Rana Plaza’s haunting echo: What has changed and what must change
23 April 2026, 21:30 PM
Price of Labour
Not just garment factories, all workplaces must be safe
23 April 2026, 21:30 PM
Price of Labour
Compensation falls short and fails workers, it must change
23 April 2026, 21:25 PM
Price of Labour
Beyond compliance, towards care
23 April 2026, 21:24 PM
Price of Labour
Interactive / How many more lives before workplaces become safe?
23 April 2026, 19:05 PM
Price of Labour
The Price of Labour
23 April 2026, 18:32 PM
Slow Reads Special
Rana Plaza, 13 years on: No justice, no memory
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Price of Labour
When the river remembered: The vanishing world of Bangladesh's old folk festivals
14 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Folk Bangladesh
Bhawaiya: Songs of desire and defiance
13 April 2026, 23:24 PM
Slow Reads Special
Santal weddings: A vibrant display of tradition and ritual
13 April 2026, 20:20 PM
Slow Reads Special
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 deeply committed humanist
Dr Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta was among Dhaka University’s most distinguished educationists—an intellectual shaped by liberal, secular, and humanist ideals.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The Spirit of Shaheed Munier Chowdhury
My last sighting of Munier Bhai was right in front of the English Department verandah.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The silencing of a philosopher
Dr Gobinda Chandra Deb was among the finest philosophers produced by Bengal, a thinker whose life was guided by profound humanism, ethical reason, and compassion.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A quiet farewell preserved in ash
He continued to provide secret medical care in the Hatirpool slums and other high-risk areas across Dhaka, where the injured could not afford visibility—or delay.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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
A scientist, a philosopher
A former professor of Biochemistry at the University of Dhaka, he later served as Principal Scientific Officer at the Science Laboratories in Dhaka, where his research and leadership marked him as a rising scholar of exceptional promise.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A writer made by resistance
Behind prison walls, Kaiser turned confinement into creation.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Filming freedom
When the Liberation War erupted, Raihan crossed into Kolkata—not to retreat, but to fight with his camera.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Tikka Khan’s letter of warning
The letter was both personal intimidation and a symbol of the regime’s determination to silence intellectual resistance.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A life in geology, interrupted
Abdul Muktadir was a gifted geologist and a deeply admired teacher at Dhaka University.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Traces of Danbir’s humanity
During the First World War, he served in the Royal British Army, fought in Iraq with the Bengal Infantry (Bengali Paltan), and later joined the 1919 Victory March in London, where he was awarded the prestigious Sword of Honour.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A champion of communal harmony
In 1948, his historic demand in the Pakistan Constituent Assembly that Bangla be recognised alongside Urdu ignited the first spark of what would later become the Language Movement.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The music that defied bullets
During the Liberation War, his home became a refuge for freedom fighters.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM