Zyma Islam

How our media got politicised

How did our media get to a place where censorship is rampant and media organisations pander to political parties?

2w ago

Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport

Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials

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A walk through relics of power and paranoia

Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace

2m ago

‘This is where I was held captive’

When images of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inspecting three secret detention centres emerged in the media yesterday, it did not take long for survivors to recognise the places where they had been held captive.

2m ago

Former army officers move to float new political party

Some former army officials are planning to bring forth a political party in March under the coordination of Brig Gen (retd) Md Shamim Kamal.

2m ago

Libya boat capsize: Families search for bodies of loved ones

As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.

2m ago

Libya tragedy: 56 migrants were aboard capsized boat

Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.

2m ago

Parking wealth under the Dubai sun

The city’s booming real estate has also been used by Bangladeshis as an offshore haven to park wealth for a big reason

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April 7, 2025
April 7, 2025

How our media got politicised

How did our media get to a place where censorship is rampant and media organisations pander to political parties?

March 9, 2025
March 9, 2025

Tk 2.21cr extorted daily from city transport

Finds govt probe; transport sector now controlled mostly by BNP-linked influentials

February 21, 2025
February 21, 2025

A walk through relics of power and paranoia

Inside Gono Bhaban, a fallen dictator's palace

February 13, 2025
February 13, 2025

‘This is where I was held captive’

When images of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus inspecting three secret detention centres emerged in the media yesterday, it did not take long for survivors to recognise the places where they had been held captive.

February 6, 2025
February 6, 2025

Former army officers move to float new political party

Some former army officials are planning to bring forth a political party in March under the coordination of Brig Gen (retd) Md Shamim Kamal.

February 4, 2025
February 4, 2025

Libya boat capsize: Families search for bodies of loved ones

As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.

February 3, 2025
February 3, 2025

Libya tragedy: 56 migrants were aboard capsized boat

Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.

January 7, 2025
January 7, 2025

Parking wealth under the Dubai sun

The city’s booming real estate has also been used by Bangladeshis as an offshore haven to park wealth for a big reason

December 27, 2024
December 27, 2024

Cyber protection ordinance: Draft fails to shake off ghosts of the past

The newly approved draft Cyber Protection Ordinance retains many of the clauses of its predecessors that drew flak from across the world for stifling freedom of expression.

December 15, 2024
December 15, 2024

Enforced disappearances: ‘Hasina herself was involved’

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, and senior police officers Monirul Islam and Md Harun-Or-Rashid were all involved in enforced disappearances.