Unequal homes
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Abolish discriminatory inheritance laws now
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Land, lineage, and the fight for Indigenous women’s rights
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Online abuse is now a national crisis: Time to act
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Why sexual harassment laws fail in practice
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Women as non-citizens in Bangladesh — and why the future must be feminist
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Public lands, patriarchal rules
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Break barriers to women’s economic power
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Editor's Note
8 March 2026, 12:30 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Justice that lets every woman and girl live free from fear
8 March 2026, 12:00 PM
International Women's Day 2026
Hajong and the cost of being unwritten
Official recognition remains vague, often buried under larger language labels.
21 February 2026, 00:01 AM
Bangla in the age of algorithms
For the first time in history, language evolution is partly being steered by machines trained on digital data.
21 February 2026, 00:01 AM
Bangladesh in many voices
Ekushey today is to recognise that protecting linguistic diversity is inseparable from protecting cultural memory, social justice, and the right to be heard.
20 February 2026, 23:03 PM
Language, power, and the erasure of Kol
The shift from ‘Kol’ to ‘Santali’ is not merely terminological; it denotes changing regimes of representation, power, and visibility.
20 February 2026, 23:01 PM
What two decades with Hyow taught me about language loss
The word ‘Hyow’ refers to the Chin ethnic community, which belongs to the South Central (formerly Kuki-Chin) branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family.
20 February 2026, 23:01 PM
A PEOPLE’S WAR, A WORLD’S RECKONING
We revisit 1971 not as an isolated national event but as a moment woven into larger histories.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The war after the war: Pakistan’s POWs and postal propaganda
Postal evidence supports the view that a propaganda campaign was underway as soon as the army surrendered.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Missionaries in the war zone: Australian Baptists and the birth of Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the Australian Baptist Missionary Society (ABMS) had workers in Mymensingh, Kulpotak and Joyramkura.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The Bangladeshi diaspora in Britain: A forgotten front of 1971
By 1971, Britain’s Bengali community, though modest in size, had established footholds across the industrial heartland: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Luton, Coventry, Sheffield, and Oldham.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies
Due to its strong ties to Pakistan as a Cold War ally, the Nixon administration declined to recognise the genocide.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The art lover who stole The Love Letter for Bangladesh’s freedom
The condition: money must be used for refugees suffering in the war in East Pakistan
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
How music carried Bangladesh’s struggle to the world
In 1971, artists did not merely respond to history—they helped shape it.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The history we walked past
The Muktijoddhas made do with whatever weapons and tools they had available.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
What we owe the martyred intellectuals
If we are to carry their work forward, we must build a society where truth matters.
14 December 2025, 06:00 AM
A martyr of poetry and patriotism
As political tensions mounted in East Pakistan, her poetry underwent a decisive transformation.
14 December 2025, 05:27 AM
A life lit by courage
bul Hashem Mia was a scholar of Political Science and Law, having earned his degrees from Dhaka University.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A historian of courage and conscience
Professor Giyasuddin Ahmad’s life was inseparable from the values he taught
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The physician who turned his car into a lifeline of liberation
Dr Rabbee's Morris Minor car stands as one of the most powerful symbols of his bravery. He used it to transport injured freedom fighters, deliver medicines, and quietly support underground networks.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Believing in his people, without fear
Rashidul Hasan was a beloved teacher of English at Dhaka University and a fearless believer in the rights of his people.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
From Shilalipi to the killing fields
Her commitment to service soon extended beyond medicine.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM