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.

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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

8m 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.

10m 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
November 12, 2023
November 12, 2023

Is land scarcity really throttling the growth of solar power?

The suggestion that solar power should lead Bangladesh's charge into a renewable energy revolution is often met with the sceptical remarks that we don't have enough land. But a recent study by Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) and Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) says otherwise.

November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023

How school-goers are coping during blockades and strikes

The string of blockades announced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami since the end of October has created obstacles for day-to-day activities in all walks of life. Students and educational institutions have suffered heavily, as year-end exams are scheduled to take place during the next two months

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

Cricket is not a gentleman's game, and it doesn't need to be

Fans need to understand that calling cricket the “gentleman’s game” has classist connotations in today’s day and age.

October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023

What’s even the point of having a cricket team?

Fans have limited patience, and cricket fans are being pushed dangerously close to the limit.

October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023

Bangladesh: On the precipice of World Cup failure?

Thankfully for Bangladesh, the equation is not that straightforward.

October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023

Is there a psychological barrier when Bangladesh faces India in cricket?

We can confidently hope that our cricketers don’t quite participate in the same mental gymnastics that keep fans like us on a knife’s edge during any Bangladesh-India match, there is something to be said about the collective national approach of facing India in a cricket match.

October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023

The big business of India-Pakistan cricket

In September, tickets were going for as much as 55 lakh rupees in the secondary market.

October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023

Dealing with academic failure

To a student going through any sort of struggle, the world "failure" dominates their thoughts.

October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023

Does a one-sided world cup take pressure off Bangladesh?

Can Bangladesh come out and find themselves somewhere close to the semi final spots?

October 6, 2023
October 6, 2023

Time for a new chapter in the story of Bangladesh cricket

The first cricket World Cup of the 2020s has to be the one where Bangladesh cricket finally reaches maturity.