Naziba Basher

Naziba Basher

The author is a Sub Editor, News Desk at The Daily Star

Fear sells, cruelty doesn’t: Is journalism failing animals?

When we treat animal welfare as a beat, not a spectacle, we’ll be humane, not just human

1w ago

The fierce joy of being a girl

Be loud. Be messy. Be too much. Your existence is not an apology -- it is an announcement

1w ago

Do you have the courage to speak beyond your keyboard?

While Shahidul Alam sets sail for Gaza, critics mock him. What does that say about us?

3w ago

Dear Jane, thank you

from the animals, from the women

3w ago

Let our children sing and dance

Children are born with rhythm. Studies show that even six-month-old babies instinctively sway or kick to a beat.

4w ago

Don’t pit women against each other

This is how patriarchy stays alive, not just through men who benefit from it, but through women who enforce it.

1m ago

Don't let our children grow up amid garbage

Nearly 10.7 lakh children are involved in hazardous work that is illegal for anyone under 18 years of age.

2m ago

No country for our gentle giants

Elephants are not the aggressors. They wander through villages not out of malice, but out of desperation.

2m ago
October 13, 2025
October 13, 2025

Fear sells, cruelty doesn’t: Is journalism failing animals?

When we treat animal welfare as a beat, not a spectacle, we’ll be humane, not just human

October 11, 2025
October 11, 2025

The fierce joy of being a girl

Be loud. Be messy. Be too much. Your existence is not an apology -- it is an announcement

October 3, 2025
October 3, 2025

Do you have the courage to speak beyond your keyboard?

While Shahidul Alam sets sail for Gaza, critics mock him. What does that say about us?

October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025

Dear Jane, thank you

from the animals, from the women

September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025

Let our children sing and dance

Children are born with rhythm. Studies show that even six-month-old babies instinctively sway or kick to a beat.

September 22, 2025
September 22, 2025

Don’t pit women against each other

This is how patriarchy stays alive, not just through men who benefit from it, but through women who enforce it.

August 16, 2025
August 16, 2025

Don't let our children grow up amid garbage

Nearly 10.7 lakh children are involved in hazardous work that is illegal for anyone under 18 years of age.

August 12, 2025
August 12, 2025

No country for our gentle giants

Elephants are not the aggressors. They wander through villages not out of malice, but out of desperation.

July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025

The hospital that did not back down

At the height of the July uprising, many hospitals turned their backs -- some out of fear, others silenced or forced into complicity. State forces roamed halls of healing, seizing CCTV footage, erasing patient records, and threatening doctors not to treat the wounded.

July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025

What does the law say about the Bakerganj dog killers?

Let's not let this dog's death be just another forgotten statistic, let it be a beginning.