Extremism gathering pace
When the state makes religion its business, groups with vested interests take it upon themselves to decide the interpretation of faith, says the writer, a former editor of Dawn.
Enhancing urban public spaces
Creative strategies are required to transform unconventional spaces into appealing public spaces, says the writer.
What if we finally recognised women’s unpaid care work?
Women carry out 75 percent of unpaid care work, which is 88 percent in Bangladesh.
Living in a furnace: Is there any way to beat the heat?
The culprit behind this urban inferno is a well-documented phenomenon known as the "urban heat island" effect. Dhaka, like many rapidly urbanising cities around the world, has…
Children must be saved from online addictions
In the past years, many children lost their lives in India due to games like ‘Blue Whale’. It is a worrying situation that online games are running rampant in the country…
Don’t children have the right to privacy?
Article 16 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states, "No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or…
Seoul as a coffee capital
Great coffee is everywhere. Judging by the number of cafes, variety of flavors and level of consumption, Seoul has become one of the world’s biggest coffee capitals, the writer…
Women are unequally vulnerable to disaster risk
Social roles dictate social behaviour, such as not being able to leave home without the permission of a male family member and failing to learn or perform so-called masculine…
Coping with the stress of layoffs
One-on-one layoffs are stressful. I strongly feel that all managers must be trained in how to conduct layoffs, or these should be done by AI robots, devoid of emotions and guilt,…
2024 Elections: What’s at stake for India’s minorities?
The writer said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi succeeds in winning a third five-year term in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, many fear that…