Move away from blame game and confrontational power politics

The Appellate Division verdict of July 21 has opened the scope for resolution of the main issue around the demands coming from the quota reform movement.
22 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Did we have to pay such a heavy price for this verdict?

The verdict is in. The Appellate Division through its observations has recommended that quotas be restricted to seven percent: five percent for freedom fighters’ descendants, one percent for ethnic minorities, and one percent for people with disabilities.
21 July 2024, 18:00 PM

What happened in DU on Wednesday

There was smoke everywhere, and I heard gunshots.
19 July 2024, 03:00 AM

Govt has completely failed to understand the youth

What is happening in Bangladesh right now is truly unfathomable.
19 July 2024, 02:00 AM

What happened on Wednesday: An account from JU

I wonder if this is how the nights must have felt during those nine months of the Liberation War.
18 July 2024, 13:08 PM

Universities and the government have failed the students

The responsibility for this bloodshed cannot be avoided by either the government or the university authorities.
18 July 2024, 10:50 AM

Dying for a systemic change

There is a serious governance failure in dealing with the student demands for merit-based recruitment system in Bangladesh’s government jobs.
18 July 2024, 08:23 AM

Quota reform resurgence: Stop violence against students

The government is complicating and antagonising a solvable proposition by ordinary citizens
17 July 2024, 08:49 AM

Is political violence transforming Awami League?

These latest developments add to the concerns over the increasing tendency towards intolerance and the preference for violent means to suppress any dissent.
17 July 2024, 03:00 AM

A slogan lost in translation

What made them flood campus streets on Sunday night was a specific comment that touched a nerve for the wider student community.
16 July 2024, 15:05 PM

We need to move from universal pension to universal social protection system

The universal pension would be out of reach of the extremely poor, such as day labourers, due to their inability to make contributions.
16 July 2024, 05:00 AM

Quota reform should be guided by constitutional principles

To attain the objectives of both strong institutions and inclusivity, assistance need not always come in the form of a quota for the backward sections.
16 July 2024, 03:00 AM

The thick line between ‘state’ and ‘government’

If we compare the state to a four-legged chair, the government represents only one leg.
16 July 2024, 02:00 AM

Why must brute force always be the response to student protests?

What could have been resolved through a discussion as expected from any government, ended up being yet another violent suppression of the voices of students
15 July 2024, 16:01 PM

How the Trump assassination attempt might influence US politics

The shooting incident involving Donald Trump is expected to have a big impact on the forthcoming US election.
15 July 2024, 08:30 AM

How our RMG industry empowered women

The RMG industry has provided lakhs of women, with their first formal employment opportunities.
15 July 2024, 06:00 AM

A litmus test for UK’s Labour Party

The 2024 UK general election was a political earthquake.
15 July 2024, 05:00 AM

NGOs can help citizens learn to use the RTI Act

Citizens must first understand the law's myriad possibilities to use it effectively
15 July 2024, 04:00 AM

With automatic pricing formula, BPC can't cry wolf about losses

With the new pricing formula in place, there is no way that BPC can lose money.
15 July 2024, 02:00 AM

God, save the boys

England feels undeserving of lifting the trophy tonight, especially when you compare Spain’s prevailing run to the final.
14 July 2024, 11:01 AM