Mahfuz Anam

THE THIRD VIEW

Editor and publisher, The Daily Star

Commentary: Yunus the ‘guilty’, let facts speak

For the last 15 years and more, Prof Yunus has been accused, judged and found guilty by the highest echelon of Bangladesh’s power structure.

16h ago

An interesting day for Star

Yesterday, according to TV reports, the AL general secretary and the foreign minister commented on this paper -- one was an unsubstantiated  perspective and the other a charade.

3w ago

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Has BNP served its supporters well?

The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.

3w ago

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Is Awami League heading towards a Pyrrhic victory?

What image of our legal system are we presenting to the world?

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Israel’s ‘right to self-defence’ and the Palestinians’ fate to be slaughtered

The West's global standing is being corroded by Israel’s flagrant violation of each and every international law in its crackdown in Gaza.

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Towards a 'free and fair' election, indeed

What is going on right now is election engineering, not preparation for a free and fair election.

Column by Mahfuz Anam: 30 years of leading The Daily Star

However bright our past may be, there is an urgent need to further strengthen public confidence in journalism.

Tribute To Prof Saleemul Huq: A towering scholar of exceptional brilliance

The fact that he was one of the leading global experts on climate change and an integral part of  nearly every international and regional group of any worth anywhere  is something one would never know by talking to him.

January 3, 2024
January 3, 2024

Commentary: Yunus the ‘guilty’, let facts speak

For the last 15 years and more, Prof Yunus has been accused, judged and found guilty by the highest echelon of Bangladesh’s power structure.

December 10, 2023
December 10, 2023

An interesting day for Star

Yesterday, according to TV reports, the AL general secretary and the foreign minister commented on this paper -- one was an unsubstantiated  perspective and the other a charade.

December 8, 2023
December 8, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Has BNP served its supporters well?

The BNP failed to reap anything effective from the huge public support that it was able to garner late last year.

December 1, 2023
December 1, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Is Awami League heading towards a Pyrrhic victory?

What image of our legal system are we presenting to the world?

November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Israel’s ‘right to self-defence’ and the Palestinians’ fate to be slaughtered

The West's global standing is being corroded by Israel’s flagrant violation of each and every international law in its crackdown in Gaza.

November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Towards a 'free and fair' election, indeed

What is going on right now is election engineering, not preparation for a free and fair election.

November 3, 2023
November 3, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: 30 years of leading The Daily Star

However bright our past may be, there is an urgent need to further strengthen public confidence in journalism.

October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023

Tribute To Prof Saleemul Huq: A towering scholar of exceptional brilliance

The fact that he was one of the leading global experts on climate change and an integral part of  nearly every international and regional group of any worth anywhere  is something one would never know by talking to him.

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: West’s moral standing and the slaughter of Palestinians

Hasn't the world already been a witness to the massacre that has been taking place in Gaza over the past several weeks?

October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Poisoned rhetoric and public concerns

With only a few months left till the election, we still have no idea what AL’s and BNP’s manifestos will reveal

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