10:42 am, Friday, 24 October 2025
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What Is the Future of 20 Million Hindus and Progressive Muslims in Bangladesh?
Burned but Once Comfortable: Abhaynagar’s Hindu Neighborhood In a neat, well-kept area of Abhaynagar in Jessore, it was clear that
Pakistan–Bangladesh Joint Anti-Terror Initiative: Risk or Opportunity?
Bangladesh and Pakistan have recently declared their intention to cooperate in combating militancy. On July 29, 2025, in New York,
The Woman with Shankha–Sindoor Before a Ruined Home in Gangachara—and the Vanishing Figures of Jessore
A recent report in Prothom Alo shows Hindu families in Gangachara, Rangpur, leaving their villages behind. Social media is flooded with images of
Age Verification Laws Fuel Global VPN Boom
As countries around the world accelerate efforts to regulate age-restricted and sensitive online content, a quiet shift is unfolding across
The Nation Mourns the Children Lost in Milestone Crash, While the Chief Adviser Smiles On
A training aircraft crashed into Milestone School in Diabari, near Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, due to mechanical failure, resulting
The Gopalganj Incident Is a Vote of No Confidence to the Yunus Government
What Really Happened in Gopalganj? The nation doesn’t yet fully know what’s happening in Gopalganj. The number of deaths is
Smiles of the Enslaved: Silence, Fear, and the Disappearing Dignity
The Theatrics of Religious Harmony In mid‑October of 2021, during the Awami League’s tenure, after an incident in which religious
Doubt Over Elections Now Clear Even to BNP—But When Will Stability Return?
Early Warnings from Inside BNP After the Yunus-Tarique meeting in London, I had written that only time would reveal its
Ordinance-Making and Democratic Deficit in Bangladesh: A Constitutional and Comparative Perspective
In the contemporary constitutional and geopolitical landscape of Bangladesh, the expanding reliance on ordinances as an instrument of governance raises
Will “Muradnagar’s Draupadi” Find a Place in the July Museum?
In This Country, Can a Woman Ever Be Safe Again? On Saturday afternoon, I visited the home of a younger
