Around 4 percent of live-in househelps in Bangladesh are abused sexually, while 21 percent suffer from physical violence and 61 percent are subjected to verbal harassment by their employers and family members, found a recent study.

Cameras have always had a strange effect on people. While there is a group of people who are called camera shy, who will shun any attempts of anyone trying to photograph them, who will grimace uncomfortably when the camera...

SOMETIME ago, a leader in this newspaper wondered what had happened to our sense of decency. The thought-provoking article struck a chord in many hearts, including mine.