Mashfiq Mizan

Breathing death: The air that kills

Air pollution has become the biggest killer in Bangladesh, and it's not just some far-off statistic

1w ago

Removal of word ‘adivasi’: Indigenous group attacked at NCTB; 20 hurt

At least 20 persons were injured yesterday in an attack on an indigenous group and its supporters protesting the removal of a graffiti from textbooks featuring the word “indigenous” (adivasi, in Bangla).

2w ago

Unease at DU campus as some incidents reek of vigilantism

After the Awami League’s fall and the ban on Chhatra League, improvement in the overall atmosphere is quite visible at Dhaka University.

3w ago

Students Against Discrimination: ‘Proclamation of July revolution’ set for Dec 31

The Students Against Discrimination is set to proclaim on December 31 the July mass uprising as a revolution.

1m ago

Remembering the dark day in solemnity

“Sonar Banglay Manob Itihasher Nrishongshotomo Hottakando” (The most brutal massacre in human history of Bengal), read the lead headline in an issue of The Daily Ittefaq published in December 1971.

1m ago

DU, ‘laasher michhil’, and an uprising

A child steps onto the street from an alley -- only to be shot dead in an instant. A college student lies lifeless in a pool of blood at a city hospital, his phone vibrating with calls from “Maa”. And a “laasher michhil” (procession of bodies) on the streets of Dhaka.

2m ago

Shot, shackled, blinded

Eighteen-year-old Alif Hassan Rahat, a student from Milestone College in Uttara, dreamed of becoming a rocket engineer.

2m ago

Savagery at DU: They beat him, fed him, then killed him

Tofazzal Hossain was a familiar face to many resident students of Dhaka University. He would often wander about the campus, dorms, and gladly eat if somebody offered him food.

4m ago
January 18, 2025
January 18, 2025

Breathing death: The air that kills

Air pollution has become the biggest killer in Bangladesh, and it's not just some far-off statistic

January 16, 2025
January 16, 2025

Removal of word ‘adivasi’: Indigenous group attacked at NCTB; 20 hurt

At least 20 persons were injured yesterday in an attack on an indigenous group and its supporters protesting the removal of a graffiti from textbooks featuring the word “indigenous” (adivasi, in Bangla).

January 7, 2025
January 7, 2025

Unease at DU campus as some incidents reek of vigilantism

After the Awami League’s fall and the ban on Chhatra League, improvement in the overall atmosphere is quite visible at Dhaka University.

December 29, 2024
December 29, 2024

Students Against Discrimination: ‘Proclamation of July revolution’ set for Dec 31

The Students Against Discrimination is set to proclaim on December 31 the July mass uprising as a revolution.

December 15, 2024
December 15, 2024

Remembering the dark day in solemnity

“Sonar Banglay Manob Itihasher Nrishongshotomo Hottakando” (The most brutal massacre in human history of Bengal), read the lead headline in an issue of The Daily Ittefaq published in December 1971.

November 30, 2024
November 30, 2024

DU, ‘laasher michhil’, and an uprising

A child steps onto the street from an alley -- only to be shot dead in an instant. A college student lies lifeless in a pool of blood at a city hospital, his phone vibrating with calls from “Maa”. And a “laasher michhil” (procession of bodies) on the streets of Dhaka.

November 23, 2024
November 23, 2024

Shot, shackled, blinded

Eighteen-year-old Alif Hassan Rahat, a student from Milestone College in Uttara, dreamed of becoming a rocket engineer.

September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024

Savagery at DU: They beat him, fed him, then killed him

Tofazzal Hossain was a familiar face to many resident students of Dhaka University. He would often wander about the campus, dorms, and gladly eat if somebody offered him food.

September 7, 2024
September 7, 2024

A battleground of change: Role of DU in social movements

The pulsating energy of Dhaka University campus works as a catalyst to inspire students and shape their conscience.

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

When floods came, students rose to challenge

Hundreds of students from Dhaka, Chattogram and districts in between were seen marching towards Feni on August 22. They travelled in trucks, with speedboats and life jackets, on a mission to rescue those stranded by the unprecedented floods that swept through the region.