6:27 am, Monday, 18 May 2026
Opinion

Insulting the President Is Not Politics, It Is an Attack on the State

It is difficult to say how many years this nation will have to pay the price for the damage Yunus

Raghu Rai, Bangladesh’s Liberation War, and Indira Gandhi’s Resolve

I had the opportunity to meet Raghu Rai for the last time in 2013, when he came to Dhaka for

Can SAARC Ever Be Made Effective?

Through the Iran war, the world’s traditional understanding of military power has changed. Alongside that, several other matters have also

Ziaur Rahman Wanted to Become the General Secretary of the Awami League 

At that time, Syeda Zohra Tajuddin (the wife of Bangladesh’s first Prime Minister, Tajuddin Ahmad) was serving as the convener

What Strength Does the Awami League Have Beyond Politics

The politics of the Awami League has now been banned through the passage of a law in parliament. In this

How Iran Turned War into an Energy Crisis

The war between America and Iran is a contest between unequal military powers. At this moment, no one can say

The Leader a Nation Accepted Before It Was Born

There are many glorious histories of political struggles across different countries. There are also glorious histories of wars of independence.

Bangabandhu and the Birth of a Modern Secular State in the Subcontinent

In contemporary understanding, a Brahmin is called “twice-born” because he is born once from his mother’s womb, and a second

Bengali nationalism and fire within the Soul

There is no day in the political history of the Bengali nation more important, or more worthy of pride, than

At Sheikh Hasina’s Side in Service to the Wounded: Fazle Hasan Abed

Returning home on 21 August 2004, it had already turned into 22 August by the time I arrived. It was