Politics
When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow
Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page
No one can push the country back to darkness: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said BNP and its allies want restoration of the caretaker government system not for the election, but to push the country back to darkness again
Kangana Ranaut says her ‘nationalist’ image has taken over her ‘glorious acting career’
Kangana Ranaut has always made headlines for her keen interest in joining politics. In an interview with TV9 Bharatvarsh, the “Queen” actress revealed that “right now” is the perfect time for her to join the political arena.
Sports, politics and the ugly by-product
Ideally, sports and politics should never mix, but inevitably, sports and politics always mix.
THE SHELF / 10 political biographies to read during the general elections
While history has never been a one-man show, viewing it through the eyes of influential leaders can lend us a bigger picture.
'Don’t see anything coming to an end'
Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is entering a new chapter in his life as he is contesting in the national polls from Magura-1. For Shakib, cricket will have to take a backseat for a while. Still new to his political career, he was not keen on some of the hard questions on both politics and cricket. However, during an interview with Abdullah Al Mehdi of The Daily Star, Shakib did say things that somewhat contradicted his original stance about not featuring in the next ODI World Cup and the national team captaincy issue, which gained steam as of late with many suggesting a change in leadership, especially since Najmul Hossain Shanto did bring promising results in his short stint as an an interim skipper.
Are the ‘ghost’ cases fooling anyone?
Arresting people on false charges is gross human rights violation
Politics of Fire
Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.
Don’t let Dhaka turn into a battlefield
Let good sense—and constitutional obligations—prevail
What will happen on October 28?
It seems all the opposition forces are becoming active ahead of the national election.
Will we see a free, fair election after all?
One cannot help but note that Quader had a brazen attitude and lacked any embarrassment about the vitriol his party had been spewing against the US for quite some time now.
The legal case against Khaleda’s treatment abroad is far from convincing
It is hard to discard the notion that politics played no part in this decision from the government.
A youth forced to censor their thoughts
It is a well-known fact that politicians seek to retain power once they attain it.
The major economic concerns ahead of the election
Bangladesh’s next national election is only a few months away, and the market is already very hot.
Inequality and democracy
Should we be surprised that so many people view the growing concentration of wealth with suspicion, or that they believe the system is rigged?
The culture war in education
The debate about control of education has become more intense across the globe, manifesting in varying ways in different historical and socio-political contexts.
Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya
Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.
The minority report in India
In Another India, Pratinav Anil unambiguously faults Nehruvian secularism—the very mantle championed by historians such as Mushirul Hasan for whom “the congress best represented the Muslim interests from the fifties on.”
In some corner of a foreign field: Rahmat Ali & the once and future Cambridge Majlis
The map is part of an exhibition arranged to mark the revival of the Cambridge Majlis, a society (dating from 1891) designed for students from all over the Subcontinent to meet socially to enjoy their commonalities and discuss and debate in a civil way their political differences.
