‘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
Freedom of press assured
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today assures that his government would not curb the freedom of the press provided the press sticks to its ethics and act responsibly keeping in view the national interest.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Special envoys to arab countries
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today issues an order that the dependants of the civilians and member of the armed forces now detained in Pakistan should be paid subsistence allowance by the government.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
“Bhutto bluffed me, Tikka betrayed”
The deposed Pakistani president Gen Yahya Khan has blamed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and several army generals including Gen Tikka Khan for the genocide and massacre in Bangladesh and the defeat of the Pakistani military adventure against India.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
National pay commission announced
NAP Chief Maulana Bhashani says in an emotion-choked voice, “Mujib is the only hope of the nation. I love him. I pray nothing untoward may ever happen to him.”
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘War crimes issue to be settled with Bangladesh’
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today attends his office at the secretariat after six days. Bangabandhu was suddenly taken ill with pain in the abdomen on July 5. He resumed his work at the Gono Bhaban, his official residence, on July 10.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Six months of remarkable success
During the six months in office, a very brief period considering the grisly antecedents, the present government under the leadership of Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujibur Rahman has attained remarkable success in all fields.
10 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bring back university autonomy
Feeling still very week, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman comes to his official residence, the Gono Bhaban, today and immerse in work and meetings with political leaders.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Foreign companies will not own natural resources
Bangabandhu who was taken ill on July 5 now feels much better, according to the prime minister’s personal physician Prof Nurul Islam.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
First Arab recognition for Bangladesh
Even though Bangabandhu has been advised complete rest by his personal physician enquires today about the food situation in different parts of the country from his secretariat emergency control room.
7 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Priority to ongoing projects
Minister for finance and planning Tajuddin Ahmad today says that the Annual Development Plan for 1972-73 has been prepared with special emphasis on reconstruction and rehabilitation of the shattered economy and completion of the ongoing projects.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
AL’s support for struggle of Sindhis, Pathans
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who was taken ill on late yesterday night with serious pain in the abdomen is now under
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu’s call for discipline in armed forces
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman cautions the members of the armed forces against certain forces who are conspiring to frustrate the hard-earned independence of Bangladesh.
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Foundation for freedom fighters maimed in Liberation War
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today stresses the need to build good character with a view to establishing a new society in the free and
3 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Nixon’s special envoy visits Dhaka
John B Connally, American President Richard Nixon’s special envoy, flies into Dhaka today and has “fruitful” discussions with Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Trials shall be held
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto signed an agreement for peace today. The agreement is described as a decisive breakthrough towards the objective of a durable peace. The agreement has to be ratified by both countries.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
No aid with strings
Finance Minister Tajuddin Ahmad discloses at a crowded press conference today that out of Tk 375 crore foreign assistance shown in the budget,
30 June 2020, 18:00 PM
First budget of Bangladesh: Bangabandhu’s nation-building challenges
Finance Minister Tajuddin Ahmad presents to the nation today the first budget of Bangladesh. He describes it as the budget for development, rehabilitation and reconstruction which seeks to narrow the gap between lower and higher income groups,
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Stalemate at Simla talks
Soviet Ambassador to Bangladesh Valentin Popov calls on Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at his official residence.
28 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Simla Conference begins
The Simla Conference between the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistani president Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto begins in Simla, India.
27 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Additional Tk 30 lakh for flood-affected people
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits several flood-affected areas in Sylhet. The prime minister declares allocation of additional Tk 30 lakh for the flood-affected people.
26 June 2020, 18:00 PM