Advance tax on retailers: A smart reform or a burden on businesses?
25 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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A bigger ADP, but can Bangladesh make it work?
24 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Bangladesh’s digital future can’t be built without addressing women’s fear
24 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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Amid water-sharing uncertainty, rainwater harvesting deserves greater focus
25 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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FY2026-27 budget targets: A bridge too far?
25 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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Why Keir Starmer's fall should surprise no one
25 June 2026, 08:00 AM
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Public universities are still rationing women’s freedom
24 June 2026, 08:00 AM
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Starmer’s resignation signals constraint, not virtue
24 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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Don’t leave Kaiputras behind in the name of development
22 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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77 years of Awami League: From people’s vanguard to an autocratic machine
23 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds
In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war
17 January 2024, 01:00 AM
A country drifting into political paralysis
Ali Riaz sadly observes that the country is fast drifting into a political paralysis and descending into the abyss of authoritarianism, while maintaining a democratic facade.
16 January 2024, 14:00 PM
The biggest risks facing our world in 2024
The findings of the WEF’s latest Global Risks Report are quite relevant to Bangladesh
16 January 2024, 01:00 AM
'Genocide’s Claim' by Shahidul Alam
In Gaza's streets, where shadows loom, // Apartheid's legacy casts heavy gloom.
15 January 2024, 03:00 AM
The end of human rights and the last child in Gaza
Against the backdrop of the current crisis, we ought to conduct a critical interrogation of the relevance of the overarching international human rights law framework itself.
15 January 2024, 02:00 AM
RTI can help our new government fulfil its election pledges
The Right to Information Act, 2009 specifies a mechanism for citizens to access all information—with few exceptions—available to the government and many other public authorities.
15 January 2024, 02:00 AM
Education needs resolute leadership of new ministers
The education that a child can acquire is currently a matter of how much his/her family can pay.
14 January 2024, 14:00 PM
‘Animal’ and the cultural politics of Muslim demonisation in Bollywood
Since 9/11, Indian cinema has played a strong role in normalising anti-Islam sentiments with repeated portrayals of Islamic terrorism
14 January 2024, 03:00 AM
‘The right to fear-free democratic opposition must be ensured’
Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
14 January 2024, 02:00 AM
The real challenge is taming inflation fast
Inflation, which is the equivalent of a regressive tax on the poor, accentuates income inequality to make the situation worse.
14 January 2024, 01:00 AM
Attacks on Yemen could open Middle East’s pandora’s box
The US and UK strikes in Yemen have only aggravated the possibility of large-scale conflict in the already volatile Middle East.
14 January 2024, 00:00 AM
Myanmar’s military junta is losing power
The junta appears more vulnerable than ever. The formerly 500,000-strong military currently stands at around 150,000 troops or fewer and is severely overstretched.
13 January 2024, 04:00 AM
All the ‘skill talk’ in university education
What skills? Who decides what is relevant for our education system?
13 January 2024, 01:00 AM
A prelude to tomorrow
Sometimes, our lust for power brings hell to earth. We let the fire burn and kill humanity.
12 January 2024, 13:59 PM
Creating safe public spaces for women: A collective responsibility
Creating safe and empowering public spaces demands a multidimensional approach, the first step of which is initiating table conversations.
12 January 2024, 06:30 AM
Business should look past gender
Women-led businesses are catalysts for social progress
12 January 2024, 05:00 AM
Word of the Election Year: Dummy
Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples
12 January 2024, 01:00 AM
From one party to one person: What was de facto is now de jure
The most important outcome of this election is the emergence of Sheikh Hasina as the supreme leader of the country.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Dissolve the people, elect a new one?
Politics 101 today runs the risk of being solely authored by autocrats from all over the world.
11 January 2024, 02:00 AM
Russia and the economic consequences of war
After 22 months of invasion, let’s evaluate whether it was worth it or not for Russia to invade Ukraine.
11 January 2024, 00:00 AM