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Tanim Ahmed

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Tanim Ahmed is digital editor at The Daily Star.

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The Yellow Butterfly: How Sheba shaped my world growing up

18 August 2026
For generations of Bangladeshi readers, Sheba Prokashoni opened windows to distant worlds, shaping childhoods through adventure, mystery and classic literature.
18 August 2026
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Analysis / India is warming to Tarique. Is it abandoning Hasina?

15 August 2026
The Indian envoy flying back to Delhi within hours of meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, to be followed by an audience with Prime Minister Modi the following day, should indicate India’s willingness in rebuilding its relations with Bangladesh
15 August 2026
BNP Hefazat-e-Islam alignment

News analysis / BNP courts Hefazat. A playbook all too familiar?

11 August 2026
The warm and cordial interaction between BNP and Hefazat-e-Islam’s leaders may well indicate a stronger political alignment that has probably been in the offing for a while.
11 August 2026
Jamaat chief civil war remark

What lies behind the Jamaat chief's 'civil war' remark?

26 June 2026
It is customary for politicians to campaign against the other side: the opposition speaks against the government and the government against the opposition.
26 June 2026
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Explainer / Will India hand over Hasina?

21 April 2026
All you need to know about the legal process of extradition and the caveats
21 April 2026
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Analysis / Why Jamaat's debut as opposition in parliament fails the history test

18 March 2026
This is not to criticise Jamaat-e-Islami because it proposed names of war criminals for condolence motion at the parliament
18 March 2026
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Explainer / Constitution reform council: Why the dispute and what the law says

16 March 2026
Is the BNP dragging its feet over July charter reforms?
16 March 2026
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Army’s role during the polls and interim period merits a nod

23 February 2026
Now that the dust has settled and we have begun another hopeful journey under a new government, we can look back at the interim government’s 18-month tenure and say with confidence that the defence forces,
23 February 2026
Ducsu election 2025

The final act: Learning to accept election defeat

Ducsu delivers a participatory election. Can unsuccessful candidates accept loss gracefully?
10 September 2025
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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
Bangladesh interim government one year review

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
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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
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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
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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
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The streets of heaven are too crowded today

On days like this we look for things to blame, people to accuse
21 July 2025
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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
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Jamaat leader’s apology and the bigger question

Jamaat members still hero-worship their past leaders, who stood against Bangladesh.
1 June 2025
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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

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
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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
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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
National Citizen Party

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
Hasina's shadow over Bangladesh-India relations

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
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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
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Bangla or Bengali: which should be used?

Why not use the word Bangla globally, instead of “Bengali?”
22 February 2025
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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
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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
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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

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