A political culture that cannot imagine women as independent political actors inevitably returns to patriarchy's oldest explanation: If a woman has succeeded, she must have traded her body for power. That explanation tells us very little about women. But it tells us almost everything about the society that produces it.
It should be the topmost priority of any government to ensure that our education system is running independently with the most competent and scholarly educators.
The political cost of holding Salimpur is carried by whichever party is in power. But the failure is not new. The Awami League, the interim government, and the current administration have all inherited and repeated the same failure. In that sense, it is the same failure under three different governments.
We owe our daughters, sons and every future generation something better than inherited shame. We owe them safety. We owe them dignity. Let silence end where abuse begins, on our screens and in our streets; through words that challenge, actions that protect, and a resolve that no longer looks away.
The future health of Bangladesh depends not only on hospitals and medicine, but also on kitchens, schools, policies, awareness, and everyday choices made by ordinary people.
AI systems still require human oversight, localization, compliance handling, data verification, exception resolution, and cultural adaptation. These are precisely the areas where developing countries may retain relevance.
What is at stake is not only the health of individual patients, but the dignity of an entire ageing generation.
The danger lies in self-diagnosis and self-treatment. Many people now rely more on social media trends than professional consultations. This shift can delay proper medical care and worsen existing health conditions.
Incorporating constitutional education into all faculties could play a significant role in developing informed, responsible, and constitutionally aware citizens.
Ten years have now passed since his execution. Another ten will pass. Then another. Generations will arrive knowing his name only through history books, political arguments, or fading photographs. Time inevitably erodes public memory.
Visibility is not cosmetic. It is accountability. A case should not disappear into bureaucratic darkness simply because the public has moved on.
Democracy should not borrow the language of rulers to describe public servants.
Ira and Ireen and Ramisa were not symbols. They were children. Now they are gone. The least we owe them -- the very least -- is to refuse to let their deaths become background noise.
Gen Z or Alpha loves beauty and boldness, not beast, humility with harshness when necessary, eloquence, not quiet. The leaders who hide behind humility or show arrogance from the pulpit to conceal the purpose of rule are obsolete.
This economic progress is worth celebrating, but it is arriving with a metabolic cost that the nation’s healthcare system is not equipped to handle yet
