A couple of weeks ago, I spent the night in a district town’s Parjatan hotel.

The fact that a rape victim’s journey towards justice is a grueling one is not unknown to us.

In the leadup to COP26 in Glasgow, the first in two years, there was much talk about how this COP would make or break the collective global target to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The USA’s battle against racism continues to be a Sisyphean struggle. No sooner do you bask in the comforting awareness of the enormous strides the nation has taken than you are yanked by the scruff of your neck to face some dreadful sign that this ugly affliction is well and alive.

During the pandemic, UNICEF reported on how an additional 10 million more girls were pushed into the risk of child marriage.

Video footage and reports have been emerging daily on both traditional and social media exposing how violent and intimidating our elections have become.

I was invited to write for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and it felt as if the universe was preparing confetti of convoluted emotions to throw at me.

In my recently published book, “Markets, Morals and Development” (Routledge, UK), I discussed the discontent with the contemporary global economic order that is prey to the excesses of market supremacy and beholden to private corporate interest.

I was honoured to visit Bangladesh last week in my role as the UK special envoy for girls’ education.

The crisis of general higher education in affiliated general colleges has become a cause for concern in Bangladesh.

Advocate Sultana Kamal is a human rights activist and the founder president of Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (msf). In this interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star, she speaks about what perpetuates violence against women in Bangladesh, and the steps that individuals, institutions and the state can take to combat it.

The elections of 1,198 union parishads (UPs) were held in two phases. We have noticed five notable features in these elections.

The planet is already 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer than in pre-industrial times. July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded in 142 years. Despite the pandemic slowdown, 2020 has been the hottest year so far, ending the warmest decade (2011-2020) ever.

Ruma (not her real name) is working as a nutritionist and counsellor in an organisation that offers treatment and support to thalassemia patients.

Imagine a society where women and girls don’t have to be afraid. A society where women and girls are treated with the same respect as men and boys, and where they have the freedom to reach their full potential in all aspects of life.

Two high-profile environmental conferences—the UN Biodiversity Conference under the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN Climate Change Conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—were held recently in Kunming, China and Glasgow, Scotland, respectively.

It is not very often that one sees the prime minister of a country publicly tendering an apology for a job they failed to push through.

Following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan’s Fukushima, nuclear power’s share in global electricity-generation saw a staggering decline from 13 percent to 10 percent.

Just in case there were any doubts, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demonstrated with his visit to Lebanon last week that improved relations between Middle-Eastern rivals would not bury hatchets.

The South Asian developing countries today face challenges of economic vulnerability due to the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and the rise of serious geopolitical rivalry posed by emerging military groupings and showdowns.