‘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
No power can undo the reality of Bangladesh
US DELEGATION CALLS ON BANGABANDHU
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman categorically says today that whether President Richard Nixon accepts the reality of Bangladesh or not, Bangladesh has come to stay and will exist forever.
9 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Special aid for teachers
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today receives a 10-man deputation of the Bangladesh Secondary School Teachers Association at his official residence.
8 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Fresh elections to trade unions
Bangabandhu in a meeting with labour leaders says fresh elections to the trade unions using secret ballots will be held soon. He also assures them that the representatives elected by the workers will only be allowed to represent the trade unions.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM
A symbol of hope
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today informally meets his cabinet colleagues and briefs them about his talks with the Soviet leaders.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM
USSR will stand by Bangladesh
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is given a warm reception when he returned to Dhaka today after his successful visit to the Soviet Union. He is greeted with cheers and applause by a large crowd at the Airport.
5 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Friendship will grow stronger
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s five-day Soviet tour ends today. In his farewell message to the people and the government of the Soviet Union,
4 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Soviet-Bangladesh friendship is based on principle
The joint declaration signed in Moscow upon conclusion of talks between Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Soviet Leaders says, “Both governments have agreed to hold regular consultations between the two governments at various levels on all important matters involving the interests of both the states.”
3 March 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Aid must be without strings’
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman meets the Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny at Kremlin today. The two leaders discuss strengthening and developing friendship and cooperation between their two countries as well as certain international problems.
2 March 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Bangladesh will always remain with Soviet people’
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev hold a discussion on the question of further developing and consolidating relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
1 March 2020, 18:00 PM
‘My country is irrevocably committed to democracy’
Talks between the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman opens in Kremlin. The talk starts shortly after the arrival of Bangabandhu in Moscow.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Gratitude and goodwill for Soviet people
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman leaves today on a five-day state visit to the Soviet Union carrying a message of friendship from the people of Bangladesh.
28 February 2020, 18:00 PM
‘A strong, united and determined nation’
A high-powered Soviet economic team calls on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Appointment based on merit
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares that commissions will be set up to appoint suitable persons in government services according to merit.
26 February 2020, 18:00 PM
‘The game is over now’
Bangabandhu calls for agricultural revolution to make the country self-sufficient in food production.
25 February 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Persuade Pindi to stop persecution’
Paul Mark Henry, assistant secretary-general of the UN, today makes an unscheduled air-dash to his headquarters in New York following two consecutive meetings with Bangabandhu.
24 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Tribunals to try war criminals
The government has decided that organisations and functionaries such as zonal council, zonal administration, civil liaison officer,
23 February 2020, 18:00 PM
“Asians will decide their own fate”
Bangabandhu appeals to the UN secretary-general to use his office urgently to alleviate the plight of the Bangalee population living in different parts of Pakistan. He also requests the UN secretary-general to send his special representative to Pakistan for this purpose.
22 February 2020, 18:00 PM
‘The imperialists are still around us’
In an interview with BTV on the reminiscence of 1952, Bangabandhu says, “Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, had no sympathy for Bengalees.
21 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Excess land will go to landless peasants
Bangabandhu today visits Ramgati in Noakhali and Shantirhat in Bhola. This is the prime minister’s second visit to the rural areas of Bangladesh after his assumption of office.
19 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Leadership to people
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been empowered by the working committee of Awami League to form a committee to reorganise the party to provide the people leadership.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM