Author - Abu Jakir

How Bangladesh lost a President… and never got the full story

At around four in the morning on May 30, 1981, the silence of Chattogram’s Circuit House broke under a burst ...

30 May 2026 21:08 PM

BNP vs Jamaat’s manifesto as a contest between prudent economic engineering and lofty economic idealism

As Bangladesh heads toward the much coveted general election tomorrow, two starkly different visions for the country’s future have been ...

11 Feb 2026 19:03 PM

Questions over expatriate postal ballots add new strain to Bangladesh’s upcoming election

As Bangladesh approaches its 13th national parliamentary election, allegations of irregularities in the expatriate postal voting system have triggered concern, ...

16 Jan 2026 08:54 AM

Is anyone buying Awami League’s crocodile tears?

During Sheikh Hasina’s 16-year long dictatorial rule, few images captured the Awami League’s mastery of performative grief more starkly than ...

02 Jan 2026 13:00 PM

How Indian media describes the lives of Awami League leaders sheltering in India after the uprising

Fifteen months after the July uprising that forced scores of Awami League (AL) leaders to flee the country, a new ...

08 Dec 2025 12:56 PM

Banik Barta’s swipe at an adviser’s “Singaporephilia” completely misses the point

Bangladesh’s leading vernacular business daily, Banik Barta, ran a story on Tuesday attempting to build a case against an adviser ...

25 Nov 2025 14:26 PM

The meaning…and impact…of dictator Hasina’s death sentence for Bangladesh

The International Crimes Tribunal’s Monday verdict of death sentence against Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina marks a defining moment ...

17 Nov 2025 18:55 PM

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

Ashraful Alam Khokon and the polished poison of post-truth politics

A sharp profile of Ashraful Alam Khokon—his curated persona, subtle propaganda, and influence on fracturing Bangladesh’s post-Hasina opposition and public ...

05 Nov 2025 17:22 PM

The “three stooges” of manufactured morality

A viral “doi” photo of Abdun Noor Tushar, Masud Kamal, and Anis Alamgir sparks backlash—an essay critiques Bangladesh’s semi-elite commentariat ...

31 Oct 2025 18:02 PM