How stable is the global financial system really?

The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.
21 October 2023

Why we should care about the WGA strike

This strike came about because writers wanted fairer compensations, proper residuals, regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), better working standards, and anti-discrimination measures.
21 October 2023

Why the delay in declaring minimum wage for RMG workers?

Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?
21 October 2023

The war on error

Israel’s occupation of territories and desire to parcel all Palestinians as Arabs to the neighbouring countries have become blatantly clear.
21 October 2023

Who buys property abroad, and who pays for it?

These cases of illegal property purchase abroad are not the main acts of corruption – these are the symptoms.
20 October 2023

To fight fast fashion, we must not throw our clothes away

Fixing instead of ditching clothing is gaining momentum.
20 October 2023

Is the youth losing interest in political participation online?

And if they are online so much, do they find political engagement on social media to be safe and useful?
20 October 2023

Lessons we can learn from the recent Teesta disaster

We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.
20 October 2023

What we can do to prevent plastic from taking over our seas

In Bangladesh, the menace of plastic pollution extends beyond urban areas, affecting coastal regions as well.
20 October 2023

Israel’s hubris will be its undoing

The increasing ferocity of Israeli attacks will only garner further support for Palestine.
19 October 2023

Pink tax: The cost of being a woman

The fight against breast cancer isn't just about awareness, it's also about equity.
19 October 2023

Could debt cancellation finance Bangladesh’s climate actions?

Reducing dependency on international climate financing requires innovation in financial instruments and mechanisms.
19 October 2023

Closing the sustainable energy gaps in Asia and the Pacific

To bridge the energy gap and promote climate-friendly sustainable development, increasing renewable energy and energy efficiency are imperative.
19 October 2023

Talking is the only way out

When dialogue fails, confrontation becomes inevitable.
19 October 2023

Is there a psychological barrier when Bangladesh faces India in cricket?

We can confidently hope that our cricketers don’t quite participate in the same mental gymnastics that keep fans like us on a knife’s edge during any Bangladesh-India match, there is something to be said about the collective national approach of facing India in a cricket match.
18 October 2023

The Western rhetoric that devalues our lives

Since I was 16 years old, I have seen the US, my country, kill brown Muslim people by the millions.
18 October 2023

The need for an admission test

One may wonder why admission tests should be required in place of allowing results-based admission.
18 October 2023

Bangladesh Genocide of 1971: Time for the West to walk the talk

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.
18 October 2023

Plains of protest

Students have always been the first to engage in discourses on divisive borders with imagined, imposing lines, language, religion or tradition.
18 October 2023

Why CPD's proposal is not acceptable

Why should there be two different food standards for two social strata?
17 October 2023