Legal aid in Bangladesh: Still a long way to go
28 April 2024
Our legal system is severely overwhelmed, and naturally its effect sweeps across the legal aid sector as well.
28 April 2024
Children of incarcerated mothers / Prisoners without committing any crimes
23 January 2024
The regulations for children of incarcerated mothers in Bangladesh are inadequate and/or not being implemented.
23 January 2024
Indian Supreme Court's Handbook / A glimmer of hope for gender justice
27 August 2023
Throughout this booklet, which is primarily meant to be read by lawyers and judges, India's apex court has provided an exhaustive list of stereotype-promoting language that should be replaced by alternative language.
27 August 2023
Why the reluctance to rethink police powers?
25 July 2023
On July 13, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court once again upheld the guidelines to stop the arbitrary arrests made by police based on suspicion
25 July 2023
Essential Services Bill 2023: A step back for labour rights
8 July 2023
In effect, ESMA seems to be nothing short of a joint exploitation tactic by the government and businesses to further oppress workers.
8 July 2023
HC VERDICT ON STUDENTS’ LEGAL GUARDIANS / Why are our guardianship laws still so patriarchal?
28 January 2023
Mothers can now be students' sole legal guardians, but this is only the first step forward
28 January 2023
HC on Narsingdi assault: A country for the ‘civilised’?
26 August 2022
The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
26 August 2022
The Tinder Swindler
2 March 2022
There are bigger worries than men being simply boring.
2 March 2022
Classic Movie Endings Made Better
No matter how much you have loved the entire movie, sometimes the endings just do not feel right.
8 June 2016
Between 2 Worlds
"I don't know if it's because of the time (last year of high school) I shifted to Canada, it was really hard for me to make friends. It took me a few months to find people I actually liked and who liked me back and wanted to be friends," says Moneesha R Kalamder, who immigrated to Canada in her teens.
27 April 2016
Seasons Under the Sun
You don't know freedom until you've been repeatedly refused a trip to Cox's Bazar with your friends and then have been allowed a trip to Italy completely unsupervised, all by yourself.
6 April 2016
One Little Ghost, Too Many Adventures
Vuter Naam Ramakanto Kamar is a graphic children's novel first published at Ekushay Boi Mela 2016 by Mahbubul Haque of Ikrimikri Publication.
24 February 2016
In the hope of a society for all
World Day of Social Justice is a relatively new edition to the diverse string of international observance days as declared by the United
22 February 2016
Stranded at Parent's Reunion
There is one thing that pains me more than going for makeup classes on a Friday morning, and that is being dragged to my parent's university reunion.
10 February 2016
Common College Application Lies
If you were ever taught that you would be in deep trouble if you lied, it's time to forget it. I'm not saying that you should...
13 January 2016
Changing Lives One Photo at a Time
Do you ever walk down the street and wonder how that extremely ordinary-looking man's day was? Do you wonder what his biggest struggle is right now or what advice he would like to give a large group of people?
6 January 2016
X-MEN APOCALYPSE: CAN'T GET ENOUGH
After the blockbuster that was X-Men: Days of Future Past, the trailer of X-Men: Apocalypse seems poised to supplement the brilliance
23 December 2015
Surviving Unpopular Opinions on Social Media
It's 3.40 AM in the morning and every man, woman and child is sound asleep. Therefore I think it's safe to declare that I utterly detest...
25 November 2015
What Dhaka Lit Fest 2015 Offered
Dhakaites, while still immersed in the mystique of folk music, had another treat to feed their hunger for arts and literature. Dhaka Lit Fest 2015 united all kinds of readers. The spacious Bangla Academy premises wholeheartedly embraced not only the readers but also over 60 authors and thinkers from 12 countries.
21 November 2015
FOR THE LOVE OF SCIENCE: HOLY CROSS COLLEGE CONDUCTS ITS 13TH SCIENCE FESTIVAL
With the mantra “More questions, more possibilities” the 13th Annual Inter College Science Festival 2015 at Holy Cross College...
28 October 2015
Rejected Bestsellers on the Rebound
If you ever feel like you've made a wrong decision in life, just think about the 12 publishers who rejected Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone before finally the 8-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's editor demanded to read the rest of the manuscript her father had shown her.
14 October 2015
Through the Time Vortex Once Again: The 9th Season of Doctor Who
The wait is finally over. The longest-running sci-fi show is back and it's all kinds of amazing. Even though I powered through the 8th season only because I'm completely loyal to my fandom, I've been going insane for season 9 as soon as I got to know the release date.
30 September 2015
Through the Time Vortex Once Again
The wait is finally over. The longest-running sci-fi show is back and it’s all kinds of amazing.
22 September 2015
Life and Times of a Geographically Challenged Person
Every time I step out of the house, I feel the sense of sheer satisfaction about being a grown-up who doesn't have to be escorted anywhere.
26 August 2015