
Badiuzzaman Bay
OF MAGIC & MADNESS
Badiuzzaman Bay is Assistant Editor, The Daily Star. He can be reached at [email protected]
OF MAGIC & MADNESS
Badiuzzaman Bay is Assistant Editor, The Daily Star. He can be reached at [email protected]
BNP’s adversarial politics hurts more because it was expected to lead a new culture of politics.
Should we continue to condone unregulated public outbursts?
Protecting our citizens and our border integrity is non-negotiable
For all its pro-reform posturing, BNP has yet to signal a real willingness to lead political reforms, including within itself.
Bangabandhu as a subject of study should be approached with an openness to embrace truths, however unflattering.
Let's delve into the hypothetical lifelines in a public servant’s career that help them indulge in corruption.
Animals in Bangladesh are losing their homes because people are taking over their spaces.
Budget day is turning into our very own Groundhog Day.
Let me put it another way: is a fair election possible even if Awami League “allows” it?
As the political landscape heats up in anticipation of the general election, the ruling Awami League seems to be pulling out all the stops
The latest policy rollover on unfit vehicles seems to be the result of our policymakers remembering that they have interests to protect.
The apparent hospitality offered to BNP leaders Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Amanullah Aman has caused reactions both funny and speculative.
Can we respond to a public health crisis with the same urgency as the crisis over our electoral future?
Few people are perhaps aware that there is a specific government institution responsible for overseeing non-government libraries.
Corruption in hajj management has come to the limelight after the publication of two reports
What's happening to our rivers is not driven just by necessity, but also greed, a general disregard for the sanctity of life, and a reckless can-do-ism.
The “Bangalee way” in the sense of a single, linear way is a myth at best, and nationalist propaganda at worst.
Facts, once the prerogative of the media, used to be sacred. Now, they are just fodder in an increasingly hostile war of narratives.