7:03 pm, Tuesday, 23 December 2025
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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
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
