Tanim Ahmed

WINKERS AWEIGH!

Tanim Ahmed is digital editor at The Daily Star.

Provost to nightguard: Different faces, same disregard for women

The widespread unrest at Chittagong University and adjacent villages where students and villagers clashed with each other for the better part of a day, had begun with a nightguard assaulting a female student who had returned to her mess, reportedly at 11:00pm

1d ago

A year of progress with caveats

The recent announcement of election timeline has allayed apprehensions and brought a sense of calm among major political players who have often been at odds with each other.

4w ago

Shibir reveals it has not renounced its dark past

It was yet another attempt by Jamaat's student cadres to test the waters

4w ago

A few questions over the Dhaka jet crash

The recent fighter jet crash at a school campus in Dhaka has led many to question the wisdom of running an airbase in Kurmitola and conducting training flights from there.

1m ago

Governed by Facebook posts, ruled by confusion

It was just about 7:00am on Monday. A mother sat with her daughter at a bus counter in Dinajpur, set for a two-hour commute to Rangpur for the daughter’s HSC exam three hours later.

1m ago

The streets of heaven are too crowded today

On days like this we look for things to blame, people to accuse

1m ago

Crime ‘stable’ at 11 murders, 15 rapes a day!

The chief adviser's press wing goes on to assert that the official crime statistics from September 2024 to June 2025 do not "completely" support the claim that crime is sharply rising this year.

1m ago

Jamaat leader’s apology and the bigger question

Jamaat members still hero-worship their past leaders, who stood against Bangladesh.

3m ago
September 3, 2025
September 3, 2025

Provost to nightguard: Different faces, same disregard for women

The widespread unrest at Chittagong University and adjacent villages where students and villagers clashed with each other for the better part of a day, had begun with a nightguard assaulting a female student who had returned to her mess, reportedly at 11:00pm

August 8, 2025
August 8, 2025

A year of progress with caveats

The recent announcement of election timeline has allayed apprehensions and brought a sense of calm among major political players who have often been at odds with each other.

August 6, 2025
August 6, 2025

Shibir reveals it has not renounced its dark past

It was yet another attempt by Jamaat's student cadres to test the waters

July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025

A few questions over the Dhaka jet crash

The recent fighter jet crash at a school campus in Dhaka has led many to question the wisdom of running an airbase in Kurmitola and conducting training flights from there.

July 24, 2025
July 24, 2025

Governed by Facebook posts, ruled by confusion

It was just about 7:00am on Monday. A mother sat with her daughter at a bus counter in Dinajpur, set for a two-hour commute to Rangpur for the daughter’s HSC exam three hours later.

July 21, 2025
July 21, 2025

The streets of heaven are too crowded today

On days like this we look for things to blame, people to accuse

July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025

Crime ‘stable’ at 11 murders, 15 rapes a day!

The chief adviser's press wing goes on to assert that the official crime statistics from September 2024 to June 2025 do not "completely" support the claim that crime is sharply rising this year.

June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025

Jamaat leader’s apology and the bigger question

Jamaat members still hero-worship their past leaders, who stood against Bangladesh.

May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025

Tarique Rahman's FB post: A commendable spirit that will hopefully remain

Neither Tarique's spirit, nor Fakhrul's wisdom appear to be percolating down to the grassroots of their party

April 7, 2025
April 7, 2025

Political expediency and the narratives of our liberation

It was evident on March 26 how political parties do not dither to propagate alternative narratives of our independence and the 1971 Liberation War purely for expediency.