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A five-page report records Mozaffar’s account of the military operation that ended in the assassination President Zia

The missing papers and unanswered orders behind Zia’s killing

07 Nov 2026

November 7 changed the ideological direction of Bangladesh

The day Bangladesh chose the nationalist right over the revolutionary left

06 Nov 2026

Roshan Ara Begum prays at the shrine of her husband, Abul Kashem.

‘They tried to cut off my grandson’s genitals’: Inside the attacks on Cumilla’s Sufi shrines

06 Nov 2026

(File Photo) US Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks on stage, with vote counting continuing for Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, during an election night rally in Detroit, Michigan, US, August 5, 2026

'I am running for the US Senate and happen to be Muslim': The remarkable journey of Abdul El-Sayed

04 Nov 2026

The question is how repression acquired sufficient political and social legitimacy to persist

How the ‘liberals’ helped turning the right into a political bogeyman

04 Nov 2026

Bangladesh's ‘liberals' looked at the newly crowded public square and concluded that Bangladesh had moved dangerously to the right

The ‘liberals’ who mistook their monopoly for a voice

03 Nov 2026

Law enforcement personnel try to persuade garment workers to clear the road during a face-off at the Mirpur 10 intersection in Dhaka on Sunday.

Can Bangladesh break its cycle of garment wage unrest?

02 Nov 2026

Hossain Mia is one of humanity’s oldest and most dangerous ideas…the belief that somewhere beyond the horizon lies a new world waiting to be built.

Why Hossain Mia is one of world literature's great characters

30 Oct 2026

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