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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
political tension over constitution reform council

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
Yunus struggles with administrative changes

Musical chairs in admin a headache for Yunus

The chief adviser's candid admission by way of an apology for arriving late to a reception with diplomats today is telling
18 August 2024
Student uprising 2024

Why can’t India accept that the people of Bangladesh toppled Sheikh Hasina?

It was a revolution spearheaded by students that succeeded in toppling a dictatorial regime of 15 years.
14 August 2024
Chilling video surfaces of police talking to ex-home minister about subduing the protesters

'We shoot one dead ... but the rest don't budge'

Chilling video surfaces of police talking to ex-home minister about subduing the protesters
13 August 2024
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Hasina falls, flees

Bangladesh’s iron lady of 15 years bowed out to a people’s uprising yesterday. Serving as the prime minister since 2009, Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country as hundreds of thousands marched towards Dhaka defying a curfew amid a continual morning drizzle.
5 August 2024
protests against Freedom fighters’ quota in Bangladesh

Freedom fighters’ quota goes against the 1971 spirit

Any argument about the freedom fighters' quota has turned so contentious that the discussion tends to revolve around the advocate more than whatever merit the argument itself might have.
7 July 2024
Will the Buet protesters’ campaign see success?

Ban on student politics: Will Buet protesters’ campaign see success?

One cannot help but note the irony of a united campaign protesting against student politics when it is obvious that student politics is very much alive on the Buet campus
22 April 2024
The evolution of laws against press freedom

The media must do more to protest oppressive laws like the CSA

The timing of the Cyber Security Act, in the run-up to the elections, was hardly surprising
18 September 2023
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Can BNP really put up a good fight?

One can argue that BNP does not have the organisational wisdom or the cunning to wage a crippling street campaign
6 August 2023
The attack on Hero Alom and a lost opportunity

The attack on Hero Alom: A lost opportunity

Our failure to defend Hero Alom points only to our intellectual bankruptcy
25 July 2023
Elections and visa bans

Lead-up to the elections just got interesting

Although this new US visa policy is proving expedient, it would not be wise to believe that the country is intent on fostering democracy in Bangladesh.
5 June 2023
Press freedom

There was a time...

When journalists sought to be biased, but only towards people.
3 May 2023
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