If NCP can demand voting rights for NRBs, what’s stopping the other major parties?By Adil MahmoodAugust 26, 2025 Bangladesh’s diaspora sent home over $30 billion last year, played a pivotal role in the…
1991 and 2024: On uprising, elections and manifestosBy Sadman Ahmed SiamAugust 10, 2025 During the Mass Uprising of July 2024, there was a question which was thrown at…
From 36 July to 36 July: Have we honored the uprising, or just decorated it?By Mahmuda EmdadAugust 5, 2025 We never expected utopia. No revolution delivers all that it promises. But those who chanted,…
Ten million promises, zero plans: When jobless youth meet directionless politicsBy Adil MahmoodAugust 3, 2025 Bangladesh’s biggest asset—its youth—is being wasted. Parties are promising jobs, but their blueprints are more…
নারী ও নতুন বন্দোবস্তBy Tashrik HasanJuly 27, 2025 গণঅভ্যুথানে ক্ষমতাচ্যুত প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বেশ কিছু কারণেই “নাম” কুড়িয়েছেন। তার মধ্যে অন্যতম ব্যাপার হচ্ছে,…
In defence of the OHCHR office in BangladeshBy Sadman Ahmed SiamJuly 26, 2025 Human Rights have always been an issue which was neglected in Bangladesh, regardless of which…
Gopalganj’s warning: Is democratic inclusion worth the risk?By Iftekhar TamimJuly 24, 2025 While Bangladesh processes the shock of four deaths and brutal attacks on National Citizen Party…
‘Journalism is not a crime’ – but what about complicity?By Adil MahmoodJuly 24, 2025 “Journalism is not a crime” rings hollow when, for nearly two decades, Bangladesh’s press has…
যেকারণে এনসিপি-তে সমালোচনা প্রয়োজনীয়By Anupam Debashis RoyJune 26, 2025 ২০১৯ সালে আবরার ফাহাদের নির্মম হত্যাকান্ডের পরে উদ্ভুত রাজনৈতিক বাস্তবতা থেকে আমি আমার আরও কিছু…
Tarique Rahman must come clean about his UK immigration statusBy Adil MahmoodJune 3, 2025 Tarique Rahman, the exiled acting chairman of the BNP, is widely considered the party’s candidate…