Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Over the 36 days that it spanned, the July Uprising that uprooted the authoritarian regime of the Awami League last year didn't quite have the fate of the country's banking sector v... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 12 -- In a political earthquake that has been rumbling underneath the surface of post-Uprising Bangladesh, the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel's candidates swept the first DUCSU electi... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- The plight of the Rohingya, the minority Muslim community of Myanmar who have been historically persecuted in their home country, has been largely forgotten again, despite the last l... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- The National Consensus Commission, as it came to be known, is often presented as the 'Jewel in The Crown' of the reform initiative underway in Bangladesh, under the leadership of its... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Towards the end of July, the highly anticipated date for elections to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union was announced, delivering on a key promise of the interim governmen... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- Lifting a weight off the nation's shoulders, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus disclosed the government's plan to arrange the next general election, to elect the 13th Jatiya Sangshad, in F... Read More
Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- "A room measuring approximately 20 feet in length and 15 feet in width, packed with 35 to 40 students sleeping on the floor. While sleeping, bodies would be pressed against one anothe... Read More
Dhaka, July 25 -- As the clock struck 1pm on Monday, July 21, Maherin Chowdhury could be seen arriving at the main gate of the Milestone School and College campus in Diyabari, right on the northern ed... Read More
Dhaka, July 18 -- The week starting Sunday, July 14 was arguably the most consequential of the July Uprising of 2024. Under the then-little known banner of Students Against Discrimination, the likes o... Read More