Naziba Basher

At the height of the July uprising, many hospitals turned their backs -- some out of fear, others silenced or forced into complicity. State forces roamed halls of healing, seizing CCTV footage, erasing patient records, and threatening doctors not to treat the wounded.

Let's not let this dog's death be just another forgotten statistic, let it be a beginning.

The cats don't always understand the human specifics, but they recognise sadness. They notice routines. And most of all, they stay

Politicians descended upon the hospitals in droves. And no, they did not come alone. They brought their entourages and photographers, hungry for headlines and votes.

The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance

If your idea of resisting state failure is to equate “femininity” with cowardice, you are not challenging injustice. You are reinforcing it.

A gang rape accused has no fear of consequences because of his political affiliation.

'Biggest threat to animal welfare in Bangladesh are overenthusiastic activists'

Progress limps while women bleed, and no one seems to care.

The ability not just to use technology but to understand, interpret, and engage with it wisely is glaringly absent from our collective behaviour

In Bangladesh, nearly nine out of every 10 rapes in the first four months of this year involved children.

For anyone who grew up “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, “Utshob” is a warm wave of nostalgia. For those raised in 1990s Bangladesh -- whether or not they’re familiar with Dickens -- the film offers a loving nod to the dramas and films of that era. And even for viewers with no emotional ties to either Dickens or the 90s, this film still feels like a two-hour-long hug, a very warm one.

Despite the legal provisions in place to punish such actions, many victims find themselves powerless to pursue justice.

Are we so far gone that even a creature's panic, its last attempt at life, is turned into viral entertainment?

How many broken bodies, how many babies torn apart, how many headlines soaked in blood will it take before this nation wakes up?

Bangladesh's efforts to conserve biodiversity remain lukewarm.

In a country where rice paddies stretch endlessly and mustard fields glow golden, the soft hum of bees often fills the air. These tiny creatures -- nature’s most vital workers -- are the quiet pulse beneath our harvests.

Psychologists call this speciesism -- the deeply ingrained, culturally taught prejudice that human life is the only one that matters

On 10 May, a man brutally assaulted two women with a belt in full public view at the Munshiganj river terminal

In countless homes across this region and beyond, patriarchy does not always arrive with fists raised.