A teenager watches an on-screen hero step into a room, silence everyone with a stare, counter humiliation with violence, and leave as the most powerful man in the room.

The international financial system (IFS) represents the institutions, rules, and instruments, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and other multilateral development banks (MDBs),  and the multilateral climate funds.

A few years ago, when Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was asked why female actors are often paid less than their male co-stars, he offered a practical answer.

Imagine a government hospital urgently needs a life-saving medicine or essential medical supply, and there is not enough money under the relevant budget line item, or the allocation has already been exhausted.

A sovereign rating is not a verdict on how rich a country is but a judgement about the reliability of its promises.

For half a century, Bangladesh treated population management mostly as a medical issue. For half a century, that was true. The instruments were the clinic, the fieldworker and the contraceptive.

The one-year tenure of the Dhaka University’s apex student body, the Dhaka University Central Student Union (Ducsu), has come to an end, and the office bearers have shown eagerness to hand over power to their successors through an election.

The university's historical memory belongs to all of Bangladesh and must be preserved.

In Dhaka, BIMSTEC is focusing on bringing neighbouring countries closer together by improving trade, technology, and mutual security.

Every government since 1990 has learned the same lesson the hard way: promising jobs is easy, creating them is not. In its 2026 election manifesto, BNP had pledged to create one crore jobs for educated youth within 18 months of taking office.

Barrister Abdur Razzaq, in his posthumous memoir on 33 years in the Jamaat-e-Islami, titled “Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami: Its History and Politics,”does not pull his punches.

When Prime Minister Tarique Rahman spoke of open-pit mining again on September 2, it sparked protests, rallies and processions in the area.

Israel survived the argument over October 7, but can it survive a film made by its own soldiers?

As of September 15, Bangladesh’s measles death toll since the outbreak began earlier this year stands at 1,036.

Bangladesh needs to acknowledge losses, establish which borrowers can recover to pay off loans, and rebuild viable banks.

Hilsa was never just a fish. It is roughly 1 percent of Bangladesh’s GDP, a source of livelihood for nearly seven lakh fishermen.

Teachers should be evaluated, but should they be publicly ranked? This distinction lies at the heart of the controversy surrounding the online platform recently launched by the Dhaka University Central Student Union (Ducsu) for evaluating teachers at Dhaka University.

Our experience with dengue and floods shows why knowing is not enough

What happens when the average itself stops being a reliable guide?

For three decades, the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty has been the principal framework governing the most consequential shared-river relationship between Bangladesh and India.