Where are the women in the manifestos?

The manifestoes of different political parties came one after another over the last three weeks, and to the dismay of women's rights activists, promises made ahead of the 11th general elections lack any determination to even try and establish a fair, equal society for women.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM

How far is the journey to a free and fair election?

The fragile democracy in Bangladesh makes it necessary for the citizens to closely monitor the electoral process to not only safeguard their civic rights but also the integrity of the process.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM

BAAGH NAMA

BAAGH NAMA
20 December 2018, 18:00 PM
20 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Her Story

Kusoom twiddles her thumbs again, her nineteen-or-twenty-year-old face pale and gloomy. She is small, short and near neckless in a kameez with denim pants.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Millions will be made stateless, and we're silent

The day after this article is published, three million Bengalis will have become stateless in India.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

How Much Are Your Candidates Worth?

How Much Are Your Candidates Worth?
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Baagh nama

Baagh nama
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Can bank alliances prevent human trafficking?

In early 2018, the Italian police intercepted a trafficking ring that dealt with workers from Bangladesh and India. Similar to almost every other trafficking story, the workers, in this case as well, were given false promises of jobs and brought to the country in exchange of exorbitant recruitment fees.
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM

ABACUS MEMORIES

My being lives a wild life inside my head. I think, again and again, of bare colourful thoughts
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Taxing Periods

Like other remote villages in Bangladesh, in Barapushia, a small village in Gazipur, having your period is something to be kept a secret.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM

I AM IN LONDON

Arriving at Heathrow Airport made Robiul fidgety. He'd been waiting over an hour to pass the immigration desk. Back home, he'd heard a few unpleasant stories, where immigration officers would refuse entry to anyone they were not satisfied with, even if that passenger had a visa.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM

How a cloud-based database can help diagnose illnesses

During the chikungunya outbreak of 2017, children kept turning up at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital—with meningitis.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

One Hundred Days: The Ballad of Keraniganj Jail

I once found a cassette recording of myself aged two. In it I only sound your nickname again and again “Zahed, Zahed, Zahed….” It was the mantra of my life.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Baagh-Nama

Baagh-Nama
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Invoking the “Mantoiyat”

“This is a particularly timely film and in many ways, and perhaps self-contradicting ways, a comforting film.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Debi: A visual treat lacking a consistent narrative

When you step into a theatre to watch a film based on a very popular book, you take your seat with certain expectations. Based on Humayun Ahmed's popular novel of the same name, Debi is no exception.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

A JOURNEY BY BOAT, FOR DOLPHINS

Among monstrous ships of all shapes and sizes on the river Rupsha, I first saw the “Dolphin boat”, shining and bobbing its snout in the soft winter light.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM

The West removes Its mask

A few days after Pig-King Trump announced that the brazen and brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi could not be allowed to get in the way of American arms sales to the House of Saud, Jair Bolsonaro became the Brazilian President-elect.
8 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Baagh-Nama

Baagh-Nama
8 November 2018, 18:00 PM