Going by social media trends, the arrest of the alleged rapist of the Dhaka University student has failed to convince a significant number of people that he is indeed the real offender.

A photo taken at the recent protests against rape has been making the rounds on social media. In the image, a tea-seller named Abdul Jalil Shwapan—or “Shwapan Mama” as he is fondly known to the students of the campus—holds up a placard demanding death for the rapists of both the DU student whose rape has shaken up the system, as well as that of his own child.

On January 10, 1972, history witnessed one of the momentous events of our political journey in the homecoming of Bengal’s Braveheart. On this day, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of Bangladesh, returned, amidst a tumultuous welcome, to his native “Sonar Bangla”.

On the shores of the Bay of Bengal, skirting around the Sundarbans, in a remote village called Abadchondipur in Satkhira, lives Mashkura, aged 28, the wife of a shrimp farmer.

The Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs) are some ambitious development objectives with a total of 17 goals with 169 targets spanning economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

Twenty-twenty will be an eventful year for Bangladesh. It will be celebrating the year as the Mujib Year with shining glory and confidence.

We are ending the year 2019 with the good news of being a top most gender equal country in South Asia—closing the overall gender gap by 48 percent in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, 2018 with economic, education, health and political indicators and achieving various milestones.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed once said to me, “small is beautiful.” He was a systems thinker before that term had even entered our consciousness.

Today, the number of global migrant workers stands at 272 million, and around 48 percent are women. These hard-working men and women play a vital and much-needed role in the global economy. Not only do they benefit the countries where they work but they arguably contribute even more to their homelands by sending back billions of dollars each year.

It was the last week of May or first week of June 1971. Responding to the declaration of independence by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

When I ask students and young people if they can name some women martyrs of our Liberation War, I see blank looks or faces filled with confusion.

India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has finally become law with the President Ram Nath Kovind signing on it after its parliamentary passage.

Human behaviour continues to evolve over time. In this post-modern age, however, our collective behaviour has been evolving faster than ever. Modern humans thrive on constant online engagement, interaction and communication.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is here again amid indications that it may pass muster in parliament this time.

India’s biggest challenge when dealing with its immediate neighbours is, first and foremost, the sense of its sheer size that dwarfs the combined size of all the others.

Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress and its principal challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be sworn political rivals in West Bengal but both parties know that the fear about the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) among Hindus and Muslims alike was the most important determinant of the outcome of the bypoll held in three assembly constituencies on November 25.

Bangladesh is on the verge of making one of the most important decisions in the history of GM crops: it may become the first country to commercialise and grow golden rice.

Recently, some activists and organisations have been calling for a “ban” on migration of female workers from Bangladesh, especially to countries where there is a high probability of them facing exploitation, physical and sexual abuse, or worse.

The Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) industry started its journey in 1978 and 41 years later, we are still heavily dependent on imported skills at the management level.

With stunning Himalayan vistas and historic towns on offer, there are few international destinations that can be as attractive to the Bangladeshi tourist as Nepal. Airfare prices to Kathmandu are reasonable.