‘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
Diplomatic move to have talks in London
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had a sleepless night yesterday. He was examined by a three-member medical board soon after his admission in London Clinic.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Help Bangladesh enter UN
In an appeal to the heads of the governments of USSR, USA, UK, France, Yugoslavia, Japan and India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sought their active support for Bangladesh’s membership in the UN.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Forget differences, rebuild nation
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a message to the nation on the eve of his departure for London for treatment today calls upon the people,
25 July 2020, 18:00 PM
`Bangladesh will top India within 10 years’
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is leaving for London tomorrow afternoon. He will undergo an operation for the removal of a stone from his gallbladder.
24 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘We can now pay for our imports’
The three-member medical board under the leadership of Professor Nurul Islam, personal physician to the prime minister, examines Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Hundred injured in city clashes
A medical investigation reveals that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been suffering from a stone in the gallbladder, according to a health bulletin issued today by the personal physician of the prime minister.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Jakarta pledges to help UN entry
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been keeping indifferent health over the last few days. Even so, he continued with his usual busy programme despite his physician’s request, according to a health bulletin issued in Dhaka today by the personal physician to the prime minister.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Guard against conspiracies
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today asks the student community to remain ever vigilant against conspirators who are working to undo the independence. He asks them to remain prepared to shed more blood, if necessary.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangabandhu’s arrival ends blockade
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s appearance on the scene ends a six-hour long blockade of Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Dr Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury and his colleagues by the students seeking auto-promotion.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Poland to help Bangladesh enter UN
The newly appointed Polish Ambassador to Bangladesh calls on Bangabandhu today at the Gono Bhaban. He communicates to the prime minster his government’s proposal for developing a strong bilateral relation between the two countries.
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Shun parochialism
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today visits Adamjeenagar, Narayanganj and addresses a mammoth public meeting attended by workers in large number.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Entry into UN almost certain
Soviet Ambassador to Bangladesh Valentine F Popov calls on Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at the Gono Bhaban.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Freedom of press assured
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today assures that his government would not curb the freedom of the press provided the press sticks to its ethics and act responsibly keeping in view the national interest.
15 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Special envoys to arab countries
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today issues an order that the dependants of the civilians and member of the armed forces now detained in Pakistan should be paid subsistence allowance by the government.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
“Bhutto bluffed me, Tikka betrayed”
The deposed Pakistani president Gen Yahya Khan has blamed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and several army generals including Gen Tikka Khan for the genocide and massacre in Bangladesh and the defeat of the Pakistani military adventure against India.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
National pay commission announced
NAP Chief Maulana Bhashani says in an emotion-choked voice, “Mujib is the only hope of the nation. I love him. I pray nothing untoward may ever happen to him.”
12 July 2020, 18:00 PM
‘War crimes issue to be settled with Bangladesh’
Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today attends his office at the secretariat after six days. Bangabandhu was suddenly taken ill with pain in the abdomen on July 5. He resumed his work at the Gono Bhaban, his official residence, on July 10.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Six months of remarkable success
During the six months in office, a very brief period considering the grisly antecedents, the present government under the leadership of Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujibur Rahman has attained remarkable success in all fields.
10 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bring back university autonomy
Feeling still very week, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman comes to his official residence, the Gono Bhaban, today and immerse in work and meetings with political leaders.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Foreign companies will not own natural resources
Bangabandhu who was taken ill on July 5 now feels much better, according to the prime minister’s personal physician Prof Nurul Islam.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM