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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

Reform beyond rhetoric: Can the July Charter deliver change?

Bangladesh’s reform debate after July 2024 asks: will the Consensus Commission’s July Charter deliver, or do trust-based, participatory reforms need ...

06 Nov 2025 16:56 PM

BNP to face hurdle in taming its rebels

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is facing a growing internal challenge as discontent brews among its leaders and activists over ...

06 Nov 2025 08:04 AM

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

We must consciously and intellectually confront the ethics of giving media space to a mass-murdering autocrat like Hasina…

In the aftermath of autocrat Sheikh Hasina’s downfall, toppled by a student-led, people-powered uprising, the country’s mood was unmistakable. ...

05 Nov 2025 10:26 AM