Why Chattogram port needs a coherent land-use strategy
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Fair pay cannot be left to corporate 'goodwill'
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Greenland and the return of empire politics
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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
The job no one claps for
Women’s unpaid household and care work sustains the nation, yet remains invisible
10 September 2025, 12:30 PM
Between death and desire to live: A suicide survivor’s account
Sometimes survival is the most radical act we can perform.
10 September 2025, 10:43 AM
Digital wages can unlock women’s economic power in Bangladesh
Among account owners, women’s adoption of digital payments lags behind men’s across the region by 15 percentage points.
10 September 2025, 08:00 AM
Inflation and inequality fuelling a geography of despair in Bangladesh
An economy cannot thrive on the optimism of a few while the majority remain weighed down by despair.
10 September 2025, 06:00 AM
When the state falters, the streets make the rules
Bangladesh is living through daily un-governmentality.
10 September 2025, 04:00 AM
Article 116 restored: The judiciary’s long road back to itself
A recent High Court ruling restores the Supreme Court’s authority over postings, promotions, and discipline of the subordinate judiciary.
10 September 2025, 02:00 AM
From Dhaka to Kathmandu: How Gen Z is confronting power in South Asia
South Asian states must realise the cost of repression before it's too late.
9 September 2025, 10:39 AM
Rent control: A law that exists only on paper
Landlords often ignore the law, tenants do not know their rights, and enforcement is almost nonexistent
9 September 2025, 07:02 AM
From the end of empire to China-centric unipolarity
The 21st century’s centre of gravity is quietly shifting from Washington to Beijing.
9 September 2025, 05:00 AM
An election that could return Ducsu to the students
There is a sense of possibility in the air, a rare, almost tangible feeling that something is different.
8 September 2025, 14:00 PM
Bangladesh must bridge the adult and digital learning gap
Despite some progress in basic literacy, the country remains far behind in digital inclusion.
8 September 2025, 10:50 AM
23-min standing ovation for Hind Rajab, 28 small graves a day in Gaza
Does the 23-minute standing ovation for Hind Rajab's story mean anything beyond the echo?
8 September 2025, 04:00 AM
DUCSU election: Will informed voting triumph over inherited stigmas?
The historic event of 2024 disrupted the longstanding power dynamics of student politics, yet the narratives of equating persist.
7 September 2025, 10:44 AM
Strong on condemnation, weak on action
In 13 months, the government has issued at least 13 condemnations. That's one per month.
7 September 2025, 03:45 AM
Inaction as policy, lawlessness as outcome
The country deserves better than a government that only condemns after the fact
6 September 2025, 10:54 AM
The Cumilla crash exposes a systemic failure
The video of a crash in Cumilla last month presents the horrifying portrait of a system in collapse.
6 September 2025, 10:04 AM
Five and a half years ‘gone with the wind’
Breathing has become more lethal than smoking. How does one quit air?
6 September 2025, 08:00 AM
Violence, discrimination, and the failure to reform
There is growing disappointment and a sense of broken expectations among the people.
6 September 2025, 04:08 AM
The internet is making us reactionary, and it’s time to get off it
Social media often brings out the worst in people, with the anonymity of many platforms fuelling hostility towards strangers.
5 September 2025, 07:00 AM
The uneasy geometry of US-China-India-Russia relations
The SCO summit, held in Tianjin, China, was crafted as a spectacle.
5 September 2025, 05:00 AM