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Jannatul Naym Pieal

Jannatul Naym Pieal is a Bangladesh-based writer, researcher and journalist. He can be reached at jn.pieal@gmail.com

The number of Pink Buses being introduced is nowhere near enough to serve the growing number of women who have to leave home every day and depend on public transport. Visual: Anwar Sohel

Reaction / What happens to the buses that are not pink?

18 August 2026
Women-only buses may offer safer journeys, but they must not become an excuse to make the rest of Bangladesh’s transport system less welcoming to women
18 August 2026
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Women stood up to power in Bangladesh and India. Then patriarchy returned

16 August 2026
In July 2024, a young woman in Dhaka stood in front of a police prison van, trying to stop officers from taking away a fellow male student.
16 August 2026
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Analysis / Bangladesh could change cricket forever, again

16 August 2026
Every decade, Bangladesh finds a way to bend the arc of world cricket -- not through continuous dominance, but through a seismic upset
16 August 2026
Main Vaapas Aaunga movie review

Main Vaapas Aaunga: A quiet film about going home found its way through Bollywood’s noise

11 August 2026
Imtiaz Ali’s film turned memory, Partition and tenderness into an unlikely theatrical success
11 August 2026
Nirmal Purja Netflix 14 Peaks documentary

Nirmal Purja: How to remember a legend accused but never convicted

3 August 2026
Most of the obituaries praise Purja's feats in climbing while skipping past a chapter that, only two years ago, made international headlines: allegations that he had sexually assaulted two women.
3 August 2026
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A closer look at AI’s growing hunger for printed books

2 August 2026
Today, some books are taking a very different route. They are bought in bulk, scanned into machine-readable text and, in some cases, destroyed, leaving behind digital files that can be used to train artificial intelligence systems.
2 August 2026
The Odyssey

How Nolan altered Homer’s ‘Odyssey’, and why he had to

28 July 2026
Few works of literature have survived as many reinventions as “The Odyssey”. For nearly three millennia, Homer's epic has travelled almost as widely as its hero, acquiring new meanings with each age.
28 July 2026
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What India’s ‘cockroach’ protest tells us about South Asia’s generation of discontent

23 July 2026
When more than 10,000 young Indians marched from Jantar Mantar to the parliament in New Delhi on Monday—responding to a call by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement—police launched a crackdown on them with tear gas and batons, allegedly injuring about 150 protesters and detaining many others.
23 July 2026
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Middle East or West Asia?

Rethinking a colonial-era label
17 March 2026
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Don’t turn childhood into a rat race

Decision to change lottery system and restore the entrance exam merits further deliberation
17 March 2026
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Bangladesh never had a Habermas, but it desperately needs one

Germany had a Jürgen Habermas, who died on March 14, 2026. He was not just a philosopher writing for academics; he was a public intellectual, someone who used ideas to help society understand itself, confront its own mistakes, and imagine a better future.
17 March 2026
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Jürgen Habermas, the philosopher who helped Germany make peace with its past, dies at 96

Mediator between intellectual life and national memory, Germany’s leading postwar philosopher helped shape public debate
14 March 2026
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No, justice for animals and humans is not mutually exclusive

In the past few days, courts in Bangladesh have handed down two notable verdicts in cases of animal cruelty.
12 March 2026
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As Iran war boosts Netanyahu politically, Gaza pays the price

Polls show rising support for Netanyahu’s campaign while global focus shifts from Gaza
10 March 2026
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The danger of past tense

How Wikipedia is erasing Gaza from history
10 March 2026
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Gen Z’s gender paradox

Bold in politics, ignorant on equality
8 March 2026
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Let history breathe

The Liberation War of 1971 was not the work of one man. It was the product of millions of freedom fighters, political leaders, student activists, cultural organisers, rural villagers, defecting officers, and ordinary citizens who bore extraordinary costs.
7 March 2026
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How Europe absorbs, but can't direct global conflict

Caught between reliance on US hard power and its own ambitions for strategic autonomy, Europe manages fallout rather than commanding outcomes
3 March 2026
Bangladesh govt's reaction to Iran war 2026

Bangladesh’s statement on Iran: Measured words, high stakes

What the statement didn’t say is what really matters. It didn’t name the United States or Israel—the countries that launched the strikes without any provocation.
2 March 2026
People mourn in Tehran following Khamenei’s killing. Photo: Reuters

Iraq, Libya, and now Iran?

The US-Israeli strike revives a familiar belief: that removing strongmen brings stability; record says otherwise
1 March 2026
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A war neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan can win, but South Asia will lose

Retaliatory strikes expose structural tensions that could destabilise South Asia for years
28 February 2026
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Ekushey Boi Mela 2026: How to buy books you will actually read

With Eid expenses around the corner, smart planning can help you pick books that matter
27 February 2026
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Modi’s visit to Israel: Standing on the wrong side of history

Framed as a leap towards strategic partnership, the trip reflects India’s deepening ties with a state accused of genocide
25 February 2026
Suhrawardy Udyan anti-drug raid draws criticism over heavy-handed policing of students and journalists.

Policing at parks, suspecting the young

Heavy-handed anti-drug drives and arbitrary enforcement risk turning public spaces and young people into targets, raising concerns over civil liberties
24 February 2026
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