Stranger things
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court accepted the gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges. Earlier on December 11, the government had issued a gazette notification on the disciplinary rules of the lower court judges
Thursday, January 11th, 2018
There is no good reason why elections to DUCSU, or any other public university’s students union, cannot be held. There never was.
“A proud tradition in student politics” is part of the staple that Bangladeshis upto a certain generation would hear
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
The anti-autocratic movement was in its height the year I got enrolled as a Dhaka University student and started attending classes as a freshman. In those turbulent days of 1987-88 almost every other DU student would rather take pride in
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
The sixth edition of Bengal Classical Music Festival concluded on December 30 with the serene flute recital of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
He performed Raga Lalitha and folk tune and bhajan, much to the delight of the city’s packed Abahani grounds.
The fifth
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Leaving 2017, a year of countless ups and downs, thousands of people across the country have ushered in 2018 with large celebrations and massive firework displays defying ban on rooftops celebrations.
We, in 2017, witnessed tragedies like floods that brought huge
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Thousands of student protesters were celebrating on the streets of Dhaka and on campuses nationwide after the Bangladeshi government announced that it would withdraw a value added tax (VAT) of 7.5 % on tuition fees for private universities and medical
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Assam leaves 13m citizens off its register
Around 13 million people living in northeastern India’s largest state have been left off a controversial draft list of citizens released on January 2 by the authorities, who are under pressure to identify and
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
3 new ministers likely to be sworn in
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to induct at least three new faces into her council of ministers on January 2. AKM Shahgahan Kamal, lawmaker from Laxmipur-3, and State Minister Fisheries and Livestock
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Any narrative that wishes to capture the year 2017 in Bangladesh must contend with the enormous distortionary effect of the Rohingya refugee crisis, that only started in late August, but quickly grew to become the biggest story to emerge out
Thursday, December 28th, 2017
Journalist Utpal Das has been found more than two months after he was last heard from. Political Islam researcher, academic Mubashar Hasan came back home 44 days after he was picked up forcefully to an unknown destination by ‘unknown’ people.
Thursday, December 28th, 2017
