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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

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first overseas tour, covering Malaysia and China, carried significance beyond ceremonial diplomacy. The China leg brought high-level meetings, investment discussions and

Bangladesh’s FY2026-27 budget promises to wean the economy off bank borrowing. The pivot is real as a ratio — but it is mostly an accounting

Five decades after independence, local government remains fiscally starved and politically subordinated. The post-uprising BNP-rule is a chance to change that — if an elected

The Puppetman of Bangladesh

Remembering Mustafa Monwar, the artist who taught a nation to play On the morning of June 29, 2026, the news moved through Dhaka the way