With crumbling institutions built on fragile principles, power has been co-opted.

It feels wrong in myriad ways to say that hope isn’t there when an autocrat fell

The focus of local governments should be ensuring that child protection protection services are prioritised.

To be a girl means being silent while our world is burning.

The face of the minority keeps changing depending on national borders.

The disinformation game is now increasingly a part of our political makeup.

the bullet hole/ in my brother's chest/ unfolds like a pandora's box

The government wasted time while the violence continued.

To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.

As I stand before the heap of fresh meat, my thoughts turn to the slain politician who was hacked to death

The government’s “Joy” app, developed with a budget of Tk 45 lakh to tackle violence against women and children during emergencies, received only six rescue requests in five years and nine months.

Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail

Bangladesh ranks 22nd among the world’s 50 most conflict-ridden countries, according to an index by a US nonprofit.

It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.

We can’t just wish things away, we can’t disown parts of our culture and country because they don’t fit our particular ideal. That is a cop-out, an easy way out, that is claiming we are pristine, and the dirt lives elsewhere, claiming we are saints and that is not our sin. 

Who gave them the license to brutalise their constituents?

An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violence targeting minorities and places of worship.

Saturday afternoon witnessed a unique performance art at the city’s Shilpakala Academy Grounds, where 70 women across all generations and professions took to the streets for an hour to protest against the escalating abuse against women all over the world including Bangladesh.

The Bachao App was created to help prevent rape, a crime that remains to be constantly on the rise. The Bachao app is an excellent initiative to fulfil this purpose. We should all contribute by registering as volunteer so that if the time comes, we can save someone from something horrible.

Asking students to refrain from resorting to vandalism in educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would no longer tolerate such activities.