Taxing microsavings risks undermining financial inclusion of the poor
12 October 2026
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Can sand-filling help coastal households adapt to salinity?
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How much longer must we wait for press freedom?
12 October 2026
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Modernise flood damage assessments to protect haor farmers
12 October 2026
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Strengthening consumer protection must go beyond mobile court raids
11 October 2026
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New NCT deal must deliver measurable gains for Bangladesh
11 October 2026
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Tea workers deserve a say in reforms to their industry
11 October 2026
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International Day of the Girl Child / Valuing daughters means sharing the responsibility of care
11 October 2026
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Beware machines that always take our side
11 October 2026
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World Mental Health Day / We must prevent overreliance on AI chatbots for emotional support
10 October 2026
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The trials sportswomen have to face to get justice
Despite unwavering support from her counterparts and from political offices as high up as the Spanish prime minister’s, Hermoso’s words have resulted in the same inaction from authorities.
2 September 2023
Witnessing the price hike parody
Will we hear yet another "eggcellent" proposal to import dub in order to force the local market to lower their price?
2 September 2023
What message does the Bandarban flood give us?
The cruel practice of neoliberal profit-driven development is what has caused the flood in Bandarban.
2 September 2023
What history tells us about election-time government
It makes no sense to expect neutrality on election day from a government that conducts anti-democratic activities throughout the year using its institutions.
2 September 2023
Climate change and women's deteriorating mental health
Women are more adversely impacted by natural disasters than men due to gender-based roles and responsibilities.
1 September 2023
Inequality and democracy
Should we be surprised that so many people view the growing concentration of wealth with suspicion, or that they believe the system is rigged?
1 September 2023
Are you looking for a pet or an accessory?
While there is no specific data, according to the National Board of Revenue, Bangladesh imported Tk 285.21 crore worth of live animals and birds in the 2020-21 fiscal year, the highest since FY 2016-17.
1 September 2023
Are we normalising the humiliation of teachers?
It is a universal value that teachers must be respected; it is the basic premise of learning. It is objectionable because someone has the audacity to ask something so contrary to any civilised society’s value system.
1 September 2023
Column by Mahfuz Anam: DSA to CSA, a sham of a reform
Journalists’ fate is again being determined in the dark.
31 August 2023
The culture war in education
The debate about control of education has become more intense across the globe, manifesting in varying ways in different historical and socio-political contexts.
31 August 2023
Educating education: An academic's two cents on education reform
Today, students are still subjected to, more or less, the same so-called education that we or our seniors experienced.
31 August 2023
Jatiya Party and its penchant for drama
Coupled with its unwavering commitment to unpredictability, JaPa has been true to its sense of dedicated opportunism over the years.
31 August 2023
Why scams thrive in Bangladesh
Despite such glaring examples, how are so many people still defrauded?
31 August 2023
Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya
Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.
30 August 2023
What Asia can do to fight climate change
As far as climate change is concerned, the Asia Pacific is highly significant.
30 August 2023
Find the unadulterated truth about all alleged disappearances
No credible and independent investigation has so far been carried out into any of the alleged incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh.
30 August 2023
‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
30 August 2023
'The numbers on our list might only be the tip of the iceberg'
We hope the Bangladesh government will take the crucial step of ratifying the ICPPED.
30 August 2023
Bangladesh, a constant victim of MLMs and ponzi schemes
Despite such crimes getting bigger in scale and more vicious with time, we have miserably failed to curb them.
29 August 2023
The mugshot and the meltdown: Trump and US politics
The Republican problem is now a US problem.
29 August 2023