The final act: Learning to accept election defeat
Ducsu delivers a participatory election. Can unsuccessful candidates accept loss gracefully?
10 September 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
3 September 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.
7 August 2025
Shibir reveals it has not renounced its dark past
It was yet another attempt by Jamaat's student cadres to test the waters
6 August 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.
31 July 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.
23 July 2025
The streets of heaven are too crowded today
On days like this we look for things to blame, people to accuse
21 July 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.
15 July 2025
Jamaat leader’s apology and the bigger question
Jamaat members still hero-worship their past leaders, who stood against Bangladesh.
1 June 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
3 May 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.
7 April 2025
Surreal times: Mob violence and feeble response
It is becoming difficult to say whether the government is trying to run a country in earnest or just playing house
5 March 2025
Relax, says the home ministry!
In the immediate aftermath of the changeover on the August 5, the police were nowhere to be seen.
3 March 2025
Calls for new constitution and the questions that come to mind
The call for a second republic and a new constitution has never been louder
1 March 2025
Will Hasina’s shadow continue to loom over Dhaka-Delhi ties?
Although there appears to have been some encouraging movement on both sides, the bilateral relations remains somewhat wary.
1 March 2025
When will the home adviser wake up?
Adviser Jahangir Alam appears to have gone out his way to remain elusive to the press
24 February 2025
Bangla or Bengali: which should be used?
Why not use the word Bangla globally, instead of “Bengali?”
22 February 2025
Not at the cost of Muktijuddho, no way
Neither Jamaat, nor its student wing has ever come clean regarding its role in 1971.
10 February 2025
Reform now at crucial stage
Poised on the cusp of discussions on its much-promised reforms, the interim government completes six months in office following a wave of turbulence.
7 February 2025
A fascist resurgence on the streets of Dhaka
The thugs of Students for Sovereignty must be taken to task and given exemplary punishment
16 January 2025