Opinion / Whom will the Awami League supporters vote for?
The Awami League (AL) is very likely to haunt the entire exercise.
16 October 2025, 03:00 AM
A voice of resistance, progressive thought falls silent
Badruddin Umar, the eminent public intellectual, historian, and political activist, passed away in Dhaka yesterday at the age of 94. He breathed his last at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital, Shyamoli, around 10:05am. He was suffering from old-age complications.
7 September 2025, 18:10 PM
Badruddin Umar speaks / 'We must not lose focus from real political barriers'
Hasina took dynasty politics to levels we could not have ever imagined. What happened to Sheikh Mujib’s former residence was unfortunate. But I would say that Sheikh Hasina is partly responsible for the incident.
7 September 2025, 08:22 AM
The 36th day of July / August 5, 2024: The day the people triumphed
August 5 became a watershed in Bangladesh’s history -- the climactic peak of the July uprising.
4 August 2025, 18:10 PM
The July that rocked Bangladesh / August 4, 2024: The deadliest day of the uprising
August 4, 2024 marked the deadliest day of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, as the non-cooperation movement entered an explosive new phase.
3 August 2025, 18:08 PM
The July that rocked Bangladesh / August 03, 2024: A nation united under one demand
On August 3, 2024, the anti-discrimination movement in Bangladesh reached a new peak as protesters rejected prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s offer for dialogue and instead placed a singular, uncompromising demand before the nation: the resignation of the prime minister and her entire cabinet.
2 August 2025, 18:16 PM
The July that rocked Bangladesh / August 2, 2024: Nationwide clashes as violence returns
After nearly two weeks of tense calm, Bangladesh once again plunged into violence on August 2, 2024, as widespread clashes broke out between protesters and police -- often aided by ruling party activists -- across multiple districts.
1 August 2025, 18:30 PM
The July that rocked Bangladesh / August 1, 2024: Jamaat banned, protests surge, death toll mounts
The day marked a turning point in Bangladesh’s deepening political crisis, as the government officially banned Jamaat-e-Islami and all its affiliated organisations, including Islami Chhatra Shibir.
31 July 2025, 18:16 PM
Yahya requests Nixon to persuade India
Pakistan President Yahya Khan, in a letter dated June 18, 1971, drew attention of American President Richard Nixon to the “rapidly mounting threat to peace and security in the sub-continent”.
17 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Indira Gandhi determined to send refugees back
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today reiterated that she would send back Bangladesh refugees as soon as normalcy was restored.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian foreign minister meets Nixon
Indian Foreign Minister Sardar Swaran Singh carried to US President Richard Nixon today an urgent plea for help to achieve a political settlement in East Pakistan and enable the return of six million Bangladeshi refugees to their homes.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian MPs want military action
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said in parliament today that the possibility of a political settlement in East Pakistan was “becoming more remote” every day.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Yahya delays plan for power transfer
Pakistan President Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan postponed the announcement of his plan for the transfer of power to a civilian government. The president, who rules by martial authority, said May 24 that he would announce the plan in two to three weeks’ time.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Our victory is assured: Tajuddin
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad said today that the refugees now in India were keen on coming back home.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh issue will linger: Indira Gandhi
The United States appealed today to India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and urged the Pakistanis to restore normalcy in East Pakistan through “peaceful political accommodation”.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Spike in guerilla attacks
Mukti Fouj guerillas made a series of attacks on Pakistani positions in Cumilla sector in the last few days, killing at least 28 Pakistani soldiers, according to Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. Twenty soldiers were killed when guerillas ambushed a Pakistani army column near Fakirhat on June 10, 1971.
10 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Tikka Khan offers general amnesty
The Pakistani Government offered today a general amnesty extending to military deserters and politicians and asked refugees to return home.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Operation Hotel InterContinental
Commandos of the Crack Platoon today launched an attack at InterContinental Dhaka. The commandos, armed with grenades, bayonets, and submachine guns, stopped in a car in front of the hotel. Five grenades were thrown in the attack which took place between 7:45pm and 8:00pm.
8 June 2021, 18:00 PM
UK refuses aid to Pakistan
The reported statement of Pakistan President Yahya Khan that he would take “genuine refugees” back into Pakistan met with sharp reaction from the Bangladesh government today.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
2 largest currency denominations withdrawn
The Pakistani government removed from circulation today part of the nation’s currency in an effort to check the economic effects of looting from banks in East Pakistan.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pakistan is dead: Syed Nazrul
Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of Bangladesh, today spelt out four preconditions for a political settlement of the Bangladesh issue. In a 45-minute broadcast from the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra,
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM
A conversation with Yahya Khan
In a telegram sent to the US State Department on June 5, 1971, US Ambassador in Pakistan Joseph Farland provided a detailed account of his conversation with Pakistan President Yahya Khan. The meeting was held on the same day.
4 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Effort to form new party
Pakistan and the United Nations agreed on relief operations for victims of the war in East Pakistan, a UN spokesman announced today.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
East Pakistan will eventually become independent: Kissinger
A conversation was held on June 3, 1971 between US Ambassador to India Kenneth Keating, Assistant to the US President Henry Kissinger and NSC staff Harold Saunders about the situation of East Pakistan.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
No room for compromise with Pakistan: Tajuddin
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad categorically declared today that “there is no room for compromise (with West Pakistan) within the framework of Pakistan”.
1 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh delegation addresses Indian parliament
The Provisional Government of Bangladesh today ruled out any political settlement with the West Pakistanis. Home Minister AM Kamaruzzaman issued a statement to the press which categorically rejected President Yahya Khan’s offer of an amnesty. It’s a fight to the finish, he said.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Bhashani rules out any political settlement
Rejecting straightway the proposals for a political settlement of the issues involved in the present revolt against Yahya Khan in Bangladesh.
30 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Transcript of Dhaka massacre
Evidence became available which appeared to confirm that the Pakistan Army’s operations in Dhaka on March 25 were part of a well-organised plan devised to terrorise the inhabitants into submission.
29 May 2021, 18:00 PM