Once a popular tool for political expression, rock music is fading away in Bangladesh

The political rebellion in the country allowed musical rebellion to take root.

Mubashar Hasan, The Conversation

· Nov 26, 2018 · 08:30 pm

At Dhaka exhibition of jailed photographer Shahidul Alam’s works, the theme is democracy

The photographer was arrested on August 5 for criticising the government.

Faisal Mahmud

· Sep 10, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Sheikh Hasina’s son says no enforced disappearances in Bangladesh – never mind the evidence

But Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s claims fall flat in the face of eyewitness accounts, Hasina aide’s admission.

David Bergman

· Jun 06, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Bangladesh launches its first satellite amidst a debate about its commercial viability

Television channel owners say that Bangabandhu-1’s frequency and orbital slot is a problem.

Faisal Mahmud

· May 14, 2018 · 07:30 am

At the heart of Bangladesh’s anti-quota protests are government’s broken promises on job creation

Affirmative action quotas account for 56% of the civil service positions.

Ikhtisad Ahmed

· Apr 14, 2018 · 10:30 am

Rohingya muftis issue fatwas stopping the persecuted community from fighting Myanmar

‘In Burma, only 5% people are Muslim. Are they to take up arms against 95% of the people?’

Adil Sakhawat

· Mar 13, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Outrage in Bangladesh about a viral photo of Pranab Mukherjee should give India cause for concern

What does the image of the former Indian president sitting in front of a row of Bangladeshi delegates say?

Shafquat Rabbee

· Jan 21, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Looming crisis: How Bangladesh is desperately working to prevent disease outbreak in Rohingya camps

Nearly 50,000 refugees carry flu-type germs while over 15,000 are suffering from skin diseases.

Tarek Mahmud

· Oct 22, 2017 · 07:30 pm

With Chief Justice SK Sinha forced to go on leave, Bangladesh plummets further into autocracy

After farcical polls and forced detentions, this is the latest sign of the shrinking of democratic space in the country.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 21, 2017 · 10:30 am

Armed with a mic and a small booth, a refugee in Bangladesh is reuniting Rohingya families

Kamal Hossain’s Lost and Found booth has helped hundred of refugees connect with family members who they lost sight of while fleeing Rakhine.

Afrose Jahan Chaity

· Oct 18, 2017 · 07:30 pm

At the Bangladesh border, some Rohingyas wait for shelter, others wait to join ‘freedom struggle’

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, which Myanmar brands as a terror group, is seeing its numbers swell as Rohingya persecution intensifies.

Adil Sakhawat

· Aug 30, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Partition at 70: Why does Bangladesh act as if this anniversary only concerns India and Pakistan?

‘We have been Bangladesh longer than we were East Pakistan, and yet it feels that we have cobbled together something like a Banglastan.’

Mahmud Rahman

· Aug 26, 2017 · 08:30 pm