‘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
Bangabandhu’s meeting with British Foreign Secretary
It is reported that Bangabandhu would decide within two days the date of his departure for convalescence in Switzerland in response to an invitation by the Swiss government.
8 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Step up relief work
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has expressed his deep sympathy for the flood-affected people of Bangladesh and instructed the government to undertake relief work on an emergency basis.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu making speedy recovery
Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman accepts an invitation of the Swiss government for convalescence in that country.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu worried over floods
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today holds important discussions with Bangladeshi officials in London.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu progressing well
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is now progressing well, today discusses some official business with the Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in London.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu recovering
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was operated upon yesterday at the London Clinic to remove a gallbladder stone, is showing gradual improvement since last night.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Successful operation on Bangabandhu
An olive-sized gallstone is removed during a successful surgery on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the London Clinic today.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu’s letter to Indira
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be operated upon to remove a gallbladder stone tomorrow at London Clinic.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Diplomatic move to have talks in London
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had a sleepless night yesterday. He was examined by a three-member medical board soon after his admission in London Clinic.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Help Bangladesh enter UN
In an appeal to the heads of the governments of USSR, USA, UK, France, Yugoslavia, Japan and India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sought their active support for Bangladesh’s membership in the UN.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Forget differences, rebuild nation
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a message to the nation on the eve of his departure for London for treatment today calls upon the people,
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
`Bangladesh will top India within 10 years’
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is leaving for London tomorrow afternoon. He will undergo an operation for the removal of a stone from his gallbladder.
24 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘We can now pay for our imports’
The three-member medical board under the leadership of Professor Nurul Islam, personal physician to the prime minister, examines Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundred injured in city clashes
A medical investigation reveals that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been suffering from a stone in the gallbladder, according to a health bulletin issued today by the personal physician of the prime minister.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Jakarta pledges to help UN entry
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been keeping indifferent health over the last few days. Even so, he continued with his usual busy programme despite his physician’s request, according to a health bulletin issued in Dhaka today by the personal physician to the prime minister.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Guard against conspiracies
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today asks the student community to remain ever vigilant against conspirators who are working to undo the independence. He asks them to remain prepared to shed more blood, if necessary.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu’s arrival ends blockade
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s appearance on the scene ends a six-hour long blockade of Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Dr Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury and his colleagues by the students seeking auto-promotion.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Poland to help Bangladesh enter UN
The newly appointed Polish Ambassador to Bangladesh calls on Bangabandhu today at the Gono Bhaban. He communicates to the prime minster his government’s proposal for developing a strong bilateral relation between the two countries.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shun parochialism
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits Adamjeenagar, Narayanganj and addresses a mammoth public meeting attended by workers in large number.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Entry into UN almost certain
Soviet Ambassador to Bangladesh Valentine F Popov calls on Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at the Gono Bhaban.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM