Column by Mahfuz Anam / The likely PM’s first crucial challenge
15 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / Politicians must be open to accepting electoral defeats
6 February 2026, 00:23 AM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / US-EU tensions over Greenland may have serious effects for us
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam / Facing the most vital election ever
8 January 2026, 18:00 PM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / The magic of Khaleda Zia
1 January 2026, 18:00 PM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / Bangladesh needs more dynamic Islamic discourse
11 December 2025, 20:07 PM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / An independent judiciary seems near at hand, but can still slip away
4 December 2025, 18:30 PM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / A picture that lays bare the decay of our education system
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / Before Hasina lost in the court of law, she had lost in the court of the people
20 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / Lessons from Mamdani’s magic: Put voters at the centre of our politics
6 November 2025, 18:30 PM
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TIB: The forever ‘villain’?
Learn from its reports and give this anti-graft body its due
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Where the PM should really be an ‘Iron Lady’
The PM's 'zero tolerance' against corruption should be implemented with 'zero delay.'
18 January 2024, 18:05 PM
From one party to one person: What was de facto is now de jure
The most important outcome of this election is the emergence of Sheikh Hasina as the supreme leader of the country.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Has BNP served its supporters well?
The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.
7 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Is Awami League heading towards a Pyrrhic victory?
What image of our legal system are we presenting to the world?
30 November 2023, 19:30 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Israel’s ‘right to self-defence’ and the Palestinians’ fate to be slaughtered
The West's global standing is being corroded by Israel’s flagrant violation of each and every international law in its crackdown in Gaza.
16 November 2023, 18:30 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Towards a 'free and fair' election, indeed
What is going on right now is election engineering, not preparation for a free and fair election.
9 November 2023, 18:30 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: 30 years of leading The Daily Star
However bright our past may be, there is an urgent need to further strengthen public confidence in journalism.
2 November 2023, 21:06 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: West’s moral standing and the slaughter of Palestinians
Hasn't the world already been a witness to the massacre that has been taking place in Gaza over the past several weeks?
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Poisoned rhetoric and public concerns
With only a few months left till the election, we still have no idea what AL’s and BNP’s manifestos will reveal
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: 'Secret deal has been struck, nothing to worry about'
Is that how democracy works for us?
5 October 2023, 16:05 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing
We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: DSA to CSA, a sham of a reform
Journalists’ fate is again being determined in the dark.
31 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: ‘Gladiatorial’ street contests and prospects of fair elections
National election Bangladesh: As the election is getting nearer, the possibility of a nightmarish pre-election period is driving fear and panic among the people.
4 August 2023, 03:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Vienna Convention and the relationship with our development partners
When does the demand for a democratic election become an interference in our internal affairs, and when is it a reinforcement of the policy declared by the head of the government?
27 July 2023, 18:34 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our political culture – you reap what you sow
Our people, but for whose hard work, sacrifice, and love for the country we would not have come where we have, deserve better.
20 July 2023, 18:09 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Need for a change in our political culture
BNP to some extent and AL to a far greater extent have changed Bangladesh. Can’t we expect them to change themselves, even a bit?
14 July 2023, 01:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Politics at crossroads
The prospect of a free and fair election is still eluding us.
6 July 2023, 18:15 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Free and fair elections for our sake, not because of US visa policy
The truth is, we have made a shambles of our elections and have weakened most of the accountability structures.
8 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: The middle income ‘intellectual’ trap
The intellectual trap refers to a country’s policymakers’ inability to ensure crucial intellectual freedom.
18 May 2023, 18:10 PM