June 06, 2026
is a politics and history analyst
From the reports that exposed 1971’s genocide to the investigations that punctured the WMD myth, Syed Badrul Ahsan argues the press is the people’s conscience only when it shrugs off fear, resists power’s seductions, and digs until truth is undeniable
The shootings of young school student and a rickshaw puller by the police in Dhaka spurred a popular uprising onward
