In the heart of Kolkata, at 8 Shakespeare Sarani—formerly known as 8 Theatre Road—stands a building whose walls once echoed with the pulse of a nation's liberation.
Govt must implement some key changes before election
According to a recent Odhikar report, 40 people have been victims of extrajudicial killings in the 14 months since the interim government took office in August 2024.
This was the main cause of past failures.
We must uphold intellectual freedom to honour their sacrifice.
Economy remains at a critical point despite some stability
Rather than retreating in the face of bureaucratic inertia, these RTI warriors have adopted a strategy of persistence.
The longstanding public demand and decades of relentless advocacy by stakeholders, particularly articulated as a key aspiration of the July movement, for an independent police commission, have been ruthlessly and shamelessly shattered by the Police Commission Ordinance 2025, gazetted on December 09, 2025.
The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.
There are no visible changes yet.
This episode, hosted by Tanim Ahmed and featuring journalist Bahram Khan of The Daily Star, discusses the impact of successive contract-based appointments in the administration and their political context
Questions arise: Why are these political figures accompanying Yunus, and can this effort help reduce the current gap among the political parties?
As a people, we have a tendency to be enamoured with the present political realities and treat the past with utter disdain. Even worse, we want to rewrite it, thus overvaluing the present and throwing the past into the bin
How might Trump's statement impact Bangladesh? How should Bangladesh actually handle this issue?
What defines a youth-led movement? What ideologies would they embrace? Who are they inviting to join?
For months, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's role has been lobbying US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to head a "temporary transitional authority in Gaza.
Millions of Bangladeshi migrants living abroad send money home. This transfer for their left-behind families reflects the love and obligation that ripple through villages and towns, supporting livelihoods and boosting income.
This crisis is pushing us dangerously close to a pre-antibiotic era.
While we cannot control tectonic plates, we are not helpless in the face of climate degradation.
Begum Rokeya led a deeply pious life, full of respect for Islam and its values.
In 2024, real wages fell across the board: two percent for low-skilled workers, 0.5 percent for high-skilled.
The illusion of stability is maintained through small, delayed payments that create artificial demand.
Dhaka's suffocating reality stems directly from policy failures that treated urban planning as an obstacle, not a necessity.
Based on a survey of 201 journalists across 19 districts, the research paints a picture of a deeply polarised and volatile landscape ahead.
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