‘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
Socialism can’t be established with American aid
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today gives directives to physicians to try their best to save the vision of young freedom fighter Manik Ali.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
8 foreign ministry officials suspended
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits the emergency control room established to monitor food prices and distribution of food aid across the country. He enquires about the food situation of the country and checks the price list of various essential commodities.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Bangladesh can be best in Asia’
In a reception programme organised in the honour of British MP John Stonehouse, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expresses his deep
3 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh will join NAM
Bangladesh will participate in the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Georgetown, Guyana, informs Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad after a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak today.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM
New banknotes with Bangabandhu’s image
Representatives of 40 Tongi-based trade unions call on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his official
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Magnanimity is not our weakness
Speaking at a programme organised by the Awami League to commemorate death anniversary of Manik Miah, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
31 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Call for green revolution
Bangabandhu has taken special initiatives to attain self-sufficiency in food within three years. A high-powered committee of experts has been formed in this regard who will draw up specific development plans for different agricultural zones of the country.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM
First treaty with the US inked
The government has taken a decision to nationalise export of jute, informs Commerce Minister MR Siddiqi today at a meeting organised by the Bangladesh Jute Association.
29 May 2020, 18:00 PM
First year of Bangladesh Bangabandhu’s nation-building challenges
Australia and Bangladesh agree to expand economic cooperation to strengthen bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, says a joint communique issued today in Dhaka.
28 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Reconstruction efforts making good progress
The construction work of the Kurmitola International Airport will resume in June. France will provide technical support for the project.
22 May 2020, 18:00 PM
New transport plan for the capital
In a meeting with members of the Student League,Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expresses his strong belief in the four principles of nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism.
21 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Student union sweeps Ducsu elections
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today urges the members of Student League to continue their struggle to protect the hard-earned independence of the country and establish socialism.
20 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure peace in industrial areas
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today calls upon workers to maintain peace in the industrial areas and devote themselves to the task of reconstruction of the country’s war-ravaged economy.
19 May 2020, 18:00 PM
‘There is no alternative to socialism’
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today declares that Bangladesh needs help from friendly countries but such assistance must be without any strings attached.
18 May 2020, 18:00 PM
21-member education committee formed
Following Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s declaration to introduce people-oriented education in Bangladesh, the government has formed a 21-member education committee.
17 May 2020, 18:00 PM
New initiative to check food price hike
Commerce Minister M R Siddiqui today informs journalists that more than 4,000 fair price shops will be established across the country in June.
16 May 2020, 18:00 PM
New loan agreement with India
The government is preparing an emergency reconstruction and development programme worth Tk 1,000 crore to normalise economic activities and increase overall production.
15 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt measures to help 10 lakh weavers
In an order issued by Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, all forms of dealership, distributorship and agency for cloths produced in local mills are banned today.
14 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangla must be used in all spheres
In an interview with Pran Chopra, former editor of Statesman (India), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yesterday said the recently concluded trade agreement between Bangladesh and India would be beneficial for both countries.
13 May 2020, 18:00 PM
‘If anyone interferes in our internal affairs we will resist them’
In an interview with the American Broadcasting Corporation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says that some big powers have been trying to destabilise South East Asia and the Middle East.
12 May 2020, 18:00 PM