Jaflong Khasia Punji: Touring more like a local, less like a tourist
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Business Plus / EU’s GSP+: The lifeline Bangladesh must win before 2029
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Business Plus / The economic rise of river islands
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
AL govt’s secret surveillance state
From snooping devices carried in backpacks to locate people through their phones to a massive infrastructure that can intercept even end-to-end encryption from a central command centre, the Awami League government had been on an increasingly aggressive trajectory towards building a powerful surveillance state.
10 August 2025, 18:00 PM
News
Bangladesh Police: Equipped to inflict heavy casualties
9 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Editor's Pick
Anatomy of BGB shootings in Rampura
6 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Editor's Pick
Investigation / 'Shoot directly': Hasina’s order and deadly aftermath
24 July 2025, 09:55 AM
Editor's Pick
Investigation / A blatant river grab
31 May 2025, 18:08 PM
News
The war after the war: Pakistan’s POWs and postal propaganda
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
Missionaries in the war zone: Australian Baptists and the birth of Bangladesh
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
The Bangladeshi diaspora in Britain: A forgotten front of 1971
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
The art lover who stole The Love Letter for Bangladesh’s freedom
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
How music carried Bangladesh’s struggle to the world
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
The history we walked past
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
DS+
Year-in law review / Key legislative reforms of 2025 in Bangladesh
Bangladesh experienced major changes to its legal framework through ordinances in 2025. In total, the President promulgated 78 ordinances (at the time of writing this piece) across a wide range of areas. Most of them came into being as part of the ongoing reform process. Some of the most notable ones are discussed in this piece.
Law & Our Rights
Year-in judgment review / Notable Supreme Court decisions of 2025
A number of landmark decisions were handed down by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) in 2025. This write-up compiles some of the landmark judgments that have significant constitutional and socio-political impacts.
Law & Our Rights
Year-in Law Review / Key legislative reforms of 2025 in Bangladesh
Bangladesh experienced major changes to its legal framework through ordinances in 2025. In total, the President promulgated 78 ordinances (at the time of writing this piece) across a wide range of areas.
Law & Our Rights
Year-in Judgment Review / Notable Supreme Court decisions of 2025
Law & Our Rights
Law Letter / Labour Law (Amendment) Ordinance and Due Diligence
Law & Our Rights
Child rights / Child custody and the best interests of children
Law & Our Rights
Law Analysis / Our inherently anti-poor vagrancy laws
Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / Recognising a judicially enforceable right to education
Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / Can an approver be punished?
Law & Our Rights
Handcrafting Heritage / How one family keeps the 'Tepa Putul' tradition alive
Today, the face of toys has changed, and with it, the fate of traditional toys and crafts
12 December 2025, 19:50 PM
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A taste of Dhaka: Street snacks you shouldn’t miss
5 December 2025, 18:58 PM
Weekend Read
The chef who put home cooks: At heart of global cuisine
28 November 2025, 18:48 PM
Weekend Read
When the alleys knew our names
21 November 2025, 18:27 PM
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Haripur Zamindar Bari in Brahmanbaria / On the banks of Titas, a palace fading into memory
14 November 2025, 20:04 PM
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