Aasha Mehreen Amin

Aasha Mehreen Amin

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Aasha Mehreen Amin is joint editor at The Daily Star.

Why 2025 is a crucial year for Bangladesh

Let us recap some of the most critical lessons of 2024 as we look forward to 2025.

2w ago

Seeing Bangladesh through Andrew Eagle’s eyes

You didn’t expect someone like Andrew, who would have turned only 50 this December 16, to exit the world so abruptly.

1m ago

Hate is bringing us closer to our own extinction

We are now going through times of extreme anxiety caused by economic uncertainty, rapid social change, and complex global issues.

1m ago

Why did Abdullah have to die?

How many of those injured during the July-August uprising, like Abdullah, are still fighting for their lives?

1m ago

Are we trying to get ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’?

The euphoria of August 5, and the momentous days leading up to it, especially since July 15, are now being overshadowed by a cloud of uncertainty.

2m ago

Why did the Khagrachhari school reinstate a known sexual predator?

This incident exposes the added vulnerability of young women and girls when they belong to Indigenous communities.

3m ago

Cox’s Bazar attacks reflect a sickness far from being cured

By giving their opinions a religious tag, groups or individuals have managed to get away with vicious assaults on women

4m ago

Can we hold onto our precious freedom?

After the stunning fall of an autocratic regime camouflaged in democratic garb, we now have a precious opportunity to reclaim our rights as a people.

4m ago
July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024

Saluting the spirit of our young people

There is no shame in admitting that in the last few days many of us have cried helplessly, over the senseless deaths of students—teenagers or in their early twenties—the same age or close to the ages of our children.

July 15, 2024
July 15, 2024

Why must brute force always be the response to student protests?

What could have been resolved through a discussion as expected from any government, ended up being yet another violent suppression of the voices of students

July 5, 2024
July 5, 2024

The incredible ‘goatness’ of being

The town is abuzz about how the astronomical price of a goat led to the opening of a gigantic can of worms

June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024

Is it possible to escape from the seduction of smartphones?

The bug of relentless connectivity to some world or the other has infected us, and there seems to be no cure.

May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024

World leaders are disconnected from the youth

Student protestors are calling out the double standards of Western powers

April 5, 2024
April 5, 2024

Rokia Afzal Rahman: A leader with a quiet strength

Perhaps it is no coincidence that she shared her name with Begum Rokeya, the pioneer of women’s emancipation in the Indian subcontinent during British rule.

March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Kindness gives life its biggest dividends

The history of civilisation has shown that humans survive when they are part of a community.

March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024

The poor’s debt burden gets heavier

The vicious cycle of taking loans to pay bills and then taking another loan to pay off the first loan may continue throughout their lives, with little or no real improvement in their living standards.

March 8, 2024
March 8, 2024

A glimpse into the crazy, irrational mind of a woman

Women are crazy because they set the bar ridiculously high for themselves, with no thought of self-preservation.

February 2, 2024
February 2, 2024

How entitled are you?

Entitlement is a bad habit that few of us can escape.