What does the media’s framing of the Rohingya tell us?
We have to understand that these are displaced people living in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
30 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Why Bilkis Bano’s rapists should be behind bars
Men who raped Bilkis Bano during 2002 Gujarat riots allowed to walk free on the same day that PM Modi promised to make the nation a better place for women.
23 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Bangladesh’s sour-debt conundrum
Is the central bank enabling loan defaulters with its policies?
16 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Israel’s latest attack on Palestine: Who is the real terrorist?
The ongoing attacks seem premeditated as they come as part of a well-coordinated package.
7 August 2022, 11:30 AM
What to make of Biden’s Middle East visit?
It seems Joe Biden has gone back home with very little to show for gains, and a lot of bad headlines that will haunt his media team.
19 July 2022, 10:19 AM
Time for all-out preparations to tackle the fourth wave of Covid
We are still in the midst of a pandemic, although at times – especially when Covid is less active – we seem to lose sight of it and take on a more complacent approach in our fight against the pandemic.
5 July 2022, 16:23 PM
Smugglers should not be rewarded
Bangladesh’s struggle with smuggling is not a new phenomenon.
28 June 2022, 18:00 PM
India should think beyond the Hindutva agenda
Over the last few years – under the BJP government – India’s religious polarisation has increased in degree and intensity.
23 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Why are we still rewarding money launderers?
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed a controversial suggestion in his budgetary proposal: money launderers – read financial criminals – will be allowed to legalise their laundered money without having to face any questions, if they pay a meagre 7-15 percent tax.
21 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Ctg depot fire: Lives engulfed by apathy
The Chattogram depot fire has once again exposed the severe negligence in the handling of hazardous chemicals in Bangladesh.
5 June 2022, 10:02 AM
Pollution in Bangladesh: The invisible tango with death
More than 215,000 people in Bangladesh succumbed to pollution in 2019. The ever lurking, at times invisible, killer—air pollution—alone claimed about 175,000 lives.
25 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Biman’s misadventures continue
Biman is once again making the headlines and, as usual, for all the wrong reasons.
17 May 2022, 18:00 PM
The murder of Shireen Abu Akleh: Another voice for Palestine muted
Occupation forces storm Jenin and besiege a house in the Jabriyat neighbourhood. On the way there, I will bring you news as soon as the picture becomes clear,” emailed Shireen Abu Akleh to Al Jazeera at 6:13 on Wednesday morning.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
A not-so-smart proposal for an offshore smart city
In an unprecedented move, the parliamentary standing committee on housing and public works ministry has directly recommended a major development project—to build an offshore smart city claiming land from the Bay of Bengal—directly to the prime minister.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Who are the helmet bahini?
They come wearing helmets, brandishing machetes and sticks; they vandalise, they kill, and then they are gone, even beyond the long arms of the law.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Did police do enough to quell the New Market clashes?
Three pedestrians were critically injured in the violence. Nahid Mia and Morsalin were among them.
21 April 2022, 08:12 AM
We can’t let our guard down against Covid
With Covid-19 cases receding worldwide, our lives are entering a new phase, where the “normal” perhaps means a strategic co-existence with an ever-present, maleficent viral disease.
17 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Palestine continues to bleed
Since the beginning of 2022, 36 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, as revealed by the Palestinian health ministry.
15 April 2022, 13:54 PM
A reckoning is due for Dhaka Wasa
Dhaka is witnessing an early diarrhoea outbreak this year. The hospitals in the city, including the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), are treating hundreds of new patients every day.
7 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Let no one remain outside electricity coverage
Bangladesh has recently achieved a unique milestone: it has become the first country in South Asia to have 100 percent electricity coverage.
30 March 2022, 18:00 PM