Flying traditions: Sakrain and the shared life of old Dhaka
Sakrain, the vibrant kite-flying festival of Old Dhaka, is one of the city’s oldest and most cherished seasonal urban traditions.
21 January 2026, 14:42 PM
Big Picture
US global dominance and the Donroe Doctrine in the making
US global dominance has never been accidental. It comes from decades of strategy, adaptation, and the careful linking of finance, energy, military power, technology, maritime control and control over global resource flows.
20 January 2026, 16:44 PM
Before the Assam-Bengal line system: Mobility, land, and belonging
The eastern subcontinent is one of the most fluid ecological zones in the world.
20 January 2026, 15:41 PM
Remembering Jayasree Kabir: The actress who chose absence
To those who grew up watching Bengali cinema during its most creatively vibrant years, Jayasree Kabir was more than an actress. She embodied a particular kind of screen intelligence—restrained, thoughtful, and emotionally precise.
19 January 2026, 15:05 PM
Journey to the roof of the world: A Bangladeshi's Tibet travelogue
Our adventure commenced with the flight from Dhaka to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG).
19 January 2026, 16:00 PM
Muslim Sahitya Samaj Centenary
In the light of Shikha: A letter tainted by anachronism
19 January 2026, 00:31 AM
Big Picture
Cold waves in Bangladesh: Public health risks and preparedness imperatives
Cold waves are a recurring winter phenomenon in Bangladesh and pose serious public health risks.
18 January 2026, 13:09 PM
Big Picture
Eroding edges, emerging lands: Mapping the Meghna Estuary
Beyond its shifting shores, the Meghna Estuary is a treasure trove of ecology and economy.
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Big Picture
Can the Barind Tract survive its own agricultural success?
Stand in the middle of the High Barind in late April, and you are standing on one of the most geologically distinct surfaces in Bangladesh.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Big Picture
Amanul Huq: The romantic documentarian
The international photography festival Chobi Mela will begin on January 16. This year’s festival is being organised around the theme “Punô”—meaning again or to begin anew, differently.
12 January 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Before the selfie age: Daddy’s self-portraits
Daddy’s most widely seen self-portrait was taken in 1951.
10 January 2026, 13:51 PM
In Focus
Living in occupied Dhaka: Diaries from 1971
Ekattorer Dinguli, Ekatturer Diary, and Abaruddha Dhaka remind us that the Liberation War did more than give birth to a nation
6 January 2026, 13:20 PM
In Focus
Between Dhaka and the UK: Living the in-between
Returning forced me to confront an uncomfortable truth: belonging is not always singular.
13 January 2026, 14:50 PM
An ode to winter, sadness and survival
Just as nature does not apologise for winter, our life does not need to justify its slower seasons either.
5 January 2026, 08:49 AM
Wisdom
Red-green flag and the comfort of forgetting independence
There’s a grief folded into our victory that no celebration can undo.
24 December 2025, 06:10 AM
Wisdom
D for Dhaka, D for Death
Luck— you need a lot of it to stay alive in this city. And also a sense of dark humour.
23 December 2025, 06:37 AM
Wisdom
The little monarch of Madhabkunda
Although globally listed as Least Concern, national mapping can be misleading.
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
The lost soul of Jatra
What was once an art of resistance has become a struggle for survival.
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
The Tangail saree’s global fame and the weavers we forget
The Tangail saree has travelled far. Once woven quietly in riverside villages, it now appears in fashion catalogues, festival exhibitions, and heritage headlines.
10 January 2026, 00:00 AM
One health, one future: The critical role of Bangladesh’s veterinarians
Bangladesh’s public health story is often told through the lens of hospitals, epidemics, and human suffering.
10 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Why coastal communities don’t get enough milk and vegetables
The Ashtomashi Badh, or eight-month embankment, historically shaped the southwest coast of Bangladesh into an ek fosholer desh—a single-crop landscape—where peasants cultivated rice once a year using fresh water.
2 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Unheard Voices
We don’t need zoos, only safe places for wild animals
At the beginning of December, a lioness named Daisy slipped out of her cage at Mirpur National Zoo for a few hours, sparking panic and a rushed evacuation.
2 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Unheard Voices
Is the Venezuela operation part of a US–China power struggle?
The operation in Venezuela was therefore about more than drugs, oil, or technological prowess.
8 January 2026, 06:59 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Can any power now kidnap a head of state?
Trump has claimed that Venezuela stole “our” oil, and that his mission is to win it back.
7 January 2026, 06:38 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Myanmar’s hollow election: Rohingyas’ fate and Bangladesh’s geopolitical stake
For Bangladesh, the geopolitical stakes are profound and multifaceted.
24 December 2025, 10:00 AM
Geopolitical Insights
Why global crises are pushing the world towards renewables
The urgency to move away from fossil fuels and into renewables isn’t just about climate change anymore.
9 July 2025, 05:00 AM
Geopolitical Insights
In Focus / The untold history of why Khaleda Zia entered politics
Why did Khaleda Zia, a typical housewife who had become widow at a critical age in terms of Bangladesh's culture, join politics?
30 December 2025, 11:53 AM
In Focus
In Focus / Nurjahan Begum at 100: A life for women’s voices
Begum had to shift from its office from one country to another, witness Partition, Liberation War, change of regimes, change in printing technology, but its editor, Nurjahan Begum, never wavered.
25 December 2025, 10:20 AM
In Focus
Thoughts on press freedom and about a Dhaka weekly that died without a bang
For an aspiring journalist like myself, there could not have been a better training ground than the East Bengal Times.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Big Picture
The war after the war: Pakistan’s POWs and postal propaganda
Postal evidence supports the view that a propaganda campaign was underway as soon as the army surrendered.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Slow Reads Special
Missionaries in the war zone: Australian Baptists and the birth of Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the Australian Baptist Missionary Society (ABMS) had workers in Mymensingh, Kulpotak and Joyramkura.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Slow Reads Special
The Bangladeshi diaspora in Britain: A forgotten front of 1971
By 1971, Britain’s Bengali community, though modest in size, had established footholds across the industrial heartland: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Luton, Coventry, Sheffield, and Oldham.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Slow Reads Special
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies
Due to its strong ties to Pakistan as a Cold War ally, the Nixon administration declined to recognise the genocide.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Slow Reads Special