Azmin Azran

Digital Features Coordinator at The Daily Star

BNP’s show of force on Airport Road and a political culture that refuses to change

For an outside observer, it must be baffling that the BNP, having witnessed what the actions of the last 15 years did to the Awami League in three short weeks this summer, never even considered the fact that if they didn’t play fast and loose with people’s precious time like Sheikh Hasina used to, it would set a nice contrast in the minds of voters and the young generation.

1d ago

Disinformation targets right-wing audiences, Indians

Reveals TGI analysis of content on Bangladesh on X

3w ago

A world of voting systems: What is the right choice for Bangladesh?

The number of different electoral systems around the world is testament to the complex nature of democracy

2m ago

What is the ‘Electoral College’?

The most important details for outsiders to understand is that the United States of America is a federal state, made up of 50 states.

2m ago

The need for transparency in political financing

Anyone familiar with the previous “elections” held between 2014 and 2024 will know that it is virtually impossible these spending caps were adhered to, despite parties’ claims of compliance on paper.

3m ago

What politics for the new generation should look like

Politicians need to start understanding that the loud, unnecessary, intrusive politics that we know today needs to become the politics of the past.

4m ago

Bangladesh’s Rawalpindi Test win provides some much-needed room for reflection

We can have a national cricket team who can do it all. The win in Rawalpindi is an indication of it.

4m ago

How the youth's perception of Bangabandhu soured under Awami League

Even if history is not consistent with what the youth have been taught, it doesn't explain the disdain with which many have treated his memory

4m ago
May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023

EDITORIAL

Transportation is everything. It needs to be fixed.

March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023

Editorial

Some people are good at time management, some people are bad at it, some people would be late to their own funerals.

February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023

Editorial

Understanding Bangladesh’s politics, and how students constantly shape it with their voice and activism is a difficult prospect.

January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023

Editorial

I would have been five years old the first time I played chess.

December 18, 2022
December 18, 2022

The poetry of football commentary

Commentary transcends into a place where it sprinkles the power of words over the raw emotional journey of live sports.

December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022

Editorial

We rebuilt a country, we were set back time and again.

December 14, 2022
December 14, 2022

Morocco’s success and the ‘global’ sport

Football’s claim to being the global sport has strong merits.

November 24, 2022
November 24, 2022

My first encounter with the unknown

“Excellent! Come downstairs, we’re waiting for you.”

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

Editorial

Many point to a lack of commercial involvement in women’s sports as a reason behind this pay gap.

October 17, 2022
October 17, 2022

Lalon Shah lives on among the youth through modern folk fusion

Celebrate Lalon Shah on his 132nd death anniversary.