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World Press Freedom Day 2026

PRESS FREEDOM Beyond rhetoric, towards responsibility and reform

PRESS FREEDOM Beyond rhetoric, towards responsibility and reform

PRESS FREEDOM Beyond rhetoric, towards responsibility and reform

Gender, power and the limits of media reform

Gender, power and the limits of media reform

Gender, power and the limits of media reform

MEDIA REFORM COMMISSION Weighing promises, possibilities, and limitations

MEDIA REFORM COMMISSION Weighing promises, possibilities, and limitations

MEDIA REFORM COMMISSION Weighing promises, possibilities, and limitations

PRESS FREEDOM IN BANGLADESH Lessons that must not be forgotten

PRESS FREEDOM IN BANGLADESH Lessons that must not be forgotten

PRESS FREEDOM IN BANGLADESH Lessons that must not be forgotten

FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DIGITAL THREATS New struggle of journalism in Bangladesh

FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DIGITAL THREATS New struggle of journalism in Bangladesh

FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DIGITAL THREATS New struggle of journalism in Bangladesh

FUTURE OF PRESS FREEDOM New restraint or transformation?

FUTURE OF PRESS FREEDOM New restraint or transformation?

FUTURE OF PRESS FREEDOM New restraint or transformation?

May Day
Special 2026

May Day and Labour Law 2026

May Day and Labour Law 2026

May Day and Labour Law 2026

Quiet crisis of labour

Quiet crisis of labour

Quiet crisis of labour

Crab workers at a farm in Satkhira. — Marzia Prova

Crab workers at a farm in Satkhira. — Marzia Prova

CRAB FARMINGEmpowerment in the tide, inequality beneath

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION May Day highlights new challenges

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION May Day highlights new challenges

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION May Day highlights new challenges

Independence Day Special 2026

EDUCATION SECTOR Making sense, nonsense of ‘decline hypothesis’

EDUCATION SECTOR Making sense, nonsense of ‘decline hypothesis’

EDUCATION SECTOR Making sense, nonsense of ‘decline hypothesis’

Independence Day Special 2026

REMEMBERING AGAINST FORGETTING Immodest reflections on independence

REMEMBERING AGAINST FORGETTING Immodest reflections on independence

REMEMBERING AGAINST FORGETTING Immodest reflections on independence

Independence Day Special 2026

When the river swallows its own banks: the politics of betrayal

When the river swallows its own banks: the politics of betrayal

When the river swallows its own banks: the politics of betrayal

Independence Day Special 2026

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2026 Rejoicing or reflecting?

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2026 Rejoicing or reflecting?

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2026 Rejoicing or reflecting?

Independence Day Special 2026

CLASH BETWEEN SECULAR VS ISLAMIC ETHOS What constitutes independence for women?

CLASH BETWEEN SECULAR VS ISLAMIC ETHOS What constitutes independence for women?

CLASH BETWEEN SECULAR VS ISLAMIC ETHOS What constitutes independence for women?

Independence Day Special 2026

Strategic equilibrium between Bangladesh and India

Strategic equilibrium between Bangladesh and India

Strategic equilibrium between Bangladesh and India

Independence Day Special 2026

Unmaking of An Authoritarian Regime

POST-MASS UPRISING BANGLADESH - Making the new dawn real

POST-MASS UPRISING BANGLADESH - Making the new dawn real

POST-MASS UPRISING BANGLADESH - Making the new dawn real

12 min read

My ballad of fear and resistance

My ballad of fear and resistance

My ballad of fear and resistance

5 min read

RAISING THE FATHER’S HOUSE: Uprising, memory, and the end of obedience

RAISING THE FATHER’S HOUSE: Uprising, memory, and the end of obedience

RAISING THE FATHER’S HOUSE: Uprising, memory, and the end of obedience

7 min read

JULY FILES: How memes shaped dissent, what comes after

JULY FILES: How memes shaped dissent, what comes after

JULY FILES: How memes shaped dissent, what comes after

7 min read

‘I held on to Abu Sayed’s truth’

‘I held on to Abu Sayed’s truth’

‘I held on to Abu Sayed’s truth’

7 min read

WITNESSING JULY UPRISING: Days at the DMCH

WITNESSING JULY UPRISING: Days at the DMCH

WITNESSING JULY UPRISING: Days at the DMCH

10 min read

INJURED PROTESTERS OF JULY: Weaponising health care to quell protest

INJURED PROTESTERS OF JULY: Weaponising health care to quell protest

INJURED PROTESTERS OF JULY: Weaponising health care to quell protest

6 min read

ECHOES OF JULY: A broken unity and an unfinished struggle

ECHOES OF JULY: A broken unity and an unfinished struggle

ECHOES OF JULY: A broken unity and an unfinished struggle

6 min read

Reform, Rhetoric, Reality

The illusion of reform

The illusion of reform

The illusion of reform

Repairing the state

Repairing the state

Repairing the state

‘When we are talking about justice, we mean justice, not revenge or retaliation’

‘When we are talking about justice, we mean justice, not revenge or retaliation’

‘When we are talking about justice, we mean justice, not revenge or retaliation’

Why national unity matters now

Why national unity matters now

Why national unity matters now

HOPE AND FRAGILITY: Democratic crossroads

HOPE AND FRAGILITY: Democratic crossroads

HOPE AND FRAGILITY: Democratic crossroads

The screen prints are back

The screen prints are back

The screen prints are back

Fall of fascism and the burden of hope

Fall of fascism and the burden of hope

Fall of fascism and the burden of hope

Return of dreams

Return of dreams

Return of dreams

National Memory Making

POSTMEMORY AND POST-AMNESIA How have we arrived here and where shall we go?

POSTMEMORY AND POST-AMNESIA How have we arrived here and where shall we go?

POSTMEMORY AND POST-AMNESIA How have we arrived here and where shall we go?

Remembering the dead without graves

Remembering the dead without graves

Remembering the dead without graves

STATELESS JULY MARTYR: Noor Mostofa

STATELESS JULY MARTYR: Noor Mostofa

STATELESS JULY MARTYR: Noor Mostofa

The revolution will be televised, marketed, and sold back to you

The revolution will be televised, marketed, and sold back to you

The revolution will be televised, marketed, and sold back to you

JULY 2024 A revolution that never was

JULY 2024 A revolution that never was

JULY 2024 A revolution that never was

‘Freedom is a constant struggle’

‘Freedom is a constant struggle’

‘Freedom is a constant struggle’

ON JULY WOMEN’S DAY 2025 Nationalised celebration of women’s resistance

ON JULY WOMEN’S DAY 2025 Nationalised celebration of women’s resistance

ON JULY WOMEN’S DAY 2025 Nationalised celebration of women’s resistance

Towards July 36 and beyond

Towards July 36 and beyond

Towards July 36 and beyond

Fragility and Tenacity of Hope

Asleep at the helm

Asleep at the helm

Asleep at the helm

POST-JULY BANGLADESH: Institutional crises and deep state’s shadow

POST-JULY BANGLADESH: Institutional crises and deep state’s shadow

POST-JULY BANGLADESH: Institutional crises and deep state’s shadow

Who’s leading whom in post-Hasina Bangladesh?

Who’s leading whom in post-Hasina Bangladesh?

Who’s leading whom in post-Hasina Bangladesh?

Are we heading to a missed opportunity for state reconstruction?

Are we heading to a missed opportunity for state reconstruction?

Are we heading to a missed opportunity for state reconstruction?

No new dawn for women

No new dawn for women

No new dawn for women

JULY UPRISING: Justification, failure and possibility

JULY UPRISING: Justification, failure and possibility

JULY UPRISING: Justification, failure and possibility

‘In the changed political context, collective punishment of the Bawm community continues’

‘In the changed political context, collective punishment of the Bawm community continues’

‘In the changed political context, collective punishment of the Bawm community continues’

Fear of truth in post-uprising Bangladesh

Fear of truth in post-uprising Bangladesh

Fear of truth in post-uprising Bangladesh

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