When we talk about nature-based solutions (NbS)—that is protecting, managing, restoring or creating ecosystems for the benefit of the people and biodiversity—we almost always think of wilderness or rural areas.

On March 17, Bangladesh kicked off its 10-day series of celebrations of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.

Bangladesh has made a transformative journey during the last five decades since its independence in 1971. Steady economic growth, and achievements in the social arena,

As countries scramble to secure Covid-19 vaccines, ugly expressions like “vaccine race” and “vaccine nationalism” have entered the global lexicon.

If over the next two decades Bangladesh is to stay on course with its economic growth—and maintain the impressive 6-plus percent annual growth in GDP that it has had over the last decade—there has to be special policy level attention to education investments,

From 1979 onwards, since the Soviet Army moved into Afghanistan to support Babrak Karmal and the communist regime, the country has been embroiled in one conflict after another.

Four events on Sunday (March 14) are proving pivotal to the outcome of the escalating crisis in Myanmar.

Nepal was the 7th country in the world to recognise the independence of Bangladesh on January 16, 1972.

Bangladesh is an ever-growing hub of business. We see businesses of every kind—from e-commerce businesses such as online shopping

News of the pandemic waves of Covid-19 and political waves of the three-fingered protest is making the rounds.

The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UNDP) recently recommended the graduation of Bangladesh from its Least Developed Country (LDC) status to that of a developing country by 2026.

Bangladesh turns fifty this year, and so do I. I was born and raised in Cambridge, England. For me, this is significant. While living in Western society, I have been steeped in the importance of maintaining my cultural identity.

Even before the passage of the latest stimulus bill in the United States, governments around the world have offered almost USD 12 trillion in financial aid to businesses and households affected by Covid-19, equivalent to 12 percent of global GDP. But how well have they delivered that unprecedented amount of assistance to the intended recipients? And what lessons do these efforts hold for the future?

My generation and others close to it formed the bulk of the Mukti Bahini in 1971. The majority of Dhaka University students of the time were an integral part of it, as it was my distinct privilege.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s date of birth is being commemorated this year with the added dimension of his birth centenary.

Torture, forced disappearance, displacement, chemical attacks, butchery, loss of lives and limbs, death of family and friends, mass murder: the Syrian people have been through it all in the last 10 years.

Poverty is indisputably the worst curse in human life. It reduces human existence to nearly non-existence.

Since Myanmar’s military coup on February 1, the commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, General Min Aung Hlaing, has been working to remake the country’s political landscape by removing the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, detaining its leadership and installing a military junta. But the success of the coup is not guaranteed, given the junta’s lack of control over parts of the state apparatus, population and the spiralling economy.

March 17 shall forever remain a memorable day in the annuls of Bangladesh’s political history, as well as in the hearts of millions of Bengalis as, on this day, the supreme leader and the progenitor of sovereign Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (fondly called Bangabandhu by his people), was born.

Bangladesh is planning to adapt to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change and aiming to become a resilient country by 2030, as both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change goals are supposed to be achieved by that year.