Reflection / Every monsoon needs a song like this
7 July 2026, 19:02 PM
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Humera Channa transform separation into something larger than heartbreak
7 July 2026, 19:02 PM
Reflection / What Anthony Bourdain taught us about the honesty of taste
5 July 2026, 18:51 PM
Remembering the man who found history and truth inside every meal
5 July 2026, 18:51 PM
Reflection / 'July 1. Too Tired.' Kafka felt it; so do we
1 July 2026, 19:43 PM
More than a century later, his two-word confession still captures the exhaustion that sleep cannot cure
1 July 2026, 19:43 PM
Father's Day / Sooner or later, we all become our fathers
21 June 2026, 19:27 PM
In gestures, phrases and old griefs, one generation continues to live inside another
21 June 2026, 19:27 PM
Pop Culture / The great career renaissance on OTT
19 June 2026, 15:59 PM
Long-form storytelling has created space for actors whose careers mainstream cinema interrupted, underestimated or abandoned
19 June 2026, 15:59 PM
Trump at 80: The man who turned himself into an American era
14 June 2026, 20:21 PM
His journey from real estate spectacle to a second presidency is a story of ambition, grievance, resilience and relentless self-invention
14 June 2026, 20:21 PM
Reflection / Why a film from 1976 still feels like a South Asian middle-class story in 2026
31 May 2026, 18:00 PM
Beneath the romance and poetry of 'Kabhi Kabhie' lies a social truth that still endures
31 May 2026, 18:00 PM
Pop culture / 007 First Light: A Bond for the age of becoming
30 May 2026, 18:00 PM
Video game recasts the world’s most enduring male fantasy as a young man shaped by uncertainty, instruction and growth
30 May 2026, 18:00 PM
Jürgen Habermas, the mason of reason
The German philosopher reshaped how we understand public debate, democracy and the power of rational conversation
15 March 2026, 17:30 PM
A song of ice and rain: Spring’s last surprise over Dhaka
A sudden burst of hail turned a humid evening into a fleeting spectacle
13 March 2026, 21:18 PM
How a 21-min qawwali discovered during a video game hunt changed a schoolboy’s musical world
A chance encounter with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘Allah Hoo’ opened the door to the transcendent world
13 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Mango blossoms: Perfume of the season
In Bangladesh, the fleeting bloom of mango trees transforms the air into a tapestry of fragrance, memory and the promise of a cherished fruit
13 March 2026, 15:30 PM
Gianni Agnelli: Fiat, flair and the fine art of living
The life of Gianni Agnelli fused industry, aristocracy and style into a singular performance of power, glamour and modern Italian identity
12 March 2026, 20:23 PM
Gorbachev’s glasnost gamble: The day the Soviet century tilted
A single succession rewrote the geopolitical script of the late 20th century
11 March 2026, 18:30 PM
Price of passage
War turns maritime insurance into quiet fulcrum of global trade
10 March 2026, 19:42 PM
From Pakistani living rooms to South Asia’s reels feed: The meme-ification of Rooh Afza
Once a cult sitcom character, she is now Instagram and TikTok royalty across Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
9 March 2026, 23:56 PM
A crude lesson: How war on Iran is reviving fears of another global oil meltdown
Prolonged disruptions could shave about 0.6% points off global economic growth
9 March 2026, 21:09 PM
Rooh Afza: The making of a South Asian icon
How a ruby red summer tonic from 1906 became the most beloved iftar drink across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
8 March 2026, 17:45 PM
Shadow of the Shah
Iran’s exiled Pahlavi dynasty again enters political debate
7 March 2026, 21:04 PM
‘Just a question of time’: Trump revives Cuba confrontation after Iran attack
US and Cuba have been entangled in antagonism since the mid-20th century
6 March 2026, 18:30 PM
The democracy of iftar’s aroma
In cities, towns and villages alike, the scents of frying, citrus and spice stitch together the shared anticipation of iftar
5 March 2026, 18:55 PM
Middle East conflict now brings hot waters to distant shores
Sends shockwaves to Indian Ocean shipping lanes
5 March 2026, 13:13 PM
An ancient superpower defying today’s hegemon
Ancient statecraft, revolutionary ideology and strategic geography converge as Iran challenges contemporary global dominance on its own terms
4 March 2026, 18:30 PM
When Nosferatu came out of the shadows
The movie premiered on this day over 100 years ago and introduced audiences to soundless horror
4 March 2026, 15:58 PM
Has the country become a horror story?
The killing of a seven-year-old in Sitakunda is not an isolated incident
3 March 2026, 20:23 PM
The Empire and the performance of moral high ground
How the US wages war, removes leaders, and redraws nations -- all while insisting on its ethical supremacy
2 March 2026, 21:29 PM
First rain over a fasting Dhaka
First shower this year offers a weary city a moment of mercy
2 March 2026, 20:05 PM
How Persia became Iran
Echoes of an empire in a time of fire
1 March 2026, 21:01 PM