Mahfuz Anam

After the last three manipulated elections, the people of Bangladesh are eagerly waiting to exercise their fundamental right to vote.

Recent tremors have done more than shake the ground. They have unsettled assumptions we quietly live with, especially the belief that safety is something to think about later. Earthquakes arrive without warning, but the risks they expose are often years in the making. This issue turns its focus to that reality, not with alarmism, but with purpose

Her last speeches call for a politics of ‘no vengeance’.

What perhaps would be most appropriate on this occasion is a few unattributed quotes that say “Gone from our sight, present in our conscience”, “A chapter closes but the story continues”, “The leader departs but the ideals remain”.

We revisit 1971 not as an isolated national event but as a moment woven into larger histories.

If we are to carry their work forward, we must build a society where truth matters.

Begum Rokeya led a deeply pious life, full of respect for Islam and its values.

Judicial independence is formally guaranteed; its actual implementation will require moral courage from judges themselves.