The expansion of wage labour and the message of May Day
1 May 2026, 11:09 AM
Big Picture
Interactive: Bangladesh Labour History · 1881 - 2026 / Fight for Justice
30 April 2026, 20:55 PM
In Focus
In conversation with Richard Wolff / Can workers seize the opportunity as Western capitalism declines?
30 April 2026, 22:10 PM
Big Picture
Beyond reform: Securing dignity for Bangladesh’s workers
30 April 2026, 22:20 PM
Unheard Voices
A closer look at Bangladesh’s new labour law: Gains and gaps
30 April 2026, 22:13 PM
Big Picture
Why Rana Plaza survivors are still protesting
30 April 2026, 23:03 PM
Unheard Voices
The app treats me like a number: The uncertain lives of Dhaka’s ride-hailing drivers
30 April 2026, 21:45 PM
Unheard Voices
Justice at work for all
30 April 2026, 20:02 PM
Slow Reads Special
Between flexibility and uncertainty: The lives behind Dhaka’s food delivery
30 April 2026, 16:54 PM
Unheard Voices
Servants of an algorithm: May Day and the fight for the South Asian digital working class
30 April 2026, 16:39 PM
Unheard Voices
Thar: A language born on the rivers
The Thar language of the Bede is not merely a means of communication; it is a bearer of their history, culture, and social existence.
21 February 2026, 00:01 AM
Will the next generation speak Kokborok?
At present, Kokborok has very limited written and literary development in Bangladesh.
21 February 2026, 00:01 AM
Bangladesh in many voices
Ekushey today is to recognise that protecting linguistic diversity is inseparable from protecting cultural memory, social justice, and the right to be heard.
20 February 2026, 23:03 PM
What two decades with Hyow taught me about language loss
The word ‘Hyow’ refers to the Chin ethnic community, which belongs to the South Central (formerly Kuki-Chin) branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family.
20 February 2026, 23:01 PM
Language, power, and the erasure of Kol
The shift from ‘Kol’ to ‘Santali’ is not merely terminological; it denotes changing regimes of representation, power, and visibility.
20 February 2026, 23:01 PM
Those who remain invisible in Bangladesh’s political imagination
The most invisible and unheard communities in Bangladesh include, among others, ethnic communities or adivasis, tea workers,
31 January 2026, 01:05 AM
Bound by dadan
At the heart of Bangladesh’s brick kiln industry lies a recruitment system that quietly sustains inhumane exploitation.
31 January 2026, 01:02 AM
Fish stocks collapse in the Bay of Bengal, fishermen at risk
A historic decline in fish stocks in the Bay of Bengal is reshaping both the marine ecosystem and the lives of thousands of coastal fishing families.
24 January 2026, 00:45 AM
The making of folk poet Jasimuddin
Jasimuddin remembered singing songs to himself. He could not remember the words but remembered putting his own words into some of them.
4 January 2026, 08:34 AM
A PEOPLE’S WAR, A WORLD’S RECKONING
We revisit 1971 not as an isolated national event but as a moment woven into larger histories.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The war after the war: Pakistan’s POWs and postal propaganda
Postal evidence supports the view that a propaganda campaign was underway as soon as the army surrendered.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Missionaries in the war zone: Australian Baptists and the birth of Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the Australian Baptist Missionary Society (ABMS) had workers in Mymensingh, Kulpotak and Joyramkura.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The Bangladeshi diaspora in Britain: A forgotten front of 1971
By 1971, Britain’s Bengali community, though modest in size, had established footholds across the industrial heartland: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Luton, Coventry, Sheffield, and Oldham.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
American doctors who exposed the Nixon-Kissinger lies
Due to its strong ties to Pakistan as a Cold War ally, the Nixon administration declined to recognise the genocide.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The art lover who stole The Love Letter for Bangladesh’s freedom
The condition: money must be used for refugees suffering in the war in East Pakistan
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
How music carried Bangladesh’s struggle to the world
In 1971, artists did not merely respond to history—they helped shape it.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The history we walked past
The Muktijoddhas made do with whatever weapons and tools they had available.
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM
What we owe the martyred intellectuals
If we are to carry their work forward, we must build a society where truth matters.
14 December 2025, 06:00 AM
A martyr of poetry and patriotism
As political tensions mounted in East Pakistan, her poetry underwent a decisive transformation.
14 December 2025, 05:27 AM
A champion of communal harmony
In 1948, his historic demand in the Pakistan Constituent Assembly that Bangla be recognised alongside Urdu ignited the first spark of what would later become the Language Movement.
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM