‘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
UN Mission may withdraw
A nine-day national conference titled “Consultation on the American Response to events in East Pakistan” began today in Washington DC.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Bangladesh struggle a liberation movement’
The leader of the Soviet parliamentary delegation in India, Kudrayavetsev, described the Bangladesh struggle as a “national liberation movement with elements of civil war in it”. He was speaking at the press club in New Delhi today.
8 November 2021, 18:00 PM
East Bengal can’t remain united with Pakistan: Indira
Pakistan President Yahya Khan was today quoted as saying that China would intervene in the event of an Indian attack on Pakistan.
7 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US will cancel licences to ship arms to Pakistan
The United States decided to cancel licences for the export of more than $3-million worth of military equipment to Pakistan. The action would in effect shut the controversial arms pipeline that supplied Pakistan with spare parts and other military goods even though the Administration imposed an arms freeze in April, 1971.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
China pledges aid to Pakistan
China called on India and Pakistan today to find a peaceful solution to their frontier dispute, but warned that it would “resolutely support” Pakistan in the event of war.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
350 scholars ask for ban on Pakistan aid
More than 350 scholars signed a statement urging US president Richard Nixon to withdraw his country’s support for Pakistan until there was a peaceful settlement of the India-Pakistan crisis.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Indira, Nixon confer
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi called on US president Nixon today at the White House. The two-hour talk covered the Bangladesh issue in substantial detail.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Sit-in before Pak High Commission
The US President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger, in a memorandum sent today, informed President
2 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Yahya agreed to pullback military unilaterally
The US ambassador in Pakistan, Joseph Farland, in a telegram sent today to the US State Department, informed that Pak
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM
War imminent: Yahya
US Senator Edward M Kennedy urged the Nixon administration today to support efforts to bring the Bangladesh situation before the United Nations General Assembly in the interests of reaching a political solution.
31 October 2021, 18:00 PM
“I am sitting on the top of a volcano”: Indira
The Bangladesh problem dominated the talks Indira Gandhi had with Heath today at the British prime minister’s country residence outside London.
30 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Yahya’s election drama
US President Richard Nixon, in a letter sent today, appreciated Pakistan President Yahya Khan for his “prompt and positive” response to the US proposal for withdrawal of forces from the border with India.
29 October 2021, 18:00 PM
US military supplies to Pakistan
In a report published today, The New York Times stated that Pakistan’s 29 reception centres for returning Bangladeshi refugees were clean, stocked with adequate food and medicine and well-staffed but the only thing they lacked was refugees.
28 October 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Urgent UN intervention needed’
The New York Times, in an editorial published today, stated, “The growing threat of war between India and Pakistan creates an urgent need for United Nations intervention -- but not on the terms proposed by Islamabad.”
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Nazrul seeks China’s support
A briefing dated October 27, 1971, prepared for US President Richard Nixon, concluded that the widespread famine with
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Fazlul Huq and the Bangalee Muslim question
The phrase “Bangalee Muslim” is generally regarded as a “living oxymoron,” and the Bangalee Muslims are considered to be perennially trapped in a dilemma of identity over their Bangaleeness and Muslimness.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Tajuddin hopeful of Chinese support
Thirteen nations and five international organisations agreed in Paris today to a worldwide effort to meet the cost of the growing refugee problem in India.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Indira bars provocation
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi praised the Indian people for showing utmost restraint and said, “India would do nothing to provoke war”. She was addressing the Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels today.
24 October 2021, 18:00 PM
India, Pakistan trade blame
Legendary singer, songwriter and activist Joan Baez sang at Crisler Arena in Michigan and appealed to the audience to help the
23 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Indira on mission in the West
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today began her 20-day tour of six western countries including the USA and Britain amid intensified military preparation by India and Pakistan in their respective border areas.
22 October 2021, 18:00 PM