to confront long-standing issues such as custodial torture, extrajudicial killings, and border violence instead of repeating earlier patterns of inaction, rights activist ASM Nasiruddin Elan has said.

Years of political hostility and the misuse of state agencies have kept political violence alive in Bangladesh, and only a newly elected government with the goodwill to act can break this cycle, said human rights activist Nur Khan Liton.

Justice and accountability for the egregious human rights violations of the past is crucial, but the challenge lies in ensuring this is not done by repeating patterns of reprisal and retaliation, warned Sara Hossain, a senior lawyer at the Supreme Court, as she spoke about the role of political parties in protecting human rights.

ASK reports 29 deaths in 11 months till November this year

Human rights are “everyday essentials” for a functioning society -- the pillars of security, justice, and expression that people rely upon daily.

Noor Mohammad’s ambition extends far beyond his own fields. He sees his work as a solution to a national problem

Speakers tell roundtable

When 32-year-old Akhi (not her real name) finally left her marriage last year, it was not the beatings that drove her away. It was the slow erasure of her being.

Inspiring young entrepreneur Nazma Akter Reshmi stands confidently in front of her fish chips products in her office at Adarshagram, Kolatali in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh must confront the rapid rise of digital violence against women and girls, said speakers yesterday.

Experts warn justice system ill-equipped to handle digital crimes