‘The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended’
Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
‘The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended’
Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Reading power: How everyday texts shaped life under the British Empire
At the heart of Required Reading are forgotten readers from the past.
28 October 2025, 10:46 AM
Opinion / Whom will the Awami League supporters vote for?
The Awami League (AL) is very likely to haunt the entire exercise.
16 October 2025, 03:00 AM
A voice of resistance, progressive thought falls silent
Badruddin Umar, the eminent public intellectual, historian, and political activist, passed away in Dhaka yesterday at the age of 94. He breathed his last at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital, Shyamoli, around 10:05am. He was suffering from old-age complications.
7 September 2025, 18:10 PM
Badruddin Umar speaks / 'We must not lose focus from real political barriers'
Hasina took dynasty politics to levels we could not have ever imagined. What happened to Sheikh Mujib’s former residence was unfortunate. But I would say that Sheikh Hasina is partly responsible for the incident.
7 September 2025, 08:22 AM
The 36th day of July / August 5, 2024: The day the people triumphed
August 5 became a watershed in Bangladesh’s history -- the climactic peak of the July uprising.
4 August 2025, 18:10 PM
The July that rocked Bangladesh / August 4, 2024: The deadliest day of the uprising
August 4, 2024 marked the deadliest day of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, as the non-cooperation movement entered an explosive new phase.
3 August 2025, 18:08 PM
UNROD chief calls on Bangabandhu
A five-member Bangladesh delegation will be in New York during the General Assembly session of the United Nations which commences today.
18 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Prices must be brought down
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today expresses his government’s anxiety over the food situation and high prices of essential commodities. He says, “We will have to bring prices down.”
17 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Election preparation starts
Chief Election Commissioner Justice Mohammad Idrees announces in Dhaka today that enumeration of the voters and the preparation of voters’ lists would begin on October 1 this year and the final voters’ list would be published on January 30 next year.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Busy day for Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman spends a busy day at Gono Bhaban today. He arrives at the Gono Bahaban at about 10:00am in the morning and stays till 8:00pm. The prime minister looks into files and also has talks with his cabinet colleagues.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu holds talks with ministers
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman meets members of his Cabinet informally at the Gono Bhaban today.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu back home
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arrives in Dhaka today at 4:25pm. President Justice Abu Sayeed Choudhury greets the prime minister.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Mujib-Indira summit tomorrow
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow morning and will leave for Dhaka after a three-hour stopover.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Show-cause notice to 5 weeklies
The government has issued show-cause notices on five weeklies -- Hak Katha, Mukhapatra, Spokesman, Lal Pataka and Banglar Mukh -- asking authorities of these publications to explain why these should not be banned.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Drought hits northern areas
Awami League General Secretary Zillur Rahman today calls upon the people to receive Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his arrival at Dhaka Airport on September 14 in a disciplined manner.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM
No submission to veto-blackmail
Syed Nazrul Islam, the acting prime minister, today makes a blistering attack on China for blocking Bangladesh’s entry into the United Nations. He wonders how China, a constant victim of US veto for 22 long years, could use her veto power against Bangladesh.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu-Indira summit
The world situation in general and development in the Indian subcontinent in particular will be reviewed by Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a summit at New Delhi on September 14.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Plan for simultaneous recognition, dialogue
Dr Adam Malik, foreign minister of Indonesia, admits at a press conference today that he has been working as a go-between for reconciliation between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu discusses constitutional matters
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman summoned Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Kamal Hossain from Italy today for urgent talks on constitutional matters. The law minister flew to Geneva from Italy and held talks with Bangabandhu.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu phones Nazrul, asks about price hike
Acting prime minister Syed Nazrul Islam has talked over telephone today with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is now in Geneva for convalescing after his gall stone operation.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Indonesian proposal for Bangladesh-Pakistan rapprochement
Dr Adam Malik, Indonesian foreign minister, who flew into Dhaka today, brings with him a new proposal for a rapprochement between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
4 September 2020, 18:00 PM
War criminals’ trial justified
Three Arab countries -- Egypt, Iraq and Syria -- will place Bangladesh’s point of view before the ensuing Foreign Ministers’ Conference of the Arab countries commencing in Cairo from September 9, 1972. This is disclosed to Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad in Dhaka today.
3 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu asks about food situation
Acting Prime Minister Syed Nazrul Islam has a talk with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
3 Arab states will support UN entry
Bangladesh Foreign Miniser Abdus Samad Azad arrives in Geneva this morning.
1 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure safety of stranded Bangalees
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tells Marcel Naville, president of the International Red Cross Societies, that Red Cross should take appropriate steps to deal with the question of physical safety, maintenance and repatriation of 5 lakh Bangalees trapped in Pakistan.
31 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu may return on Sept 3
Bangabandhu is likely to return home by September 3 though he has not yet fully recovered, informs BSS. T
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM