Azmin Azran

Digital Features Coordinator at The Daily Star

The misdirected outrage over the women’s football team strike

Bangladesh women footballers strike over coach's behavior, face public backlash.

4m ago

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.

5m ago

Disinformation targets right-wing audiences, Indians

Reveals TGI analysis of content on Bangladesh on X

6m 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

7m 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.

8m 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.

9m 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.

9m 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.

10m ago
June 8, 2017
June 8, 2017

When YouTube is your history teacher

History is one of those things everyone can enjoy, as long as it's presented to them in some easily palatable manner.

May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017

“THE WEATHER” is perfect for a swim in the POND

When people refer to Pond as a Tame Impala offshoot because they're both psychedelic rock acts from Perth, Australia and share a bunch of members, it irks me.

May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017

GREENTEXT

We've been friends for a long time and when I went to her house last night to borrow her chemistry notes so I could copy them, I won't say I didn't foresee what was about to happen.

March 30, 2017
March 30, 2017

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN INSPIRATION ENGINEER

Arman Khan has a busy day ahead of him. As he dresses himself, he contemplates his first social media post of the day.

March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017

An Out of This World Grilled Chicken Experience

One-quarter grilled chicken. Naan. And a hell of a story.

February 23, 2017
February 23, 2017

Your Handheld Sports Central

If you're an avid follower of a sport team, but school and/or work is starting to catch up with you, and you're sad because there was a match tonight that you probably could have seen but didn't even know was taking place, 365Scores is the app you are looking for.

February 16, 2017
February 16, 2017

A Noob's Guide to Bangla Literature

A person's reading can happen in different ways, and in different languages.

February 2, 2017
February 2, 2017

TYPES OF PEOPLE YOU MEET AT OLYMPIADS

If you aren't familiar with them, Olympiads are gatherings of young people interested in and fascinated by academics, where they go up against each other to prove who's more interested in and fascinated by a certain subject than everyone else.

February 2, 2017
February 2, 2017

Learning Bigotry from the Textbook

News had emerged in local media over the last couple of weeks about the changes in the new NCTB textbooks in circulation at the beginning of 2017 academic year.

January 19, 2017
January 19, 2017

Essentials for a successful coaching centre 1.0

From crossing seas and continents to learn by travelling, to leaving home in search of tutelage from a hermit in an unknown land, human endeavour for gaining knowledge has seen many changes over centuries.