World Mental Health Day / Who listens when mental health struggles disrupt daily life?
10 October 2026
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Views
The real solution to our garbage problem lies in governance
11 HOUR(s)
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Views
The right to belong should not depend on moral policing
10 October 2026
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Views
World Mental Health Day / ‘New mothers must be supported to recover in every way, not just physically’
10 October 2026
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Interviews
Column by Mahfuz Anam / Ruling party-opposition relations are key to institutionalising democracy
9 October 2026
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THE THIRD VIEW
Effective cyber policing needs expertise and safeguards
9 October 2026
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Views
Why Bangladesh needs a civil legal framework for adoption
9 October 2026
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MIND THE GAP
Better healthcare needs clearer communication with patients
9 October 2026
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Views
SATIRE / Online shopping and other tests of faith
8 October 2026
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Views
AI is the printing press reborn
AI is an impossible problem if you think of writing as the end.
24 November 2023
Govt's priority is to access, not protect, our personal data
The government has heavily invested in purchasing surveillance equipment and enhancing the capacities of various agencies to use them over the years, but it hasn't shown an iota of the same interest in what should have been its priority—protection of citizens’ data
24 November 2023
Controversies about Nazrul’s tunes
Debates surrounding the original tunes of the rebel poet’s verses have existed for a long time.
24 November 2023
Dhaka for Gaza: Miles away, yet tied to the Palestinian cause
The city is now seeing all kinds of events to advocate for the Palestinian cause—from protests and exhibitions to candlelight vigils and concerts.
23 November 2023
The MP craze
"Every scoundrel wants to be a poet; ants are hell-bent on flying / The jungle's tusked boars lay claim to the highest throne."
23 November 2023
Children's safety online remains a concept
As far as their online activities are concerned, parents cannot possibly monitor it all.
23 November 2023
Let Dhaka's rivers flow again
Over the decades, our rivers have lost their lustrous glory
23 November 2023
Is a minimum wage offer of Tk 12,500 even logical?
It is shocking that the wage board sees it fit to approve such a meagre amount for minimum wage for RMG workers, which is a quarter of what they need just to stay above the poverty line.
23 November 2023
Bangladesh should advocate nature conservation at COP28
The COP28 will be held in Dubai, in the UAE, from November 30 till December 12.
23 November 2023
Watching, loving, playing cricket as a woman
When it comes to sports, including our beloved cricket, our women always get the short end of the stick.
22 November 2023
Why remitters still prefer hundi
Why have we failed to translate a record worker outflow into an increase in remittance inflow?
22 November 2023
As things stand, Bangladesh election is all but doomed
Given the attitudes of Awami League and BNP as Bangladesh election draws closer, there is no reason for one to feel hopeful about having a peaceful and participatory election.
22 November 2023
For peace, freedom, and memorialisation
Stories of resilience and heroism against patriarchy
22 November 2023
The growing importance of Bangladesh in the Indo-Pacific
In its foreign policy and international relations, the country has always advanced a free and open Indo-Pacific.
21 November 2023
We are heading towards another one-sided election
Voters will be deprived of the opportunity to choose from worthy candidates in a one-sided election.
21 November 2023
Cricket almost came full circle, but Australia had something to say
All Australia did was remind India that for once, not everything is about them.
21 November 2023
Will boycotting Israeli products bring peace for Palestinians?
Regardless of the tenacious systems of injustice the BDS movement works against, boycott has historically been a useful tool for advocacy and solidarity.
20 November 2023
The scattered legacies of Bengal's Sufis
Sufis have a long history in this region, bringing Bengal into contact with Islamic thought and practice before Bakhtiyar Khalji’s conquest in 1203.
20 November 2023
The lost children of Gaza
There is a generation of children growing up in Gaza without family, without love, without limbs, without food, without education, without basic human rights, in unspeakable depravity, scarred by the trauma of war.
20 November 2023
Yes, we can afford to abandon coal, oil and gas
Fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and gas, are a major driver of the cost-of-living crisis, which is stretching billions of household budgets to the breaking point.
20 November 2023