Ronaldo leaves Portugal camp amid reports of rift with coach Jesus
Cristiano Ronaldo left Portugal's training camp in Copenhagen on Wednesday, hours after coach Jorge Jesus told a press conference that the captain would not start against Denmark.
Attack on UPL is an attack on free speech
On Monday, two men entered the University Press Limited outlet at Banglabazar in Dhaka posing as customers, objected to the sale of "Oshomapto Attojiboni", and claimed the book had been banned. It had not. They then took two UPL employees to a police outpost and locked the outlet.
How long must Ramu wait for justice?
Fourteen years after the attacks on Buddhist communities in Ramu, not one person has been convicted, arrested or jailed. That sentence is the whole of the case for why this remains urgent.
Time to fix the anthrax vaccination strategy
Bangladesh's anthrax vaccination programme is aimed at cattle. This year's outbreaks have come largely from goats. That mismatch explains much of why the disease keeps returning.
The Radda attack shows the dangers of rising parallel power
Shortly after midnight on September 25, more than 200 masked men arrived at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1. By morning the equipment was gone and the structures had been pulled down with heavy machinery. A cooperative's signboard went up on the cleared site.
The elderly deserve dignity, not just care or support
The language of elderly care tends towards provision: medicines, allowances, a bed somewhere. What is usually missing from it is dignity, and dignity is not a by-product of care. It is a separate requirement, and it is the one most often left out.
Bangladesh needs to reform its trade policy to boost exports
Bangladesh wants to diversify its exports, and its trade regime is arranged to discourage exactly that. The incentives facing a manufacturer still point towards the domestic market, and until that changes, diversification will remain a stated goal rather than an outcome.
Truth about menopause and your suddenly rising heart risk
The protection women have against heart disease before menopause is substantial, and it does not last. Before menopause, men are roughly twice as likely as women of the same age to have a heart attack or develop heart disease. Afterwards, the risk between the sexes is close to equal.
Stopped at the Gate: Why independent women are still fighting to travel
On August 8, three women were stopped from boarding a flight to Nepal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Rifa Tamanna, Sohani Islam Samapti and Naznin were travelling to a mediators' conference with the Bangladesh International Mediation Society, and say they had all the documents…
Meet Shafi: The blind comedian changing how Dhaka laughs
Shafayat-e-Rabbi Wazed, who performs as Shafi, holds a corporate job in Dhaka and does stand-up comedy in the evenings. Much of his material is about being blind, which is a deliberate choice rather than an obvious one.
