Tanim Ahmed

Adviser Jahangir Alam appears to have gone out his way to remain elusive to the press

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

Neither Jamaat, nor its student wing has ever come clean regarding its role in 1971.

Poised on the cusp of discussions on its much-promised reforms, the interim government completes six months in office following a wave of turbulence.

The thugs of Students for Sovereignty must be taken to task and given exemplary punishment

Going into the new year, it would be relieving for the general public to hear the government explain the purpose of this proclamation

The interviews presented a good example of the typical Indian disinformation campaign.

A look at two interviews of the press secretary to understand how the layers of misinformation are exploited to build a false narrative

The Islami Andolan Bangladesh prioritises reforms over elections but also believes the government should announce a timeline of its own accord. Still in talks with other Islamist parties for a grand coalition, Islami Andolan chief Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim told The Daily Star during an exclusive interview that it favoured proportional representation instead of the prevailing ‘first-past-the-post’ election system.

The much talked about reforms are finally under way as the government completes its three months in office.

Backtracking from writ petition against 11 political parties and 3 past elections a welcome move

Jamaat-e-Islami will own up to crimes committed during the Liberation War if they are proven beyond doubt.

Bangladesh’s vicious cycle of political retribution stops with Jamaat-e-Islami, said its Ameer Shafiqur Rahman.

The full transcript of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman's interview with The Daily Star

The interim government had taken oath two months ago with overwhelming public support and amid almost equally unrealistic expectations.

Free media is a pillar of democratic society but under threat in many parts of the world, says Irene Khan, the UN special rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, during an interview with The Daily Star. .She notes that the press in Bangladesh was decimated by the previous regime

"If you ask me, then I will say 18 months should be the time frame by which we should enter into a democratic process," he said

Even if the vilest allegations were true, lynching them could not have been the answer.

Sadly, when one lynching can be said to be more barbaric than another, it can only indicate the level of depravity of some our university students

More than half a century after its independence, Bangladesh still finds itself at the crossroads of crafting a state built on durable democratic foundations.