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Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Multimedia journalist with nearly 10 years’ experience in mainstream media in Bangladesh with a background in investigative journalism and environmental, political and human rights reporting.

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A life of measured resistance

30 December 2025, 23:34 PM
With Khaleda Zia’s passing, Bangladesh has lost a towering political figure whose calm restraint often stood in stark contrast to the country’s bruising, combative political culture.
30 December 2025, 23:34 PM
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Undefeated, unmatched

30 December 2025, 23:10 PM
Twenty-three contests. Twenty-three victories. No losses.
30 December 2025, 23:10 PM
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Undefeated, unmatched

30 December 2025, 07:15 AM
Khaleda Zia's enviable election record testifies to her popularity
30 December 2025, 07:15 AM
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The leader who stood her ground

30 December 2025, 04:51 AM
Again and again, she selected the harder road—not because it guaranteed victory, but because it preserved meaning
30 December 2025, 04:51 AM
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Goodbye, Khaleda Zia

30 December 2025, 02:31 AM
Khaleda Zia evolved from a shy military spouse into a defining figure of Bangladesh’s democratic struggle
30 December 2025, 02:31 AM
BNP demands national election by December 2025

Only election roadmap will ease tensions

23 May 2025, 20:02 PM
The BNP believes that only a clear roadmap for the election will be able to improve the present volatile situation in the country’s politics.
23 May 2025, 20:02 PM
street protests in Dhaka

Opinion / The price of unchecked protest politics

21 May 2025, 12:16 PM
Under the guise of “mob justice,” various groups, including students, have taken the law into their own hands.
21 May 2025, 12:16 PM
BNP demands national election by December 2025

BNP to press for polls without stirring chaos

20 May 2025, 18:06 PM
The BNP is planning to ramp up efforts to push for a national election by December but will avoid a direct conflict with the interim government, party sources have said.
20 May 2025, 18:06 PM
Cox's Bazar Rohingya Camps Fire

Fire At Rohingya Camps: Many pointing at conflict between Arsa, RSO

Sunday’s fire that made 12,000 stateless Rohingyas homeless in a Cox’s Bazar refugee camp was the result of enmity between armed groups Arsa and RSO, said sources inside the camp. 
6 March 2023, 18:00 PM
wildlife conservation

Ctg, CHT major hubs, Dhaka key destination

Chattogram and the three hill districts are the main hubs of wildlife trade in Bangladesh, according to a recent study.
4 March 2023, 01:30 AM
The debate around Khaleda Zia

Khaleda Zia in politics: Missed chance for BNP?

The BNP’s current risk-averse behaviour is not conducive to running a successful campaign
28 February 2023, 16:00 PM
Bangladesh in geopolitics

US, India, and the election in Bangladesh

The foreign diplomats appear to have become more active with the 12th parliamentary election less than a year away.
25 February 2023, 03:00 AM
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Debate if Khaleda can do Politics: Her health more pressing question

Amid conflicting statements from ministers over the legality of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia getting involved in politics, a more pressing question comes to the fore: whether she is physically fit enough to become active in politics.
25 February 2023, 01:20 AM
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Uprooted from a life once stable

Mehedi Hasan Mohon knew his life would never be the same when the Russia-Ukraine war began a year ago.
24 February 2023, 01:30 AM
Newly elected president

Presidential election, AL strategy and the next polls

The nomination of a president is not to be taken lightly.
15 February 2023, 17:00 PM
Awami League's counter-rallies

AL's counter-programmes reveal its own insecurities

Announcing counter-programmes on the same day as the BNP, and often at a venue close to the BNP’s, raises the possibility of tension at best and outright violence at worst.
11 February 2023, 06:30 AM
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Hell was breaking loose: Bangladeshi student

Faysal Mahmud, a final-year comparative theology student at Gaziantep University, was dozing off in his dormitory room when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.
6 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Hell was breaking loose

Faysal Mahmud, a final-year comparative theology student at Gaziantep University, was dozing off in his dormitory room when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.
6 February 2023, 16:02 PM
By-Poll Drama, Hero Alom, and a Smart Bangladesh

By-Poll Drama, Hero Alom, and a Smart Bangladesh

Election Commission’s capacity to hold free and fair elections questioned.
3 February 2023, 15:00 PM
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Argentina may open embassy in Dhaka next month

Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship Santiago Andrés Cafiero is likely to visit Bangladesh on February 26 or 27.
30 January 2023, 05:51 AM
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Tambru Border: Verification of Rohingyas begins today

The government is going to start from today the verification of the Rohingyas who took shelter in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari upazila amid armed fighting on the no-man’s-land near Tambru border since January 19.
27 January 2023, 18:00 PM
transport strike BNP

Special treatment for AL is the new norm

Can a political party – regardless of whether they are in power or in opposition – use public property to attend a party rally?
26 January 2023, 02:10 AM
BNP’s Caretaker Movement

Protest Programmes: BNP plans to get back momentum

Fearing that their programmes are losing steam, top BNP leaders are considering new programmes that would bring back the pace to the movement for national election under a non-partisan interim administration.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Political posters galore

Two by-polls, 29 years apart – yet so similar?

After around three decades, if we look back at that fateful by-election of Magura, we would realise that the situation has not changed much.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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Tambru tense as Rohingya groups clash

Tension has been high along Tambru border in Bandarban as gun battle between two Rohingya militant groups resumed yesterday morning at a refugee camp on the no-man’s-land.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
BNP’s Caretaker Movement

BNP’s Caretaker Movement: Final phase when Dhaka units ready

The BNP wants to make a final push to realise its demand for holding the next general election under a neutral caretaker administration only after the top brass finds the party’s Dhaka city units fully prepared for an all-out movement.
14 January 2023, 01:20 AM
Stage break AL

What's eating away at AL's bedrock?

An embarrassing stage collapse could well be an ominous sign of the party’s bedrock caving in.
11 January 2023, 11:20 AM
Bangladesh Politics 2022

Today’s Sit-Ins: BNP, allies aim for a show of strength

The BNP plans a spectacular turnout in today’s sit-in to send the government a message that there is no alternative to a caretaker administration for the next election.
10 January 2023, 18:00 PM

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