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Misappropriation of Ben products and protection of ‘Traditional Cultural Expressions’
Kabita Chakma | Updated at 10:10pm on October 26, 2020
There have been increasing local and global concerns about misuse or misappropriation of indigenous cultures by powerful individuals or institutions, often belonging to dominant communities....
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The precarity of pre-existing conditions
Elora Halim Chowdhury | Updated at 12:50am on October 15, 2020
THE World Health Organisation officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, which, in the opinion of many health and policy professionals, was...
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Challenges of life and livelihood
Samina Luthfa | Updated at 12:14am on October 15, 2020
THE COVID-19 pandemic has affected and will be affecting the world including both developing and developed countries. Countries of the world have responded differently to...
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Pandemic, democracy and press freedom
Anis Chowdhury | Updated at 12:10am on October 15, 2020
THE 17th founding anniversary of the outspoken national daily, New Age, comes at a time when, according to Reporters Without Borders, journalism is ‘entering a...
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Which recovery path may we pursue?
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir | Updated at 12:02am on October 15, 2020
THE COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges throwing the economy off-guard at a time when the country is stepping onto its 50th year of independence....
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Let’s keep asking questions
Kaniz Fatema | Updated at 12:00am on October 15, 2020
HARDLY anyone can remember when was the last time we heard about any constructive debate on nuclear power in Bangladesh. When was the last time...
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Engagement for environment
Farooque Chowdhury | Updated at 12:00am on October 15, 2020
ALL conscious citizens know the state of the Bangladesh environment. Bangladesh’s courts of law regularly rule in favour of the environment. Bangladesh media cover the...
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Consent is good, but sexual agency is better
Nasrin Khandoker | Updated at 12:00am on October 15, 2020
SEXUAL violence has nothing to do with sex. Violence means to harm, to violate, to harass, to humiliate other people. Sexual violence is a matter...
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Hegemonic masculinity in state, society
Mirza Taslima Sultana | Updated at 12:00am on October 15, 2020
Women or girls have never been safe in Bangladesh. Since childhood, my parents suggested that I return home before dark for my own safety. That...
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Misrecognition of women’s roles
Rumana Hashem | Updated at 12:00am on October 15, 2020
THE year 2020 has been phenomenal not only for loss of life from COVID-19, economic collapse of capitalist ventures, extreme levels of workers exploitation and...