How Bangladesh can make its university research budget work
7 hour(s) ago
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Health sector weaknesses the budget must target
6 hour(s) ago
Opinion
The institutional push behind academic brain drain
9 hour(s) ago
Blowin’ in the Wind
International Deafblind Day / The missing links in Bangladesh's deafblind support
27 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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What's missing from the FY2026-27 climate budget
26 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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The real test of the education budget will be in the classroom
26 June 2026, 13:00 PM
Opinion
What lies behind the Jamaat chief's 'civil war' remark?
26 June 2026, 08:00 AM
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Advance tax on retailers: A smart reform or a burden on businesses?
25 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi
Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.
18 May 2023, 13:00 PM
Let the world not forget Nakba
History would show the degree of betrayal by the key players involved with the Palestinian question
18 May 2023, 12:00 PM
Flesh in ruins
It is the disease that maintains the upper hand in the plot. A jarring voice of its own, the toxins spilling across the pages in bold, chaotic words.
18 May 2023, 07:33 AM
Bangladesh can become a semiconductor packaging hub
Bangladesh can position itself to be an active player, particularly in semiconductor packaging.
18 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Why the DSA should be scrapped
A major weakness of the law is its inconsistency with the other existing laws.
17 May 2023, 17:00 PM
UN’s commemoration of Nakba and the West’s complicity
This moment serves as a reflection, and a reminder, of the Western complicity in perpetuating the injustice against Palestinians.
17 May 2023, 14:35 PM
Recovery from Mocha: Restoring and building resilience
Now that the immediate threat has passed, attention must be paid to determine how much damage Cyclone Mocha has caused. It is crucial to guarantee that people who have been staying in the shelters can safely return home.
17 May 2023, 03:00 AM
Biman never fails to disappoint
It is a well-known and generally accepted fact that Biman is a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement.
16 May 2023, 17:00 PM
Role of MPs in tackling climate change
A set of parliamentarians from the most vulnerable constituencies could form a special group to get more deeply involved regarding the climate actions needed at the local level in their constituencies.
16 May 2023, 14:30 PM
Money makes the world go round – and development succeed
The key to economic development and ending poverty is investment.
16 May 2023, 10:55 AM
Why the US dollar is an optimal reserve currency for Bangladesh
The proposition that Bangladesh will move away from the US dollar-based payment settlement to a new international payment settlement is of no economic substance.
16 May 2023, 02:15 AM
What Bangladesh's new budget should offer to common people
The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.
15 May 2023, 16:10 PM
It's time we talked about menopause
Until recently, we as a society were not mindful of a woman’s hormonal fluctuations that she deals with daily.
15 May 2023, 14:15 PM
Motherhood, martyrdom and the spirit of female resistance in 1971
Ekattorer Dinguli forces one to acknowledge the dire reality of ethnic and religious violence, and the harsh legacy of colonial oppression and divide that has ruptured the fabric of the South Asian subcontinent since 1947.
15 May 2023, 12:56 PM
In Pakistan, a mass reckoning remains unlikely
The lack of issue-based mobilisation is a reflection of Pakistan’s paucity of issue-based politics.
15 May 2023, 11:00 AM
A glimpse of the Istanbul we don’t know
Here was a woman who was but a dot amidst the throngs of people who watched the Bosphorus Bridge being opened in October 1973, as fireworks erupted over a Turkey that now seamed Asia to Europe.
15 May 2023, 08:55 AM
Does RTI have a future in Bangladesh?
Can public officials ever become transparent in their work and feel accountable to citizens?
15 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Nurul Islam: Celebrating the life of a freedom fighter
Nurul’s unique quality as a professional economist originated in the common sense and pragmatism which influenced his great faith in empirical work.
14 May 2023, 17:00 PM
On mothers and reading
I wonder at how these frugal, accessible pleasures define her daily existence and get elated with the fact that reading takes up a significant space on the shelf
14 May 2023, 12:55 PM
Don’t judge our grief
As a mother, I believe that children should never die before their parents.
14 May 2023, 11:00 AM