Chittagong centred and de-centred A forgotten history
26 January 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Remembering Jayasree Kabir: The actress who chose absence
19 January 2026, 15:05 PM
In Focus
Amanul Huq: The romantic documentarian
12 January 2026, 00:00 AM
In Focus
Before the selfie age: Daddy’s self-portraits
10 January 2026, 13:51 PM
In Focus
Living in occupied Dhaka: Diaries from 1971
6 January 2026, 13:20 PM
In Focus
Ila Mitra: A symbol of indomitable courage
6 January 2026, 02:00 AM
In Focus
In Focus / In a city called Elias
4 January 2026, 18:00 PM
In Focus
The making of folk poet Jasimuddin
4 January 2026, 08:34 AM
In Focus
“In Rokeya’s writing, I see a universal truth”
1 January 2026, 11:17 AM
In Focus
In Focus / The untold history of why Khaleda Zia entered politics
30 December 2025, 11:53 AM
In Focus
Honouring Mujibnagar heroes
April 17, 1971, is a historic day that shines brightly in the collective memory of Bangladesh with immense pride, unwavering strength, and boundless enthusiasm.
16 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Honouring André Malraux’s Legacy
During the middle of the past century, two Frenchmen were known and admired around the world. They were General de Gaulle and André Malraux.
9 April 2023, 18:00 PM
The Partition of India
A unique feature of Indian history is that over thousands of years people of different nationalities had entered India in large numbers.
2 April 2023, 18:00 PM
The Liberation War Museum narrating collective trauma
Liberation War Museum (LWM) in Dhaka tells the story not only of the Liberation War but also of the long struggles of breaking the fetters that, over the decades, led to the ultimate formation of Bangladesh.
26 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Writing the Good Fight: Women, War, and Jahanara Imam’s Ekattorer Dinguli
In 1938, as Hitler marched across Europe, Virginia Woolf, in Three Guineas, urged women to “maintain an attitude of complete indifference” to war. She took a clear position on whether or not women have a stake in politics and war.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Snippets from our history & heritage
In this write-up, I shall briefly touch upon a few eminent personalities of the past who have enriched the lives of generations through their varied contributions to society in the fields of education, arts, sport and culture.
12 March 2023, 18:00 PM
“Bangladesh needs to put forward the ‘transit in exchange for rivers’ formula as the framework for Indo-Bangladesh negotiations”
I have been writing about water development issues since the 1988 flood and, over time, developed a conceptual framework for discussing these issues.
5 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Language Controversies in 19th Century Bengal
The very fact that a language identifies and defines a specific human group often leads to controversies and conflicts.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad and Bengali Punthi Sahitya
Abdul Karim posited that it was the Muslims who laid the foundation of the secular and romantic genre in Bengali literature.
20 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Kabar at 70
Born in a respectable middle-class Muslim family and holder of an Intermediate of Science degree from the Aligarh Muslim University, Munier Chowdhury (1925–1971) was growing up as a fashionable young gentleman with an Islamic worldview till his involvement with Anti-Fascist Writers and Artists Union in 1943,
19 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Rethinking the linear genealogy of Bangla
As Darwin said, the linguistic system of modern humans has the “power of associating together the most diversified sounds and ideas” to produce an infinite number of sentences.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Revitalizing Delhi’s school system: A triumphant journey
When Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit the streets in India’s national capital on January 16 this year to protest the alleged non-approval by the Lt Governor Saxena to his government’s proposal to send school teachers abroad for training,
5 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Munshi Meherullah of Jessore and religious identity in 19th century Bengal
On 7 June 1907, a rural Bengali tailor, Meherullah, died of complications from pneumonia in a small village called Chatiantala, on the banks of the river Bhairab, in Jessore.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
ALAMGIR KABIR: The conscience whipper
Alamgir Kabir’s death anniversary has been an occasion to celebrate and remember him as a prominent film director and tireless film society activist.
22 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Insights from India’s Nurse Migration: Lessons for Bangladesh
It has now been almost half a century since Indian nurses began migrating abroad, long enough to understand the difficulties and benefits they have encountered in their professional and personal journey. I have studied their migration since the 2000s.
15 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Misreading Climate Change in Bangladesh
Perilously close to rising sea levels and vulnerable to floods, erosion, and cyclones, Bangladesh is one of the top recipients of development aid earmarked for adaptation to climate change.
8 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Doing journalism and telling the truth: Zahur Hossain Chowdhury’s ways
Among the editor-journalists in our country, one of the most famous names undoubtedly is Zahur Hossain Chowdhury (1922-1980).
1 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Home and Displacement
The two words in the title are evocative, complex and slippery. What after all is “home”, and what does “displacement” really mean?
25 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Guarding the silences
51 years after 1971, the birth of Bangladesh continues to evoke a range of emotions in Pakistan. There are civilians – poets,
18 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Women photographers of the Bangladesh Liberation War
War and women – this phrase usually conjures up an image of women being victimised during war, but there are activities of women, fighting on the battlefield, or even capturing photos with a camera in hand, which represents that time.
15 December 2022, 18:00 PM