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How Did a Vaccine-Preventable Disease Become a National Crisis?

By Sabiha Zakir Bangladesh was supposed to close the measles chapter. Instead Bangladesh turned into a national crisis over measles. Since mid-March 2026, the country

“I was a science student and got GPA 5 in my SSC exam. But before SSC, my family forced me to marry at 15. After

বাংলা নাট্যসাহিত্যের ইতিহাসে সেলিম আল দীন (১৯৪৯-২০০৮) এক অনন্য নাম। তাকে রবীন্দ্রনাথ-পরবর্তী কালের বাংলা ভাষার অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ নাট্যকার হিসেবে বিবেচনা করা যেতে পারে। এর কারণ

Abu Abdor Mohammad Zahirullah was born on 19 August 1935, in British India, in Majupur village of the present-day Sonagazi Upazila of Feni district. He

পৃথিবীটা একদিন বাউলের হবে

“পৃথিবীটা একদিন বাউলের হবে” শুধু একজন বাউলশিল্পীর স্বপ্ন নয়; এটি এমন এক পৃথিবীর কল্পনা, যেখানে মানুষকে ধর্ম, জাত, শ্রেণি কিংবা সম্পদের মাপকাঠিতে বিচার করা হবে

The Adani Question Is Really a Question of Bangladesh’s Energy Sovereignty

When one unit of the Adani power plant in Jharkhand went offline this week, Bangladesh did not merely lose several hundred megawatts of electricity. Dhaka

Bangladesh Is Creating More. Can Its Laws Protect What It Creates?

A photographer spends days getting the right shot. A designer may spend weeks developing a visual identity for a small business. A software developer can

Pink for Protection, But What About Freedom?

Photo: Daily Sun For the past couple of decades, Bangladesh has slowly been becoming an increasingly difficult place to live for many of its citizens.

The Law Exists. So Where Does Responsibility Go? 

On 14 August, 2026, nine workers lost their lives inside an LNG carrier at a Sitakunda shipbreaking yard after being exposed to toxic gas. One

The Anatomy of a Quiet Street: What Peace Demands of Bangladesh

There is a deceptive calm in Bangladesh after every political imbroglio. Traffic flows steadily on Dhaka’s arteries, shopkeepers hoist open their shutters with renewed vigor,

A farmer in Satkhira knows that saline water will creep back into his field next monsoon. What he does not know is whether that same

Chronicles of Freedom

Opening For two years, July has been written, spoken about, documented, debated, and remembered in countless ways. Its photographs have travelled from one screen to

The Bangladesh Tareque Masud Was Looking For

There is a recurring movement in Tareque Masud’s cinema. People walk across fields, travel along rivers, gather in village squares, wait at bus stations, migrate

 Gambling Prevention Act, 2026: Progress or Overreach?

Replacing the 159-year-old Public Gambling Act,1867, Parliament passed the Gambling Prevention Act 2026 (Act No. 98 of 2026) on 1 July 2026.[1] The new law

Introduction History leaves behind more than memories; it leaves institutions, assumptions, and unresolved tensions that continue to shape political life long after the events themselves