Is public sympathy for street protests fading?
Students need to read the public pulse.
17 January 2026, 09:00 AM
17 January 2026, 09:00 AM
The day cricket needed a therapist
Fizz is a case study. When Mustafizur Rahman, a.k.a. Fizz, the unassuming fast bowler with deceptive slow cutters, was auctioned for Rs 9.2 crore, Bangladeshi media once again started paying attention to the Indian Premier League.
10 January 2026, 09:00 AM
10 January 2026, 09:00 AM
Why does a gender wall still exist within our major political parties?
The vigorous presence of women in the past pro-democracy movements proved that many of the women leaders are parliament-ready.
3 January 2026, 03:00 AM
3 January 2026, 03:00 AM
Election is not the real story, what counts is how it is conducted
By now, we all know that February 12 is election day, and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s return after 17 years in exile has added December 25 as another date to remember.
27 December 2025, 05:00 AM
27 December 2025, 05:00 AM
How Dhaka airport has turned into a game of Ludo
Dhaka airport's Terminal-3, which had a soft launch in October 2023, has completed 99 percent of its construction, according to reports.
13 December 2025, 04:00 AM
13 December 2025, 04:00 AM
Primary teachers’ strike is a mirror held up to Bangladesh
The assistant teachers of 65,000-plus government primary schools have been pressing for a three-point demand.
6 December 2025, 02:00 AM
6 December 2025, 02:00 AM
The birth pang of a university
DCU must move beyond colonial-era templates for public universities.
29 November 2025, 02:00 AM
29 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Our winter is fading, but the world remains indifferent
Climate scientists warn of a time when winter will vanish from our season cycle by 2100.
22 November 2025, 03:00 AM
22 November 2025, 03:00 AM
Dancing with Sycophancy
The spectacle raises some serious questions about the state of academic integrity and leadership.
30 March 2024, 06:29 AM
The shadow lines of Bangladesh's birth
Our freedom struggle helped us identify both our allies and enemies
25 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Hold on, let's talk about price hikes
Consumers hardly feel any sympathy for the downsizing that they have to experience due to price hikes. And all we get is haughtiness all around.
15 March 2024, 13:31 PM
Echoes of appreciation
The usual scene at Shahbag crossing often resembles the unpredictability of a game of ludo, where the traffic signal acts as the notorious big snake, swallowing travellers just before they reach their destination.
8 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Burning issues
We must heed the warning signs and take action before tragedy strikes once more.
1 March 2024, 14:00 PM
Voices in captivity
To justify the restrictions, governments run a fear factory.
24 February 2024, 04:00 AM
The dairyman that won our hearts
It doesn’t get sweeter than a 90-year-old curd seller being awarded the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, the Ekushey Padak.
17 February 2024, 03:58 AM
How do you teach Gen Z?
What is required is a complete overhaul of higher education to meet the expectations of this new generation of students.
10 February 2024, 03:00 AM
The high cost of dying
The haunting concern over the high cost of dying is as real as death itself
2 February 2024, 14:00 PM
The controversy over the NCTB textbook
The hullabaloo entailed a case study on an imaginary boy who preferred to identify as a female
29 January 2024, 04:00 AM
Under the influence of the cold spell
This winter, our mood and sleep patterns were affected by the lukewarm electoral fever.
19 January 2024, 14:00 PM
A prelude to tomorrow
Sometimes, our lust for power brings hell to earth. We let the fire burn and kill humanity.
12 January 2024, 13:59 PM
‘I Like America and America Likes Me’
On the eve of the national election, Shamsad Mortuza explores animal imagery as the myth of union and harmony across cultures.
6 January 2024, 04:00 AM
Living with fear and searching for hope
The year 2023 will go down in history when it comes of age, leaving behind its naive understanding of liberal humanism.
1 January 2024, 01:00 AM
The perils of our English education
The problem of students underperforming in English is perennial.
22 December 2023, 14:00 PM
Bangladesh's journey beyond Cold War realpolitik
Today marks the first Victory Day of Bangladesh being celebrated without the existence of Henry Kissinger
16 December 2023, 02:00 AM
AI, AI, Captain: Will machines end our creativity?
Will artificial intelligence end human creativity? Or will it complement and expand it?
8 December 2023, 15:00 PM
Girls are doing great in HSC, but what about the boys?
Putting aside the fanfare, the fact that boys are lagging behind girls in most school exams needs to be scrutinised carefully.
1 December 2023, 17:40 PM
All the King’s Men
Our political leaders' reluctance to engage in dialogue and to uphold the tenets of democracy may erode public trust in them.
24 November 2023, 14:00 PM
The statistics that hide our poor education system
The enchantment of statistics should not blind us to the sobering truth.
17 November 2023, 14:30 PM