Bangladesh deserves better universities — Not excuses
2 December 2025, 02:00 AM
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A 2,000-year journey through Bengal’s architecture
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Rethinking Bangladesh–India transit relations: The question of reciprocity
27 November 2025, 08:17 AM
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Gold prices and the hidden economy of weddings
26 November 2025, 07:57 AM
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Caretaker government reborn: What challenges lie ahead?
25 November 2025, 08:16 AM
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Why uprisings fail: Lessons from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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The unspoken truth: Bangladesh is underfunding its children’s future
16 November 2025, 10:11 AM
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Who bankrupted our strength?
14 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Each day is a gift: Reflections on living with cancer
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
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Want to reform politics? Ask parties where their money comes from
12 November 2025, 09:51 AM
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Bangladesh deserves better universities — Not excuses
The true purpose of a university is to pursue knowledge, cultivate critical thinking, and serve society. Rankings only have meaning when they strengthen these intellectual and humanistic values — not when they distort them.
2 December 2025, 02:00 AM
A 2,000-year journey through Bengal’s architecture
Architecture is never neutral, it is the most visible, permanent, and symbolic tool through which politics announces itself.
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Rethinking Bangladesh–India transit relations: The question of reciprocity
If India’s new transit regime prioritises its internal market over regional commitments, Bangladesh must adopt a similarly clear-eyed approach
27 November 2025, 08:17 AM
Gold prices and the hidden economy of weddings
Behind the glitter of bridal jewellery lies an invisible economy, one that thrives on social pressure, consumerism, and gender inequality.
26 November 2025, 07:57 AM
Caretaker government reborn: What challenges lie ahead?
What was once a settled chapter has been reopened with constitutional force and political consequence.
25 November 2025, 08:16 AM
Why uprisings fail: Lessons from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal reveal the same pattern in different sequences.
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
The unspoken truth: Bangladesh is underfunding its children’s future
Recognise education as a fundamental human right in the constitution instead of a basic principle.
16 November 2025, 10:11 AM
Who bankrupted our strength?
The government's failure to develop a cohesive modernisation plan and to support existing mills transformed them into unprofitable.
14 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Each day is a gift: Reflections on living with cancer
My own experience, however, is that most people take too negative a view of the disease.
14 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Want to reform politics? Ask parties where their money comes from
Electoral cost disclosures fail to ensure accountability when politics runs on unseen, informal streams of money.
12 November 2025, 09:51 AM
What’s holding back Bangladesh’s book industry?
Despite its long legacy, the publishing industry continues to grapple with many of the same challenges for decades.
7 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Why Mamdani’s politics should matter to Bangladesh
It is a reminder that conviction still matters in politics—and that democratic renewal may depend on rediscovering a younger, braver Left.
6 November 2025, 10:02 AM
No songs, no play: A policy against our children
When policy erases song and sport, what future are we building for our children?
5 November 2025, 10:32 AM
How not to rescue wild animals
Rescuing wild animals has become a public spectacle, fuelled by social media and viral content.
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Chaos by design: Why we might never get nirapod shorok
At the heart of the problem is what many experts call a “governance breakdown.”
28 October 2025, 02:00 AM
How can AI democratise rural healthcare in Bangladesh?
Imagine a future where a tablet or phone in a village clinic can perform the work of expensive lab tests and specialists.
24 October 2025, 18:00 PM
In search of Rajnagar: A city devoured by the Padma
Rajnagar was adorned with grand temples, palaces, festive grounds, and bustling bazaars – its architecture was unique and original even in the context of the entire subcontinent.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Signing without consensus: Will the July Charter deepen division?
By failing to specify the path of implementation, the July Charter has placed Bangladesh in a precarious position.
16 October 2025, 09:39 AM
Who cares about Bangladeshi women prisoners in India?
As I read the news of the political crisis in Bangladesh unfold in August 2024, I was reminded of Salma, Hasina, Rumpa (pseudonyms have been used for reasons of anonymity and confidentiality) and several other Bangladeshi women I met in prisons in India between 2010 and 2011.
10 October 2025, 18:00 PM
How our universities can create the ‘man thinking’
Does everybody need a master's degree? Aren't we making higher education a bubble which may soon burst?
10 October 2025, 11:18 AM