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by Asif Showkat Kallol  In the bustling constituencies of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, a new political drama is unfolding as top opposition figures break with tradition to contest seats in the urban heartland for the 13th national parliamentary elections. Amid festive campaigning across the country, these party chiefs are mounting vigorous bids, viewing victory not just…

By Maynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) Journalists and other stakeholders have stressed the need to ensure journalists’ safety and security, as well as responsible journalism, ahead of the upcoming election. They said that while field-level risks increase for journalists during elections, legal complications, harassment, and uncertainty also rise. In this situation, they called for ensuring…

Sheeple is defined as “people who are like sheep, meek, conforming, easily led.” And they are easy to herd when frightened. America’s most prominent sheeple are well-known leaders in the fields of law, education, business, and philanthropy. Intuitively, these same high-ranking leaders are expected to possess strong backbones. They don’t. The Trump administration has exposed…

This region is not a slogan, nor a mere administrative territory. It is a living memory, a language that has endured for centuries, and a distinct way of being in the world that shapes thought, community, and daily life. Too often silenced or caricatured, its millennia-old history has never been erased by any power. To…

There are historical moments when a power does not act out of strength, but out of panic. Not out of cold calculation, but out of strategic anxiety. The obsessive insistence of the United States on Greenland belongs to that category. It does not respond to an immediate threat from China or to Russian military expansion…

With a powerful declaration calling for the defense of human rights, real democratization, and active nonviolence as a method of action and way of life, the Fourth Assembly of the World Humanist Forum concluded on Sunday (25). On the second day of the Fourth Assembly of the World Humanist Forum, activists worked on consolidating proposals…

join for an hour, a day, a week or the whole walk from Europe to Al-Quds/Jerusalem. Let’s create this walk together. Introduction The Peacewalk is a movement calling people from all over the world to walk together in a common call for peace and to learn what real peace is about. It is a collective…

This Saturday (24), the Fourth Assembly of the World Humanist Forum began, bringing together a wide cultural diversity of activists, organizations, and institutions. The challenge set out in the title of the gathering was: “Overcoming uncertainty and the global crisis: Humanity in Action.” The assembly opened with a reflection intended to feel and honor one’s…

They called it “Truth and Freedom Day,” the mobilization in Minneapolis against ICE raids targeting immigrants, which among other things led to the death of Renée Good. It was a huge popular response to the repressive activities carried out by the Trump administration in disregard of the most basic human rights. Hundreds of businesses in…

In times of systematic intimidation, complicit silences and institutional cowardice, the joint decision by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the University of Antwerp and Ghent University to award an honorary doctorate to Francesca Albanese is not a routine academic gesture. It is a stand. It is an ethical affirmation. And above all, it is a declaration…