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.

2d 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
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.

January 5, 2017
January 5, 2017

THE TIGERS IN 2017: MORE TO PROVE

After two seasons of success at home, Team Bangladesh will have its work cut out in 2017. Success will be vital to take our cricket to the next level, as all our confirmed games in the first half of the year are away from home including a couple of unconfirmed ones scheduled in the Future Tour Plan.

December 22, 2016
December 22, 2016

A Day in the Life of a Che Fanboy

Shishir wakes up and sees Che smiling back at him from the poster on his wall. He cowers at the glare of the revolution in the man's eyes, and then shades his eyes to realise that the sun – in a desperate attempt to steal the show –was also glaring at him at the same time.

November 10, 2016
November 10, 2016

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?

For those who get to choose, it's usually a no-brainer to decide on settling abroad to pursue a career instead of Bangladesh.

November 10, 2016
November 10, 2016

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE

You've had a terrible week, but there's a game on that weekend and you're confident your team will win. But after exuding hope for

October 27, 2016
October 27, 2016

UNIFIED REMOTE - MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR THE LAZIES

If you do most of your work at home on your desktop computer, and you're one of those lazy people who like lying down a lot, Unified Remote could be the solution to all your problems (not the health related ones).

October 6, 2016
October 6, 2016

THE SWEATY LIFE

Normal people take a lot of things for granted - dryness, for example. But life is not so easy for all of us, people

September 8, 2016
September 8, 2016

5 Ways You can be the Good Guy this Eid

Eid gets the crazy out of people, and with all the frenzy surrounding Eid ul-Adha, some people go crazy on a level that messes up the day for other people. Here's your guide to avoid that by being a good guy on Qurbani Eid – a list of don'ts.