Opinion / Media reform in Bangladesh needs precision, not pressure
30 January 2026, 00:49 AM
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Confrontational election politics shows that little has changed
30 January 2026, 00:56 AM
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Opinion / Yes, no and 'confused': A closer look at the July charter as the referendum nears
30 January 2026, 01:07 AM
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Bangladesh’s T20 snub: ICC failed a key test of sporting governance
29 January 2026, 01:04 AM
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Opinion / Trump’s Board of Peace is no UN, but an aberration
29 January 2026, 01:10 AM
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Opinion / The UAP incident shows systemic erosion of academic integrity
29 January 2026, 01:14 AM
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ADP downsize: Why health and education are taking the hardest hits
29 January 2026, 01:16 AM
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Opinion / Can we afford such a steep public-sector pay hike?
26 January 2026, 23:57 PM
MACRO MIRROR
Tribute / Remembering Mark Tully, the trusted chronicler of 1971
28 January 2026, 00:04 AM
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Opinion / Backlash at the ballot: Why women are being shut out of politics
28 January 2026, 00:14 AM
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Can our walls make space for our dissent?
The walls of Dhaka city represent the volume and chaos of thousands of people jostling for ever-shrinking space.
11 August 2024, 05:00 AM
How the new leadership can best utilise this fresh start
Not many nations have the opportunity to make a fresh start in the right direction, such as Bangladesh does today.
11 August 2024, 03:00 AM
A pathway to transformative governance
The selection, prioritisation and delivery of those reforms will determine whether this moment in our country’s history is a new dawn or a false one.
10 August 2024, 13:00 PM
Whom is the propaganda on X for?
The disinformation game is now increasingly a part of our political makeup.
10 August 2024, 10:30 AM
Lessons learnt: Partisan student politics must be banned
It is deplorable how the previous government did not find it shameful to allow students to be harassed, beaten, and even killed to satisfy political desires.
10 August 2024, 09:00 AM
Vision 2050 for the valiant sons and daughters of the soil
The future is in your hands, dear students. Shape it with an unwavering commitment to the greater good of our beloved nation.
9 August 2024, 15:00 PM
The walls of Dhaka: Canvases of protest or eyesores?
As a literature student from North South University put it, "Slangs are part of our language. And it's difficult to express frustration and anger without using slangs.
9 August 2024, 10:01 AM
Strategic approaches to mitigate rumours in Bangladesh
In recent weeks, Bangladesh has been swept up in a wave of rumours circulating across social media.
9 August 2024, 04:54 AM
The opportunity to reform Bangladesh must not be wasted
We Bangladeshis have a special strength, which enables us to form mass uprisings and put up resistance.
9 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Will the interim government be truly anti-discriminatory?
We expect that those who form the interim government will respect difference–be it of gender, religion, ethnicity, or language.
8 August 2024, 18:30 PM
How to get out of the constitutional gridlock?
The “interim” government will have to operate beyond the constitutional scheme as the current one does not endorse an interim
8 August 2024, 14:00 PM
What we need for a new Bangladesh
While challenges remain, there is a unique opportunity to reform and progress toward a better democracy.
8 August 2024, 12:00 PM
Revolution to reform: The long and arduous path to lasting democratic change
The necessary steps that must be taken in consultation with the constitution for a just democracy in Bangladesh.
8 August 2024, 10:30 AM
The winds of change
What does the nation have to look forward to?
8 August 2024, 10:18 AM
How do we clear this economic mess?
Decision makers need to be very cautious regarding who they put up to dispassionately clear the mess.
8 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The movement of tomorrow
The youth's stance against vandalism and violence after the fall of Hasina shows that this is the movement of tomorrow.
7 August 2024, 09:56 AM
This is not the Bangladesh we stood in the line of fire for
It is time for us to be vigilant on all fronts, it’s so much harder to protect freedom than to achieve it.
7 August 2024, 05:00 AM
We must never let such an environment of fear reign again
Fear cannot ever lead to forgetting.
7 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The cadences of a people’s victory
This victory has come at the cost of hundreds of lives of overwhelmingly young people, mostly students.
7 August 2024, 03:00 AM
Injustice must not beget injustice
Attacks on minorities, lootings and lynching must stop
7 August 2024, 02:00 AM