Naeem Mohaiemen called the book and its selections, which comprise fairly short essays and editorials on contemporary matters, “an argument for somehow recording all that seems ephemeral, so we can then look back and trace what was happening.”

The High Court issues a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be asked to pay Tk 1 crore compensation to the family of a Dhaka Tribune official who was killed in a road accident on May 18.

As the body of Nazim Uddin was lowered to the grave in his village home yesterday, his daughter Nusrat Jahan Moon kept on calling him on his mobile phone.

Just three days ago, he had become a father for the second time.

Dhaka Tribune clinched the title of the Marcel-BSJA Media Cup football tournament after defeating Channel I in a tiebreaker at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium yesterday.