‘The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended’
Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
‘The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended’
Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
2 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Reading power: How everyday texts shaped life under the British Empire
At the heart of Required Reading are forgotten readers from the past.
28 October 2025, 10:46 AM
28 October 2025, 10:46 AM
Opinion / Whom will the Awami League supporters vote for?
The Awami League (AL) is very likely to haunt the entire exercise.
16 October 2025, 03:00 AM
16 October 2025, 03:00 AM
A voice of resistance, progressive thought falls silent
Badruddin Umar, the eminent public intellectual, historian, and political activist, passed away in Dhaka yesterday at the age of 94. He breathed his last at Bangladesh Specialised Hospital, Shyamoli, around 10:05am. He was suffering from old-age complications.
7 September 2025, 18:10 PM
7 September 2025, 18:10 PM
Badruddin Umar speaks / 'We must not lose focus from real political barriers'
Hasina took dynasty politics to levels we could not have ever imagined. What happened to Sheikh Mujib’s former residence was unfortunate. But I would say that Sheikh Hasina is partly responsible for the incident.
7 September 2025, 08:22 AM
7 September 2025, 08:22 AM
The 36th day of July / August 5, 2024: The day the people triumphed
August 5 became a watershed in Bangladesh’s history -- the climactic peak of the July uprising.
4 August 2025, 18:10 PM
4 August 2025, 18:10 PM
The July that rocked Bangladesh / August 4, 2024: The deadliest day of the uprising
August 4, 2024 marked the deadliest day of Bangladesh’s student-led uprising, as the non-cooperation movement entered an explosive new phase.
3 August 2025, 18:08 PM
3 August 2025, 18:08 PM
Enrolment of voters begins
The preparation of electoral rolls for the first general election to be held in independent sovereign Bangladesh began throughout the country today. President Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury and Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are enrolled as voters in the morning.
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Mobilise resources for self-sufficiency in food
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today presides over a high-level conference at the Gono Bhaban which reviews the entire programme for agriculture during 1972-73.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
19 MCAs expelled
A wide variety of products made of jutton, a fabric produced from 70 percent jute and 30 percent cotton, is shown to Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Gono Bhaban today. The prime minister’s first reaction to jutton is, “We are successful now.”
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Aid for war-torn economy sought
Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today holds a meeting of senior officials of Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) at the Gono Bhaban and reviews the activities of the government body. They discuss the problems faced by TCB in importing various essentials goods.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM
First labour policy announced
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expresses his firm confidence that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country would ever remain intact under the united and coordinated efforts of the heroic Bangladesh Air force, the Army and the Navy.
26 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Allow Bangalees to perform Hajj
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has sent a telegram to His Majesty King Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, sovereign of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, requesting him to allow prospective
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Constituent assembly to sit on October 12
The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh has been summoned today to meet on October 12 at 9:30am at the Gono Parishad Bhaban.
24 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Education must reflect people’s aspiration
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman asks the Education Commission today to expedite its recommendations keeping in view the requirements of the present as well as future generations.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
UN to discuss admission of Bangladesh
The United Nations General Assembly today agrees to discuss the question of admission of Bangladesh during its current session. A recommendation made to this effect by the general committee at the initiative of Yugoslavia was accepted by the Assembly.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
19 MCAs expelled from AL
19 members of the constituent assembly belonging to the ruling Awami League have been expelled from the party on charges of corruption,
21 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Food must reach affected areas in time
A high-level conference held at the Gono Bhaban today reviews the food situation in the country. Presided over by Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
20 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Draft Constitution finalised
The Draft Constitution for the country has been finalised and sent for printing, which would be complete before the current month is out.
19 September 2020, 18:00 PM
UNROD chief calls on Bangabandhu
A five-member Bangladesh delegation will be in New York during the General Assembly session of the United Nations which commences today.
18 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Prices must be brought down
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today expresses his government’s anxiety over the food situation and high prices of essential commodities. He says, “We will have to bring prices down.”
17 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Election preparation starts
Chief Election Commissioner Justice Mohammad Idrees announces in Dhaka today that enumeration of the voters and the preparation of voters’ lists would begin on October 1 this year and the final voters’ list would be published on January 30 next year.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Busy day for Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman spends a busy day at Gono Bhaban today. He arrives at the Gono Bahaban at about 10:00am in the morning and stays till 8:00pm. The prime minister looks into files and also has talks with his cabinet colleagues.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu holds talks with ministers
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman meets members of his Cabinet informally at the Gono Bhaban today.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu back home
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arrives in Dhaka today at 4:25pm. President Justice Abu Sayeed Choudhury greets the prime minister.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Mujib-Indira summit tomorrow
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow morning and will leave for Dhaka after a three-hour stopover.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Show-cause notice to 5 weeklies
The government has issued show-cause notices on five weeklies -- Hak Katha, Mukhapatra, Spokesman, Lal Pataka and Banglar Mukh -- asking authorities of these publications to explain why these should not be banned.
11 September 2020, 18:00 PM