Where teachers fear to tread
24 January 2026, 04:04 AM
Chronicle of a consensus foretold: Is Bangladesh's most vital vote the one nobody is debating?
24 January 2026, 04:11 AM
How Bangladesh lost leverage in cricket diplomacy
24 January 2026, 04:26 AM
Bangladesh needs a national RSV vaccination strategy
24 January 2026, 04:34 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam / US-EU tensions over Greenland may have serious effects for us
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Why are so many public hospitals lying idle?
23 January 2026, 00:37 AM
‘A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile’
23 January 2026, 00:42 AM
Why the next government must put power sector reform first
22 January 2026, 01:00 AM
How AI can revolutionise healthcare in Global South
22 January 2026, 01:05 AM
After decades of failure, can we finally fix our education system?
22 January 2026, 01:09 AM
Could women voters decide the 2026 election?
Women’s indecision signals both caution and opportunity.
5 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Is accuracy too much to ask of a July martyrs’ list?
The listing of July martyrs was never meant to be just another bureaucratic formality.
5 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Trump’s Gaza initiative: A path to peace?
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE issued a joint statement supporting several key principles of Trump’s proposal.
4 October 2025, 09:00 AM
Global community too diplomatic to find pragmatic solutions
The absence of China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Russia was glaring.
4 October 2025, 07:00 AM
The Global South must demand more than symbolic recognition for Palestine
The UK, even as it moved to recognise Palestine, continues to arm Israel.
4 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Bangladesh can’t afford to remain a one-legged economy
For Bangladesh, export diversification has become an existential demand.
4 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Women in coastal regions need better social security
For Bangladesh, especially in places like coastal Satkhira, ASP must be tailored to the unique needs of women.
3 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Hair, humiliation, and madness: The policing of bodies
Various forms of hair-policing tend to target the vulnerable in our society.
3 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Will an Upper House solve Bangladesh’s governance woes?
Bicameralism and proportional representation are not the panacea to solve all our problems of abuse of power.
3 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Do you have the courage to speak beyond your keyboard?
While Shahidul Alam sets sail for Gaza, critics mock him. What does that say about us?
2 October 2025, 19:49 PM
Palestinian subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan
US President Donald Trump advanced a peace proposal that essentially preserves Israeli pre-eminence regarding the fate of Palestinians
2 October 2025, 10:10 AM
The eternal curfew: When paying rent doesn’t buy freedom
A rented flat is a home, not a dormitory with a curfew.
2 October 2025, 07:00 AM
An Orwellian look at modern Asian upheavals
The warnings of Orwell’s 1984 feel sharper in South and Southeast Asia.
2 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Law must recognise rape threats as audible intent
Threats of rape and sexual assault should be criminalised as felonies.
2 October 2025, 04:00 AM
From case backlog to justice: A practical blueprint for Bangladesh’s courts
The path forward is now clear enough: appoint more judges, and appoint them better.
2 October 2025, 02:00 AM
How the quality of leadership makes or breaks a workplace
A supportive leader can unlock strengths that a person may not even recognise in themselves.
1 October 2025, 10:30 AM
The illusion of advantage: US reciprocal tariffs and Bangladesh’s exports
A relative gain can turn into a loss when the American market begins to shrink.
1 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Mob violence: When the law of the crowd takes over
Mob violence is a vicious cycle in which fear fuels violence and violence deepens fear.
1 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Dhaka is not for old people, but it is their city too
We have built a society where many elderly people are entirely dependent on others to go out.
1 October 2025, 04:00 AM
How to overcome the impasse on July Charter
A pervasive sense of mistrust, fuelled more by political calculation than by reality, has paralysed the charter’s progress.
1 October 2025, 03:00 AM