April 24 – the day when thousands of lives and dreams were lost forever – is once again knocking at our doors.

It is difficult to decide whether the murder case filed against 41 people for the Rana Plaza disaster can be measured as progress or not.

Asma Akhter, a 25-year-old Rana Plaza survivor, still struggles to drag her heavy prosthetic legs.

What are the prospects and limits of conventional modes of organising labour in the garment industry, given the current labour rights regime in

Workplace safety and security in Bangladeshi garment factories attracted widespread international scrutiny after the Tazreen fashion...

Four years ago, over a thousand workers lost their lives and 2500 were injured in the collapse of the Rana Plaza building.

In this city of 14.5 million people, at least 9.07 percent of its inhabitants have some form of physical disability, according to Household Income Expenditure Survey 2011 of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

At a time when it's all but impossible to organise large-scale events without corporate sponsorship, the Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), popularly known as the Charukola

Thus thunders the hero, his voice reaching far and wide, capturing the full attention of his audience. The language of jatra...

It is the first day of the Bengali New Year and our national identity seems to be in a state of predicament.

This could have been a landmark case. This could have - once and for all - proved that sexual harassment on the street is something that needs to be dealt with the force of law.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is not only a cricket player but also a hero, a fighter and an ideal leader.

SNAPSHOT

Chaumtoli Huq explores the reality of the workers' rights movement in the garments industry of Bangladesh in her 2017 documentary Sramik Awaaz or Worker Voices.

“I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.”

It begins with a listless thought, brushed aside. What does a heartbeat sound like, you wonder. Brush, aside.

Being a single working women and a regular commuter in this city, I often have to deal with sarcastic debates on why there should be reserved seats for us.

To this day he is considered a living legend in the music community—yet he doesn’t sing or play any instrument. Abdur Rafique – known as the first true roadie, the first guitar technician, a musician’s doctor, the real life MacGyver – is the oldest music technician of Bangladesh.

In late November of last year, I was approached by an earnest young man from the Dhaka University Theatre and Performance Studies

Turkey Bangla Cultural Fest 2016