Analysis / Bluff, bargain and backtrack: The Trumpian art of the deal
10 April 2026, 17:29 PM
From threats of devastation to a last-minute ceasefire, the Iran episode followed a familiar Trump script
10 April 2026, 17:29 PM
Looking back / All the President’s Men: When journalism became cinema and cinema became history
9 April 2026, 19:44 PM
50 years on, the film feels startlingly contemporary
9 April 2026, 19:44 PM
Explainer / What does the arrest of Australia’s most-decorated living soldier mean for war crimes justice?
7 April 2026, 20:44 PM
Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest has opened a broader debate over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and whether justice can arrive after years of denial
7 April 2026, 20:44 PM
Looking back / On this day 120 years ago, still images learned to move
6 April 2026, 21:00 PM
J. Stuart Blackton’s pioneering 1906 film turned chalk drawings into motion, opening a new chapter in the history of visual storytelling
6 April 2026, 21:00 PM
Looking back / Gregory Peck and the lost art of masculinity without swagger
5 April 2026, 21:40 PM
More than a classic Hollywood star, he remains a reminder that dignity and gentleness can be their own kind of power
5 April 2026, 21:40 PM
Musings / Moon River, through bougainvillea
3 April 2026, 22:52 PM
An April pink moon turns blossom into melody
3 April 2026, 22:52 PM
Think different, pay dearly: The apple of our i at 50
1 April 2026, 20:00 PM
How the trillion-dollar brand turned technology into theology
1 April 2026, 20:00 PM
Explainer / Why does the Middle East have so much oil?
31 March 2026, 22:00 PM
Region’s enormous reserves are the result of ancient seas, organic-rich sediments, ideal rock layers and millions of years of geological stability
31 March 2026, 22:00 PM
Gorbachev’s glasnost gamble: The day the Soviet century tilted
A single succession rewrote the geopolitical script of the late 20th century
11 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Price of passage
War turns maritime insurance into quiet fulcrum of global trade
10 March 2026, 19:42 PM
From Pakistani living rooms to South Asia’s reels feed: The meme-ification of Rooh Afza
Once a cult sitcom character, she is now Instagram and TikTok royalty across Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
9 March 2026, 23:56 PM
A crude lesson: How war on Iran is reviving fears of another global oil meltdown
Prolonged disruptions could shave about 0.6% points off global economic growth
9 March 2026, 21:09 PM
Rooh Afza: The making of a South Asian icon
How a ruby red summer tonic from 1906 became the most beloved iftar drink across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
8 March 2026, 17:45 PM
Shadow of the Shah
Iran’s exiled Pahlavi dynasty again enters political debate
7 March 2026, 21:04 PM
‘Just a question of time’: Trump revives Cuba confrontation after Iran attack
US and Cuba have been entangled in antagonism since the mid-20th century
6 March 2026, 18:30 PM
The democracy of iftar’s aroma
In cities, towns and villages alike, the scents of frying, citrus and spice stitch together the shared anticipation of iftar
5 March 2026, 18:55 PM
Middle East conflict now brings hot waters to distant shores
Sends shockwaves to Indian Ocean shipping lanes
5 March 2026, 13:13 PM
An ancient superpower defying today’s hegemon
Ancient statecraft, revolutionary ideology and strategic geography converge as Iran challenges contemporary global dominance on its own terms
4 March 2026, 18:30 PM
When Nosferatu came out of the shadows
The movie premiered on this day over 100 years ago and introduced audiences to soundless horror
4 March 2026, 15:58 PM
Has the country become a horror story?
The killing of a seven-year-old in Sitakunda is not an isolated incident
3 March 2026, 20:23 PM
The Empire and the performance of moral high ground
How the US wages war, removes leaders, and redraws nations -- all while insisting on its ethical supremacy
2 March 2026, 21:29 PM
First rain over a fasting Dhaka
First shower this year offers a weary city a moment of mercy
2 March 2026, 20:05 PM
How Persia became Iran
Echoes of an empire in a time of fire
1 March 2026, 21:01 PM
Why are Pakistan and Afghanistan at war now?
Airstrikes, retaliation and the TTP factor expose the collapse of a once-calculated relationship between Islamabad and the Taliban
27 February 2026, 19:15 PM
John Steinbeck and the art of bearing witness
At the heart of Steinbeck's literary oeuvre lies a profound empathy for the disenfranchised
27 February 2026, 18:00 PM
In Dhaka, spring and pages bloom together
Amid mango blossoms and mild breezes, Ekushey Boi Mela reaffirms the permanence of paper in an age of fleeting screens
26 February 2026, 18:30 PM
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech: The 4 hours that shattered Stalin’s empire
The consequences were not merely political but metaphysical
25 February 2026, 19:08 PM
Cultural afterglow of Breakfast at Tiffany's
Lily Collins to portray Hepburn in a film about the making of 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s', reopening a cultural conversation about Holly Golightly
24 February 2026, 20:47 PM