Renewing the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty: What should Bangladesh do?
29 August 2026
To secure a fair Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, Bangladesh must prioritise ecological preservation over commercial water exploitation.
29 August 2026
The unanswered questions of the Ganges Barrage
9 June 2026
The flawed Ganges Barrage project threatens Bangladesh’s river ecosystems, underscoring the need for sustainable alternatives and robust international water treaties.
9 June 2026
Ten tasks for future Bangladesh
15 January 2026
Bangladesh has turned a page in its political history and a new phase of political governments is about to start.
15 January 2026
World Rivers Day / Lessons from the Baral River movement
28 September 2025
Many rivers in Bangladesh are in their death throes.
28 September 2025
Bangladesh needs revolutionary changes to deal with floods
24 August 2024
That is the only way we will be able to protect the people from the recurring pain and suffering caused by floods and equip them so they can tackle the impact of climate change.
24 August 2024
Lessons we can learn from the recent Teesta disaster
20 October 2023
We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.
20 October 2023
Why Western approaches can't prevent river erosion in Bangladesh
26 August 2023
It is because the physical nature of rivers in Bangladesh are different from that of the rivers in Western countries.
26 August 2023
A proportional election as a way out of the impasse
3 August 2023
The proportional system can ensure the robust presence of contending political parties in parliament and thus allay the fear of becoming marginalised.
3 August 2023
The sorry state of rivers in Bangladesh
There used to be more than a thousand rivers crisscrossing through Bangladesh. Many of those rivers are now lost, mostly due to human interventions.
27 September 2022
The Mirage of Teesta Treaty
It is necessary to be aware of the real and unvarnished truth regarding the sharing of common rivers between Bangladesh and India.
6 September 2022
Buying vs selling dollars: What should we do?
The US dollar has now surpassed the Tk 100 mark, and Bangladesh Bank is making contradictory moves to deal with the situation.
16 July 2022
'Untranquil Recollections': Reviewing the memoir of Rehman Sobhan, an incurable optimist
The second volume of Rehman Sobhan’s memoirs, Untranquil Recollections: Political Economy of Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh (University Press Limited, 2022) deals primarily with the years of 1972 to 1975,
1 June 2022
Some lessons from the untimely Teesta flood
An untimely flood wreaked havoc on the Teesta basin in Bangladesh, beginning on the night of Wednesday, October 20. A sudden onrush of Teesta water flooded the area to a level that has not been witnessed since 1968.
25 October 2021
Hasina-Modi agreements on shared rivers: What did Bangladesh get?
During her recent visit to India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At this meeting, a number of agreements were signed, several of which concern shared rivers.
8 October 2019