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7 January 2022, 18:00 PM Historical
Change is the only constant
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
Media: Between a rock and a hard place
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
How new autocrats curb press freedom
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend
(Uncertain) Future of Journalism in Bangladesh
28 November 2019, 18:00 PM Star Weekend

From postmemory to post-amnesia

For both Pakistan and Bangladesh, the time between 1947 and 1971 was best forgotten.
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Why this special issue on Partition?

Is history too much with us? In some sense, yes, but in its broader and deeper sense, no.
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Ghosts of 1947

Bangladesh stands out in postcolonial South Asia for its strikingly anomalous relationship to what neighbours consider to be the foundational event in the region's modern history—the 1947 partition of British India.
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Amiya Kanti Mutsuddy

Mutsuddy was born into a Buddhist family in Rangunia, Chittagong, British India.
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

In search of new voices

We call '1947' a phenomenon. Although often referred to as 'the Partition' for convenience, it is hard to settle on an agreed description. How should one describe 1947?
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Partition studies: Prospects and pitfalls

Partition, unquestionably a pivotal event of the South Asian twentieth century, has become a subject of great significance in its own right.
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Fragments from a pre-Partition childhood

Through 1945 to 1946 and a part 1947, we were in Calcutta. During the riots, three families moved to 11 Circus Range for protection from any attack from non-Muslims.
24 August 2017, 18:00 PM

“Bhoyongkor Sundor”: A swing and a miss

“Bhoyongkor Sundor”, labeled a psychological drama, follows Nayantara (Bhabna) as she leaves the comfort and love of family and finds herself in a world she doesn't understand.
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Traffic alert fails

Why apps are unable to map Dhaka's traffic
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM

The nature of Cuban socialism

An interview with Fidel Castro
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Separating morality from service

Learning about sexual rights from Uganda
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM

The government's got your tongue

Years of majoritarian Bangla education means that certain minority communities only speak their mother-tongue, and neither read nor write.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

No Vote: Society's barometer

While members of the civil society admit that the reinstatement of the No Vote system may not make a huge difference, it will give the people of Bangladesh more freedom to express themselves in 2019.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

History's first student movement

The first student protest in recorded history took place in China more than 2000 years ago in 160 BC.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Sultan's atemporal vision of awakened bodies

S.M. Sultan, in an organic way, devised a strategy to simultaneously belong to the past and the present, to the East and the West, to 'here' and 'nowhere'.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

The unmaking of Nawaz Sharif

The devastating Supreme Court ruling has not only delivered Nawaz Sharif the ultimate humiliation of being unceremoniously ousted from power, but has also put him and his entire family in the dock over corruption allegations.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

We need classrooms that unite, not divide

There is mounting evidence that inclusive institutions have positive impact on a country's growth and progress when marginalised groups gain better access to education, higher learning opportunities, and gainful employment.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Why so few? Underrepresentation of women in tech

Women are under-represented in the computer science industry, especially in developing nations like Bangladesh, and not only in the workplace, but in universities as well.
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

No country for indigenous women

Indigenous women suffer discrimination on multiple fronts—as women and as minorities
10 August 2017, 18:00 PM

'I only feel good when I'm playing the guitar'

There is nothing dark in Zeheen's room. Nothing that reflects the heavy weight of grief that engulfs those he has left behind.
3 August 2017, 18:00 PM