Bergman’s blind spot: ‘Fascist’ is indeed a right word to describe Awami League

In Bangladesh, medicine is practiced in a system that treats life as surplus

Practicing medicine in Bangladesh isn’t just difficult—it’s a battle against a system designed to exploit life, not preserve it. In this searing essay, Mikail Hossain exposes the structural rot in ...

Walls that sing: Graffiti and music in Bangladesh's Long July Revolution

How Humayun Ahmed mastered the craft of psychological horror stories

Nurul Kabir on Shafiqul Alam's role: What’s the real rhetoric behind the rhetorical question?

Are silent push-ins at the Bangladesh border emerging as a new tool in New Delhi’s “questionable” diplomatic arsenal?

Guess who’s bleeding the most with Trump’s tariff war? Not China…but the closest allies of the US

Investigation

Shell firms, silent transfers, and missing oversight: Inside Nagad’s financial maze of corruption

The watchmen watched: Tax probe exposes Elite Security’s financial misconduct

Railway racket: How Max Group's political ties secured billions in doctored contracts

How a2i project of Awami League government was used for collective looting

Ex-IGP Shahidul Hoque tied to Tk 560 crore corruption scheme through a foundation named after his parents

Shakib's father linked to two murders on August 4 student-people uprising in Magura

Opinion

Behind the “revolutionary” rhetoric lies a quiet refusal of democracy

The July uprising in Bangladesh was not a revolution—it was unrest without direction. Real change demands elections, not theatrics and borrowed legitimacy. ...

David Bergman’s article on the risk of banning Awami League misses the point

Between reform and religion: The middle ground Bangladesh urgently needs for the women issues

The Women’s Commission missed a critical constituency

Bangladesh begins where Shahbagh ends

Opposing the Women’s Rights Commission only reinforces global anti-Muslim stereotypes

Why I’ve come to realize that the ballot box doesn’t scare the powerful….it protects them

Interview

Prominent young IG Advisor rejects future of Pro-India or Pro-Pakistan politics in Bangladesh

Explore Mahfuj Alam's mysticism and strategic influence in post-uprising Bangladesh. In this exclusive interview, he ...

World-renowned human rights workers document "clear" evidence of police brutalities in July Uprising

Online activists reveal how memes became a powerful dissenting tool during the stifling Awami regime

Accomplished entrepreneur urges interim government to focus on crisis management, not political rhetoric

Leader of the largest Islamist party expresses his reluctance towards the politics of vengeance

Top Indian editor says New Delhi adopts a “Wait-and-Watch” approach on Dhaka situation

Prominent U.S. journalists foresee reduced checks and balances under Trump’s second term

Analysis

Erdogan's bet on Pakistan comes at India's expense..but what’s next?

As tensions flare between India and Pakistan, Turkey deepens its military and strategic partnership with Islamabad—fueling regional instability, challenging New Delhi, and reshaping South Asia’s geopolitical balance. ...

How India’s offensive gamble backfired… and strengthened Pakistan’s hand

Hindutva is dismantling Indian democracy in plain sight

Bold words, bad strategy: The Women’s Commission Report faces grim odds

Asia's energy gamble is being played on Washington’s terms

Greed is half the story…Bangladesh’s unchecked corruption is rooted in somewhere else

‘Banglar Teslas’ aren’t the problem….the system is

Life & Arts

In the silence, wisdom and unspoken depths: My time with barrister Razzaq

A powerful tribute to Barrister Abdur Razzaq—his legacy, integrity, and quiet leadership in exile, as ...

Borbaad: Razzle dazzle, machismo, blood and bringing out the beast within!

Have we truly tried to see beneath the layers of Humayun Ahmed’s most iconic character “Himu”?

The unlikely “extraordinary” journey of my father....

From command to collaboration: What military life taught me about leadership

Shantoneel: A musician seamlessly merging tradition and modernity in his unique style

Chittagong Hill Tracts: Navigating the paradoxes of identity and community

News

With protests and ultimatums, BNP pressures interim government

BNP's Moyeen Khan slams NBR dissolution as ‘cosmetic reform’

Sweden and Bangladesh hold policy dialogue on sustainable water use in RMG sector

Russia and Vietnam sign roadmap to deepen nuclear cooperation through 2030

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