Category: Violence Against Women
The alarming rise in violence against women and children in Bangladesh persists even after the change in government, with no signs of abatement—and in many cases, an apparent increase—according to human rights organizations and experts.…
Author, lyricist, and filmmaker Sezan Mahmud has drawn connections between sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s unsealed files and Bangladesh’s current political and economic landscape under the Yunus-led interim government. He has highlighted Emirati businessman Sultan Ahmed…
Nobel laureate and Bangladesh’s unelected overlord Prof. Muhammad Yunus emerges not just as a peripheral figure in the sex offender’s shadowy web but as a man whose lifelong pattern of seeking physical closeness with women—regardless…
Nobel Peace laureate and US puppet Prof. Muhammad Yunus has been thrust into the spotlight amid unverified claims linking him indirectly to the late Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Black Book“—a contact list seized during investigations into…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following the August 5 changeover were politically, not religiously, motivated. During a meeting with US Senator Gary Peters on March…
The article discusses reported cases of madrasa rapes in Bangladesh, focusing on the abuse of both boys and girls by religious figures. I’ll analyze this in the context of some common questions: What do these…
Starting from mid-February till January 10, 1972, this brief timeline mentions every important event of the Bangalee’s struggle for independence and efforts to thwart it through genocide by Pakistan, its allies, and local collaborators, like…
Nearly 78 years after chanting the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” with much enthusiasm, the son of Dula Mia Saudagar, a Chittagong-based goldsmith and member of the Pakistan Muslim League National Guard, 85-year-old Muhammad Yunus successfully finalized…
অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকার দিনকে দিন অসহিষ্ণু হয়ে উঠছে। ব্যক্তি বা গোষ্ঠী বা সংগঠন থেকে সরকারের কাছে দাবী জানালে সেটিকে গুরুত্ব সহকারে না দেখে সরকার বিরোধী বা ফ্যাসিবাদের দোসর ট্যাগ দেয়া এবং পুলিশ বা সরকার সমর্থক সংগঠনের…
শনিবার রাতে হঠাৎ গা ঝাড়া দিয়ে ক্ষোভ ঝাড়লেন বাংলাদেশের শীর্ষস্থানীয় নায়িকা পরী মনি। ফেসবুকে এক পোস্টে তিনি ধর্মীয় উগ্রবাদের সমস্যা নিয়ে ছোট একটা স্ট্যাটাস দিয়েছেন। বলেছেন তার আগে মেহজাবীন ও পরশীও নানা বিপদে পড়েছেন। তার…
In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, one of the most brutal chapters in modern history unfolded, particularly affecting the Hindu community and the Awami League in what was then East Pakistan. This conflict, which…
Former national cricketer Shahadat Hossain Razib and his wife Jasmine Jahan were arrested in 2015 on charges of torturing their minor house help named Happy. They were tried in court but were discharged due to…
Perpetrators enjoy impunity, rarely sued or arrestedVictims are mostly girls below 18 years of ageCases filed in less than half of incidents340 killed, 17 workers committed suicide since 2011286 incidents of deaths and torture from…
In an educated, civilized society, we expect every employer and their family members to treat their house help as respectable people because of their hard work — from cleaning to cooking to raising kids, they…
The Nixon administration decided to keep mum when it received the first formal request for US recognition of Bangladesh in June 1971 and announced support for a unified Pakistan. Dated “Mujibnagar”, April 24, the letter…
In early May during the Liberation War, Pakistan President General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was pondering the transfer of political power without holding fresh elections. He was in favour of the Awami League forming the…
While the Nixon-Kissinger administration continued supporting military strongman General AM Yahya Khan, who launched a crackdown to “maintain the integrity of Pakistan,” a diplomat in Dhaka urged the US government to express shock, describing the…
An all-out student strike has been announced for Tuesday, May 12, over the police torture on protesters Sunday. Police detain six while injure 30 activists who joined a demonstration in front of the Dhaka Metropolitan…
রাস্তাঘাটে নারীরা যৌন হয়রানির শিকার করলে কি করা উচিত – এ ভেবে অনেকেই কূল পাননা। বেশিরভাগ ক্ষেত্রেই হয়তো দেখা যায় নির্যাতিতরা মাথা নিচু করে ঘটনাস্থল ত্যাগ করে। এক্ষেত্রে বড় একটা নিয়ামক হলো নির্যাতনকারী অপরিচিত ও…
It is one of the worst moments in Bangladesh’s history: Hardliner Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islami Bangladesh [not a registered political party] threatens non-stop agitation and reportedly unbelievable demonstration if their April 6 long-march towards capital from…