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Yunus’s twin ballot gamble tests Bangladesh’s democratic rebirth

When Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus appeared on television Thursday afternoon, his voice carried two things–the calm authority of a ...

13 Nov 2025 21:11 PM

If Bangladesh is to outgrow the Awami League, it must first refuse to be cowed

The last decade of Awami League’s dictatorship has taught Bangladesh a disquieting lesson that robust majorities and revolutionary pedigrees do ...

13 Nov 2025 16:59 PM

How the so-called “intellectuals” became the handmaidens of power during Hasina’s dictatorship

Fascism, in its classical form, was an ultranationalist creed. Power concentrated in one man or one party and dissent crushed ...

12 Nov 2025 22:19 PM

Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam likens Sheikh Hasina to Idi Amin, warns her PR effort to whitewash July killings will fail

A sharp commentary comparing Idi Amin’s quiet exile with Sheikh Hasina’s resource-fueled PR offensive—alleging legal firepower, “email interviews,” and media ...

11 Nov 2025 15:41 PM

How financial oppression fuels post-truth conspiracies in Bangladesh

An incisive essay on how scarcity turns logic into a tool of subjugation—the “sea of calculation”—fueling conspiracies, fractured spirituality, and ...

11 Nov 2025 15:37 PM

Offshore ship imports raise red flags in Tk 8,000 crore probe into Eastern Bank Chairman

When investigators in Dhaka began tracing a string of ship-purchase transactions tied to one of Bangladesh’s most renowned bankers, they ...

09 Nov 2025 22:52 PM

No DMZ, no deterrence: India’s border strategy and Bangladesh’s strategic sleepwalk

A sober look at the India–Bangladesh border flashpoint—the Siliguri “Chicken’s Neck” and Bangladesh’s own coastal chokepoint—rising militarization, missing DMZ safeguards, ...

08 Nov 2025 18:44 PM

November 7,1975: The day Bangladesh escaped the abyss

A punchy call for Bangladesh to swap speeches for jobs—tackling youth drift, social media addiction, red tape, and property rights ...

07 Nov 2025 20:32 PM

How the right masters the left’s language…and turns it into a weapon

A contemplative reflection on repetition, remembrance, and sakinah—true tranquility—by Parvez Alam, author of “Madina,” urging us to relearn how to ...

07 Nov 2025 19:42 PM

Experts call for legal reforms to ensure universal birth and death registration by 2030

Experts urge Bangladesh to amend the Birth and Death Registration Act 2004 and strengthen enforcement to achieve universal registration by ...

06 Nov 2025 17:00 PM