Zyma Islam

Licence to fly: Pilots faked flying records

CAAB inquiry finds, regulator yet to take action

1d ago

Licence to fly: Regulator repeatedly ignored red flags

CAAB’s own inquiry finds irregularities by training academies, raising questions about aviation safety

2d ago

Waiver that stole justice

“They made us sign a waiver stating that we would never file any case before they handed over my brother’s body.”

1w ago

World press freedom day: 266 journalists face criminal cases so far

Fears for physical safety and instances of judicial harassment are still profoundly visible -- only the actors have changed.

1w ago

How our media got politicised

How did our media get to a place where censorship is rampant and media organisations pander to political parties?

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Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport

Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials

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A walk through relics of power and paranoia

Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace

2m ago

‘This is where I was held captive’

When images of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inspecting three secret detention centres emerged in the media yesterday, it did not take long for survivors to recognise the places where they had been held captive.

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August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024

Int’l day of the victims of enforced disappearances: Victim pinpoints DGFI detention centre

If there is one thing that differentiates the arbitrary detention of HM Rana from the other victims of enforced disappearance, it is that he knows exactly where he was inside the Dhaka Cantonment.

August 23, 2024
August 23, 2024

Revocation of red passports: A new reality for Hasina in India

After the interim government revoked all diplomatic passports yesterday, questions have now arisen as to how long Sheikh Hasina can stay in India and whether she faces a possible extradition.

August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024

Malaysia-bound flights: Biman syndicate hiked ticket prices

The civil aviation ministry has found several Biman officials, including high-ups, fully responsible for the syndicate that artificially hiked the prices of flight tickets to Malaysia in May this year.

July 7, 2024
July 7, 2024

Matiur thrived on insider trading

Former NBR official Md Matiur Rahman, who became a subject of controversy thanks to a high-profile sacrificial goat, has made much of his wealth by minting pre-public shares, an analysis of his and his family’s shareholding in at least 15 publicly listed companies show.

June 23, 2024
June 23, 2024

How Lucky got so lucky!

Laila Kaniz Lucky is the upazila parishad chairman of Narsingdi’s Raipura and a retired teacher of a government college.

June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024

Social Safety Net: Share of the poor dwarfed by others

Under the FY24-25 social safety net programme of Bangladesh, the pension for retired government employees and savings scheme interest payments account for nearly the same allocation as social assistance for the poor, the old and the disaster-struck.

June 7, 2024
June 7, 2024

Breakdown of money spent over 13 years

The food ministry spent less in fiscal 2022-2023 compared to fiscal 2009-2010, according to data on expenditure over the last 13 years.

May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024

Biman U-turns to buy Airbus planes

In 3 days reconstituted evaluation body finds purchase viable after old committee gave the thumbs down

May 12, 2024
May 12, 2024

‘Govt meddling in airlines monitoring’

The inspection and monitoring of flight operations of carriers, especially Biman, is hindered by “government involvement”, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has found during a recent inspection.

May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024

Stuck inside the boat hull, they suffocated

“We could hear them struggling to breathe and dying slowly and there was nothing we could do,” said 45-year-old Gurudas Mondol, who had survived the horrifying boat accident in the Mediterranean Sea on February 14.