Crushing dissent in Pakistan

Crushing dissent has a long history going right back to the period after Pakistan’s birth in 1947
29 May 2024, 10:05 AM

Foreign fighters in Myanmar: Implications for the region

In almost all conflict zones mercenaries actively aid one side or the other
29 May 2024, 04:00 AM

How to bridge the rural-urban education divide in Bangladesh

The rural-urban education divide is evidently increasing in Bangladesh.
29 May 2024, 04:00 AM

Cyclone survivors are not just numbers

When we report about natural disasters, these individual people and their stories often become statistics.
28 May 2024, 09:45 AM

Bangladesh’s reputation as a freelancing powerhouse is on the line

The most important issue with our online labour force is skill gap.
28 May 2024, 06:00 AM

An ode to our senior citizens

The notion of community upliftment will fade with the passing of Bangladesh's current cohort of senior citizens.
28 May 2024, 04:19 AM

An IGP’s eye-watering corruption takes the lid off patronage politics

Many of Benazir Ahmed's public statements since assuming high office aligned more with the ruling party's political stance than with the neutral stance expected of a civil servant.
28 May 2024, 02:00 AM

Coming to terms with the dire state of Bangladesh men's cricket

We distance ourselves from the sport, stop watching the games, and wish that the news of the results doesn’t reach us. But to remain unaffected is not a choice we can make.
27 May 2024, 08:48 AM

Citizen data server? More like a data supermarket

It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups
27 May 2024, 06:00 AM

Why are IMF policies failing to stabilise our economy?

Why does macroeconomic instability continue to plague Bangladesh even after partnering with the IMF?
27 May 2024, 05:00 AM

We must abandon our ecocidal mindset

The relentless deforestation happening across Bangladesh persists unchecked
27 May 2024, 04:00 AM

Children must be protected from abuse and torture

We have become a society in which children have become a tool to satiate the filthy desires of the stronger
27 May 2024, 02:00 AM

What’s giving rise to more nuclear families in rural Bangladesh?

The culture of living in the extended family in this region has changed over time.
26 May 2024, 09:15 AM

How we can mitigate the effects of rising inequality

Economic inequality is the primary driver of civil unrest, with global, regional and national issues contributing to instability.
26 May 2024, 06:00 AM

In a parliament of businessmen, conflicts of interest reign supreme

With a parliament dominated by businessmen and their interests, who is going to hold them to account?
26 May 2024, 04:00 AM

We need a universal school education programme

Two observations are pertinent here. Primary education up to class VIII as a compulsory and universal stage of education is a 50-year-old idea broached first in 1974 Qudrat-e-Khuda Commission report and reiterated in Education Policy 2010.
26 May 2024, 02:00 AM

Government mishandling of personal data: Where does it end?

Are these incidents of data breach and data leaks not contradictory to the very image of the smart, digital, developed Bangladesh that they are desperately trying to portray or advertise?
25 May 2024, 13:00 PM

Diet culture vs body positivity

Society's complex relationship with weight and beauty standards.
25 May 2024, 08:55 AM

War cuts the heart out of humankind

Every society that has experienced the kind of warfare faced by the Iraqis, and now by the Palestinians, is deeply scarred.
25 May 2024, 07:00 AM

Dhaka’s transport turmoil

Dhaka is the world's rickshaw capital
25 May 2024, 06:00 AM