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Jannatul Naym Pieal

Jannatul Naym Pieal is a Bangladesh-based writer, researcher and journalist. He can be reached at jn.pieal@gmail.com

A boy stands with his mother inside a makeshift shelter camp in Goalpara district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, July 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Analysis / From kingmakers to the margins: Miya community’s fight for survival in Assam

6 April 2026, 18:29 PM
Anti-Bangladesh rhetoric and shifting electoral dynamics push a long-settled community to the political fringes
6 April 2026, 18:29 PM
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Analysis / How religion is finding space in today’s Bangladeshi cinema

5 April 2026, 12:04 PM
Recent Eid releases show faith as part of everyday life -- complex, personal, and often contradictory
5 April 2026, 12:04 PM
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Reaction / When authority legitimises abuse

4 April 2026, 15:39 PM
MP Amir Hamza’s comments are more than body-shaming, they are sexist
4 April 2026, 15:39 PM
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Explainer / How to train your social media feed to show content you actually like

30 March 2026, 22:06 PM
In the attention economy, it doesn’t matter whether you love something or hate it; what matters is that you looked
30 March 2026, 22:06 PM
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Pop culture / Not every Harry Potter fan is ready for a Black Snape; that’s exactly why it matters

26 March 2026, 18:59 PM
Paapa Essiedu’s casting has sparked a fierce fan debate, exposing the uneasy line between loyalty to canon and resistance to representation
26 March 2026, 18:59 PM
bollywood misrepresentation of Bangladesh liberation war story

Reaction / Bollywood at it again, tells Bangladesh’s story without Bangladesh

20 March 2026, 13:02 PM
Even with Arifin Shuvoo in the lead, web series Jazz City repeats a familiar trope
20 March 2026, 13:02 PM
Bangladesh's remittance earning March 2026

Reaction / The cost of a distant war being paid in Bangladeshi lives

19 March 2026, 18:40 PM
Bangladeshi migrant workers sustain the nation, even as they face growing dangers abroad
19 March 2026, 18:40 PM
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Reflection / Middle East or West Asia?

17 March 2026, 16:31 PM
Rethinking a colonial-era label
17 March 2026, 16:31 PM
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Don’t turn childhood into a rat race

Decision to change lottery system and restore the entrance exam merits further deliberation
17 March 2026, 12:49 PM
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Bangladesh never had a Habermas, but it desperately needs one

Germany had a Jürgen Habermas, who died on March 14, 2026. He was not just a philosopher writing for academics; he was a public intellectual, someone who used ideas to help society understand itself, confront its own mistakes, and imagine a better future.
17 March 2026, 00:59 AM
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Jürgen Habermas, the philosopher who helped Germany make peace with its past, dies at 96

Mediator between intellectual life and national memory, Germany’s leading postwar philosopher helped shape public debate
14 March 2026, 23:06 PM
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No, justice for animals and humans is not mutually exclusive

In the past few days, courts in Bangladesh have handed down two notable verdicts in cases of animal cruelty.
12 March 2026, 17:29 PM
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As Iran war boosts Netanyahu politically, Gaza pays the price

Polls show rising support for Netanyahu’s campaign while global focus shifts from Gaza
10 March 2026, 19:48 PM
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The danger of past tense

How Wikipedia is erasing Gaza from history
10 March 2026, 14:43 PM
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Gen Z’s gender paradox

Bold in politics, ignorant on equality
8 March 2026, 11:22 AM
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Let history breathe

The Liberation War of 1971 was not the work of one man. It was the product of millions of freedom fighters, political leaders, student activists, cultural organisers, rural villagers, defecting officers, and ordinary citizens who bore extraordinary costs.
7 March 2026, 01:22 AM
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How Europe absorbs, but can't direct global conflict

Caught between reliance on US hard power and its own ambitions for strategic autonomy, Europe manages fallout rather than commanding outcomes
3 March 2026, 18:26 PM
Bangladesh govt's reaction to Iran war 2026

Bangladesh’s statement on Iran: Measured words, high stakes

What the statement didn’t say is what really matters. It didn’t name the United States or Israel—the countries that launched the strikes without any provocation.
2 March 2026, 14:31 PM
People mourn in Tehran following Khamenei’s killing. Photo: Reuters

Iraq, Libya, and now Iran?

The US-Israeli strike revives a familiar belief: that removing strongmen brings stability; record says otherwise
1 March 2026, 17:54 PM
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A war neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan can win, but South Asia will lose

Retaliatory strikes expose structural tensions that could destabilise South Asia for years
28 February 2026, 17:35 PM
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Ekushey Boi Mela 2026: How to buy books you will actually read

With Eid expenses around the corner, smart planning can help you pick books that matter
27 February 2026, 16:00 PM
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Modi’s visit to Israel: Standing on the wrong side of history

Framed as a leap towards strategic partnership, the trip reflects India’s deepening ties with a state accused of genocide
25 February 2026, 21:13 PM
Suhrawardy Udyan anti-drug raid draws criticism over heavy-handed policing of students and journalists.

Policing at parks, suspecting the young

Heavy-handed anti-drug drives and arbitrary enforcement risk turning public spaces and young people into targets, raising concerns over civil liberties
24 February 2026, 14:07 PM
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