‘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
Drought hits northern areas
Awami League General Secretary Zillur Rahman today calls upon the people to receive Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his arrival at Dhaka Airport on September 14 in a disciplined manner.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM
No submission to veto-blackmail
Syed Nazrul Islam, the acting prime minister, today makes a blistering attack on China for blocking Bangladesh’s entry into the United Nations. He wonders how China, a constant victim of US veto for 22 long years, could use her veto power against Bangladesh.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu-Indira summit
The world situation in general and development in the Indian subcontinent in particular will be reviewed by Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a summit at New Delhi on September 14.
8 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Plan for simultaneous recognition, dialogue
Dr Adam Malik, foreign minister of Indonesia, admits at a press conference today that he has been working as a go-between for reconciliation between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu discusses constitutional matters
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman summoned Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Kamal Hossain from Italy today for urgent talks on constitutional matters. The law minister flew to Geneva from Italy and held talks with Bangabandhu.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu phones Nazrul, asks about price hike
Acting prime minister Syed Nazrul Islam has talked over telephone today with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is now in Geneva for convalescing after his gall stone operation.
5 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Indonesian proposal for Bangladesh-Pakistan rapprochement
Dr Adam Malik, Indonesian foreign minister, who flew into Dhaka today, brings with him a new proposal for a rapprochement between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
4 September 2020, 18:00 PM
War criminals’ trial justified
Three Arab countries -- Egypt, Iraq and Syria -- will place Bangladesh’s point of view before the ensuing Foreign Ministers’ Conference of the Arab countries commencing in Cairo from September 9, 1972. This is disclosed to Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad in Dhaka today.
3 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu asks about food situation
Acting Prime Minister Syed Nazrul Islam has a talk with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
3 Arab states will support UN entry
Bangladesh Foreign Miniser Abdus Samad Azad arrives in Geneva this morning.
1 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Ensure safety of stranded Bangalees
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tells Marcel Naville, president of the International Red Cross Societies, that Red Cross should take appropriate steps to deal with the question of physical safety, maintenance and repatriation of 5 lakh Bangalees trapped in Pakistan.
31 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu may return on Sept 3
Bangabandhu is likely to return home by September 3 though he has not yet fully recovered, informs BSS. T
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Draft constitution almost ready
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s health condition is satisfactory, says a health bulletin issued by Bangabandhu’s personal physician Dr Nurul Islam today. Bangabandhu has a long discussion with the Bangladesh Ambassador to France, Abdul Fatteh today.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bring down prices, women’s rally urges govt
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is expected to return home by the second week of September, 1972, informs Gono Bhaban sources today.
27 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bhutto called Bangabandhu
Pakistan President ZA Bhutto called Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman while the latter was in London after a gallbladder operation. This is disclosed by Bangabandhu over his phone conversation with acting Prime Minister Syed Nazrul Islam today.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Chinese veto condemned
China has risked serious repercussions by vetoing Bangladesh’s application for membership of the United Nations, sources close to Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman say today.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
China vetoes
China today vetoes Bangladesh’s application for UN membership. An Indian-Soviet resolution recommending the admission of Bangladesh to the United Nations is rejected by China’s first Security Council veto.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Resist Pak manoeuvres, Dhaka urges UN Council
The Bangladesh Government today asks the Security Council to pronounce “speedily and favourably” on its application for membership of the United Nations, “resisting the unjustified manoeuvres” of Pakistan to block its entry.
23 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu anxious to come back home
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is convalescing in Geneva had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad the night before.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Majority favours early admission of Bangladesh
The Security Council’s committee on the admission of new members by an overwhelming majority favours the immediate admission of Bangladesh into the United Nations today.
21 August 2020, 18:00 PM