Digital Features Coordinator at The Daily Star
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.
Reveals TGI analysis of content on Bangladesh on X
The number of different electoral systems around the world is testament to the complex nature of democracy
The most important details for outsiders to understand is that the United States of America is a federal state, made up of 50 states.
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.
Politicians need to start understanding that the loud, unnecessary, intrusive politics that we know today needs to become the politics of the past.
We can have a national cricket team who can do it all. The win in Rawalpindi is an indication of it.
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
I travelled to a beautiful place last week, and the last time I travelled before this was in March. I remember both vacations clearly, but if you asked me details about the months in between, there wouldn’t be much I would be able to say.
Fat shaming is a pattern of behaviour that shouldn't belong in our society.
Are things getting back to normal? Do I even dare entertain the thought?
For readers with a keen eye, or even a lazy one, this week’s SHOUT should look very different. It’s prettier, and it’s also an issue consisting only of fiction pieces.
The Internet has been on my mind this week. That is not to say it isn’t on my mind constantly, every breathing second of my life is spent thinking of things on the Internet, of how to be on the Internet. I even think about how others have been on the Internet and whether I like what I see.
I often think of my time at school like a wildlife documentary. Students are the dominant species of course, owning the space, adapting to the
11 European football giants and Tottenham announced to establish a “European Super League”.
In terms of national events, most of us won’t be experiencing anything nearly as important as the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence in our lifetimes.
"I am here, Pasha. Show yourself."
A young me in class 8 held strong prejudices against all studies that were not related to science. I didn’t know any better, to be honest.