Column by Mahfuz Anam / Were we close to a nuclear catastrophe?
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / The challenges before the prime minister
13 March 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / The speech that emboldened us all
7 March 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / A controversial decision
27 February 2026, 00:01 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / The likely PM’s first crucial challenge
15 February 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / Politicians must be open to accepting electoral defeats
6 February 2026, 00:23 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / US-EU tensions over Greenland may have serious effects for us
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam / Facing the most vital election ever
8 January 2026, 18:00 PM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / The magic of Khaleda Zia
1 January 2026, 18:00 PM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam / Bangladesh needs more dynamic Islamic discourse
11 December 2025, 20:07 PM
THE THIRD VIEW
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Need for a change in our political culture
BNP to some extent and AL to a far greater extent have changed Bangladesh. Can’t we expect them to change themselves, even a bit?
14 July 2023, 01:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Politics at crossroads
The prospect of a free and fair election is still eluding us.
6 July 2023, 18:15 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Free and fair elections for our sake, not because of US visa policy
The truth is, we have made a shambles of our elections and have weakened most of the accountability structures.
8 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: The middle income ‘intellectual’ trap
The intellectual trap refers to a country’s policymakers’ inability to ensure crucial intellectual freedom.
18 May 2023, 18:10 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: DSA was legislated ignoring journalists
And it is being amended in the same way.
4 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Only journalists can protect journalism
Others will never do, as they only want to use us
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
23 March 2023, 18:00 PM
‘We will do whatever is required for the welfare of the people’
So who determines what is ‘required’ to ensure that welfare?
16 March 2023, 18:30 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Rewarding thuggery, punishing talent
The worrisome state of once glorious student activism
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Securing the safety of ordinary students
The real culprit is the BCL's sense of entitlement.
2 March 2023, 18:05 PM
President, Presidency and Democracy
A government cannot always be totally moral, but a president has to be.
23 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Child abuse and our crumbling social norms
There is a bias against the poor that leads to a general acceptance of violence against them.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Who runs the country?
There is no question as to who runs the country. It is Sheikh Hasina, our prime minister. But who does she run it through?
26 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Mahfuz Anam Writes: In ‘Smart Bangladesh,’ how smart is it to kill our rivers?
As if in vengeance we have been ferociously and relentlessly destroying our rivers in, what can only be termed as, a suicidal streak.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Mahfuz Anam writes: What is the state of Awami League as a political party?
This election year, the question that will inevitably come to the fore is of how successful AL has been in keeping its promises.
5 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Mahfuz Anam writes: From Bangabandhu to Sheikh Hasina
Awami League’s journey from a party leading a struggle to a party long in power.
22 December 2022, 18:00 PM
COLUMN BY MAHFUZ ANAM: A competition of errors
Is our government so weak that a proposed public meeting threatens it?
8 December 2022, 18:40 PM
Big budget, bigger corruption
Lack of accountability and the culture of impunity destroyed governance from within.
1 December 2022, 17:00 PM
Will the government touch the ‘untouchables’?
The default-loan narrative has smeared our otherwise powerful story of graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status.
17 November 2022, 17:36 PM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: The underlying story of a simple photograph
As an editor, I commend the photographer, the caption writer, and the news editor for depicting a sad reality with such subtle deftness.
10 November 2022, 18:00 PM