When Indian-born Muslim cricketer Nasser Hussain captained the England team, no one could have imagined that after nearly two decades, the game would be facing a storm of this magnitude and compel the wider society to confront one of the most sensitive issues: racism.

On November 17, 2021, a resolution titled “The Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar” was adopted at the United Nations with unanimous support—a first for a Rohingya-related resolution since the crisis began in 2017.

Aside from the essentialist concepts of male and female, gender identities are most often socially constructed and driven by the ideology of a community.

Quickly enabling greater and more affordable production of and access to Covid-19 medical needs are urgently needed in the South.

Electoral politics in a democracy like India is all about taking the right decision at the right time and popular perception.

The month of September saw the opening of educational institutions in Bangladesh after an 18-month hiatus starting in March 2020.

Life is extremely complicated and will only become more so.

It saddens and maddens me when I hear speakers making it a point to announce that they will be speaking in Bangla—to a Bangla-speaking audience. Think about it.

The draft of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulation Act, 2021 does not have the word “independent” in relation to the BTRC, according to a report by The Daily Star published on September 7, 2021.

The Covid-19 situation may seem under control in Bangladesh right now, but it would be unwise to be complacent and think it’s over.

When a fish gets caught in a net, it curses its luck and tries to free itself from the mesh.

Toilets do not, admittedly, make for a great dinner table conversation—though a few younger people might disagree.

The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has doubled down on its insistence not only to continue the nationwide Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) at the end of Grade 5, but giving it a permanent institutional form by proposing the establishment of an examination board to conduct it.

University life is referred to as a critical turning point in one’s life. In all certainty, and in my experience, it is perhaps more than that.

What recently happened in the transport sector of Bangladesh after the prices of diesel and kerosene were raised by Tk 15 per litre was truly unprecedented.

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) ended on November 13, 2021, a day after the scheduled date of closing.

Renowned writer and academic Prof Hasan Azizul Huq passed away on November 15, 2021, at the age of 82. A master storyteller, he won many accolades for his work, including the Bangla Academy Award and Ekushey Padak. To pay tribute to his illustrious literary career, The Daily Star reprints his interview, taken by Farhana Susmita and Rifat Munim, first published in 2012.

He was described as an epic hero. His life was intimately involved in the land, labour and language of the poor peasant.

Bangladesh has made tremendous strides in improving neonatal health status and achieved the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to reducing child mortality (MDG 4) in 2010, five years ahead of its target year, 2015.

The Berlin-based Transparency International released its “Government Defence Integrity (GDI) Index 2020” on November 16, 2021.