Thoughts

Thoughts

Fahreen Sultan Labonno and Arafat Reza. Illustration: TBS

Corporal punishment: A crime made acceptable by society

The vast majority of people in our country and many other countries still do not consider corporal punishment to be a serious threat to children's physical and mental well-being

Persons with disabilities account for approximately 10% of the population in our country. Photo: Collected

It is high time we think about disability-inclusive development

Ian Buruma. Illustration: TBS

What is the point of the Olympics?

Bangladesh is ranked among the top 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage, with more than 38 million child brides. Photo: Reuters

How much does it cost to be a woman?

Human activities inconsiderate of consequences pose a major threat to life below ocean. PHOTO: REUTERS

Why we must protect the oceans

Adam Tooze. Illustration: TBS

Can elites start the climate revolution?

Yair Lapid, second left, and Naftali Bennett, next to him, in the Knesset. PHOTO: REUTERS

Strange bedfellows: The astonishing diversity in Israel's new coalition government

Khondoker Tasfin Alam. illustration: TBS

Innovative technologies can spur e-commerce growth in Bangladesh

Zev Chafets. Illustration: TBS

Only one thing holds the new Israeli coalition together

Readus Salehen Jawad. Illustration: TBS

Sympathy for the devil: How childhood trauma forms a cycle of abuse

Ransomware attacks, which lock computer systems before a ransom is paid, have climbed. Photo: REUTERS

Tonight's T-Bone steak is critical infrastructure

Namia Akhtar. Illustration: TBS

Does Bangladesh need foreign university branch campuses?

Oranicha Jumreornvong. Illustration: TBS

Asian restaurants helped me heal after a hate-crime attack