11:40 pm, Wednesday, 14 January 2026
BREAKING NEWS
Jagannath University’s Jamaat Student Wing Sweep: What It Signals for a One-Sided Bangldesh Elections
Even before the aftertaste faded of arrangements for Tarique Rahman’s regal return, of not only Begum Zia’s funeral being held
The Rohingya Crisis Ends 2025 Without an Ending
The final days of 2025 passed without dramatic escalation in the Rohingya crisis. There were no new mass displacements across
Dipu Das’s Death and Poverty Alleviation
I watched Dipu Das’s death on that night, thanks to social media. I cannot say for certain whether I felt
When Elections Become a Magic Show
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, “The country is heading into targeted killings.” Just a few hours earlier, his leader,
A war the Rohingya cannot afford
In the Rohingya camps and scattered diasporic pockets, the war in Rakhine is now experienced through short clips and forwarded
Who Actually Governs Rakhine?
The Fiction of a Governed State On paper, Rakhine appears to be a state under an identifiable authority, with the
Rohingya Pathways Out: When Departure Becomes Address
Eight years on, Cox’s Bazar runs on routine, not alarms. The Rohingya do not move at random. They follow systems—old
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
