Why cheaper credit is not enough to spur private investment
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Businesses can help close the public toilet gap, but oversight is key
5 HOUR(s)
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What 2026 BNP can learn from 2002 BNP about talking law and order
9 HOUR(s)
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Bangladesh’s UN moment must become more than a speech
29 September 2026
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Building stronger institutions is key to post-LDC growth
29 September 2026
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Is our fiscal system addressing inherited inequality?
29 September 2026
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Invest in wetlands for growth and resilience
29 September 2026
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Opinion
How public schools can protect children from extreme heat
29 September 2026
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Media reform and journalism protection law can help counter disinformation
28 September 2026
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Stop malicious attempts to increase gas, electricity prices
Long-term cost hikes hurt energy sector; BERC lost neutrality, harming consumers.
25 February 2025
Memories, trials and tribulations
Children of three slain army officers talk about their experience regarding BDR carnage
25 February 2025
Whitechapel, Bengal, and the great British identity crisis
Is this really about a tube station sign, or are we witnessing Britain’s ongoing existential crisis unfold in real-time?
24 February 2025
Real change or more of the same?
Denial and blame games won’t save us from the deepening law and order crisis.
24 February 2025
What is next after the KUET clash?
With Awami League’s ruthless and barbaric student wing now out of the picture, we had hoped for peace and stability in our educational institutions.
24 February 2025
Will youth political engagement ever go beyond protesting?
Dhaka faces frequent protests, causing disruptions, but lacks discourse on root causes.
24 February 2025
Protect our farmers from their grievances
Farmers are disconnected from the government, lacking timely support, even during natural disasters.
24 February 2025
Break free from the burden of excess
This culture of "cluttering" continuously adds to the growing piles of belongings that occupy significant space in the average urban household.
23 February 2025
Why Bangladesh needs deliberative democracy now
The July Revolution of 2024 marks Bangladesh's shift toward deliberative democracy.
23 February 2025
Ecological thinking in Prof Razzaq’s ‘State of the Nation’
Since the 1960s, Prof Abdur Razzaq wielded considerable influence on the academic and literati circle of his time,.
23 February 2025
Impact of bureaucratic inefficiency on the economy
The government overspends on an inefficient civil administration.
23 February 2025
Bangla or Bengali: which should be used?
Why not use the word Bangla globally, instead of “Bengali?”
22 February 2025
Driving Bangladesh Bank’s low-cost green refinance schemes
With the utilisation rates of green funds remaining stubbornly low, Bangladesh Bank can evaluate the scope of prefinancing green projects.
22 February 2025
A truth, justice and harmony commission can heal post-Hasina Bangladesh
Having emerged from years of authoritarian rule, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads at present.
22 February 2025
We need literature for all people, in all languages
In Bangladesh, visually challenged people have little access to the rich world of literature, an exclusion that limits their ability to experience the joy of storytelling.
22 February 2025
How climate change drives social conflicts
The poor, particularly women and socially marginalised communities, are severely affected in all the climate hotspots.
22 February 2025
Palestine: A large Victorian workhouse?
The Zionist blueprint for Palestine resonates with the strategy of the workhouse authorities of Victorian England.
21 February 2025
Mohammadpur 'gunfight' follows a disturbingly similar script
Instead of dismantling organised crime, the interim government appears to be using law enforcement as another tool for political persecution
21 February 2025
Legacy of Ekushey February: My mother’s story of 1952
Syeda Jahan Ara Karim, an educator, spoke on Bangalee rights in NYC.
21 February 2025
Analysing Trump's territorial ambitions in Gaza, Ukraine, and Greenland
By proposing territorial takeovers or enhanced US involvement, Trump positioned himself as a decisive US leader with a global vision, however flawed.
21 February 2025