Part 5 / Jinnah vs Fazlul Huq: The forgotten debate over Pakistan
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Before and after 1947, there were many Islamist claimant parties in the Indian subcontinent.
16 February 2026, 00:00 AM
A new Bangladesh demands new directions
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
While all our expectations from this pivotal moment may not have been fulfilled, we have, nevertheless, obtained a roadmap for moving forward. Bangladesh is soon going to have a parliament with members elected through a largely credible competition.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Part 4 / Those who attempted to assassinate Jinnah and called him “Kafir-e-Azam”
10 February 2026, 17:26 PM
The most significant public confrontation between the Khaksars and the Muslim League occurred in Delhi shortly before Partition, on June 9, 1947.
10 February 2026, 17:26 PM
Part 3 / Madani vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
8 February 2026, 17:31 PM
Although Maulana Madani and Maulana Maududi stood almost side by side in opposing the Muslim League’s efforts to create a separate state of Pakistan by partitioning India, they disagreed sharply on many related issues.
8 February 2026, 17:31 PM
Part 2 / Jinnah vs Maududi: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
5 February 2026, 14:58 PM
During the struggle for the creation of ‘Pakistan’, three distinct strands of opposition emerged from Maulana Maududi and his party towards the Muslim League.
5 February 2026, 14:58 PM
Part 1 / Jinnah vs Madani: The forgotten Muslim debate over Pakistan
2 February 2026, 08:00 AM
Against Madani’s Indian nationalism, Jinnah’s argument was that the historical interaction and proximity between Hindus and Muslims in Indian society existed only at the level of external social life.
2 February 2026, 08:00 AM
Sher-e-Bangla and his political rivals
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM
The most aggressive efforts to sideline him and remove him from the Chief Minister's office came from Suhrawardy.
25 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Faultlines of freedom: The complex ties of Jinnah, Suhrawardy and Gandhi
8 September 2025, 07:16 AM
Suhrawardy’s popularity, unlike Jinnah’s, was rooted primarily in the regional sphere, though he enjoyed a strong base of mass support. Jinnah’s emergence as the architect of Pakistan owed considerably to Suhrawardy’s efforts, yet Suhrawardy, in turn, received comparatively little support from Jinnah.
8 September 2025, 07:16 AM
Evolving Myanmar situation calls for a new Rohingya policy
Should Bangladesh rethink its Rohingya policy and strategy?
4 September 2025, 02:00 AM
India, Myanmar, and the weight of regional instability on Bangladesh
Situation across our borders is reason for concern.
15 May 2025, 02:00 AM
‘Labour reforms must ensure a dignified life for workers’
Writer-researcher Altaf Parvez discusses the recommendations made by the Labour Reform Commission to improve the state of workers in the country, in a conversation with Monorom Polok of The Daily Star.
1 May 2025, 03:00 AM
How we go about the Bangla Spring now will define its future
Between “July 34-36”, Bangladesh saw the explosion of a united democratic desire among people of all classes and professions. The demand for democracy was the revolutionary desire then. Following on from that, establishing meaningful democracy is going to be the true revolutionary programme now. The world is now calling it the Bangla Spring—the spring whose graffiti has adorned the walls of Dhaka.
10 October 2024, 12:23 PM
How Maoism is still alive in India
Tagging anyone who is anti-establishment as “Urban Naxal” is the trend right now.
19 April 2024, 03:00 AM
10 FAQs about India's citizenship law
Even in Bangladesh, people are concerned about the CAA because of its perceived impact on the fate of Muslims.
28 March 2024, 14:00 PM
How are guerillas in Myanmar raising their funds?
Since Myanmar's guerrilla groups are not listed as “terrorist” organisations in Europe and the US, supporters are facing no problems in raising public funds
24 February 2024, 03:00 AM
Myanmar civil war deserves an intelligent response
Being concerned about the Myanmar conflict is understandable, but we cannot be fearful
17 February 2024, 00:00 AM
The road to a new Myanmar
Myanmar is facing a structural metamorphosis, putting its South and Southeast Asian neighbours on alert.
20 January 2024, 01:00 AM
Every country has its own Manipur
How much longer must the Nepalese in Bhutan, the Tamil in Sri Lanka, the Baloch in Pakistan or the ethnic minorities in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar wait for their problems to be solved?
7 August 2023, 14:00 PM