9:54 am, Thursday, 13 November 2025
Opinion

BNP Candidate Shot: A Warning Sign for the Election?

Ershadullah, the BNP candidate for Chattogram-8–8, was shot by armed assailants on Wednesday evening while campaigning. At the time of

Indira Gandhi’s Death Anniversary: The White Saree in the Refugee Camp

Forty-one years ago today, I was standing on the ground-floor verandah of Bulbul Lalitakala Academy in Dhaka’s Wise Ghat when

From Camps to Forms: The Rohingya and Bangladesh’s Bureaucratic Embrace

Eight years after the Rohingya refugee influx began, Cox’s Bazar no longer runs on tents, convoys, and announcements alone. It

Cox’s Bazar: High on Tourists and High on Never-Ending Lifelines

Eight years on from 2017, Cox’s Bazar runs on routine, not alarms. What began as emergency tents now resembles a

The Days of American Citizens and So-Called Democrats and Environmentalists Will Soon Be Over

Malala Yousafzai only wished to learn. For that simple desire—to study—someone tried to kill her. It was not her family

Trump’s Tariff War: Who Wins in the End?

If Donald Trump had been able to start this tariff war ten years earlier, one could have said without hesitation

Eight Years Later, No Way Back: The Cox’s Bazar Rohingya Crisis Without Resolution

Eight years have passed since August 25, 2017, when hundreds of thousands of Rohingya crossed the Naf River to escape

Nurul Majid Humayun’s Death and the Placement of Prisons under the International Red Cross

Freedom fighter, politician, and former minister Nurul Majid Humayun died in prison after being denied necessary medical treatment. Even the

Bangladesh’s New Career Ladder: Ballot First, Job Later, or Never

A Midnight Call and a Misread “Report” In 2018, when the movement for merit-based jobs—“jobs on merit, not quotas”—was underway,

Saudi-Pakistan Military Pact and Its Implications in South Asia

The United States today finds itself in real difficulty over Iran. China, Russia, and India—all major powers with substantial investments