How Bangladesh can make its university research budget work
9 hour(s) ago
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Health sector weaknesses the budget must target
8 hour(s) ago
Opinion
The institutional push behind academic brain drain
11 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
Views
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
Views
Advance tax on retailers: A smart reform or a burden on businesses?
25 June 2026, 11:00 AM
Views
Bangladesh doesn’t need new pilot projects to tackle climate change
Bangladesh has all the data needed to take the programmatic approach to tackle climate change.
10 May 2023, 14:00 PM
Imran’s arrest is all about fear and intimidation
It appears that the current government might seek to remove Imran Khan from the political scene.
10 May 2023, 09:56 AM
Removing Imran Khan from the picture solves nothing
The breakout of fresh hostilities between the PTI and the state means any hopes of a negotiated breakthrough in the ongoing political stalemate can be put to rest.
10 May 2023, 06:40 AM
Cox’s Bazar: Buried in waste
Cox’s Bazar is already ecologically vulnerable, especially in the aftermath of the clearing of more than 8,000 acers of reserved forest land to accommodate and provide for the Rohingya refugees.
10 May 2023, 04:00 AM
What’s our priority in the Indo-Pacific Outlook?
A primary analysis of the outlook confirms the various speculations that Bangladesh would not be tilting West and would remain adamant about its foreign policy ideal of non-alignment.
9 May 2023, 17:00 PM
Displacement, Triple Nexus, and sustainable peace
Competition between the host and refugee communities over scarce resources breeds resentment.
9 May 2023, 14:00 PM
Can Bangladesh become a regional industrial hub with Japan’s help?
Japan has critical interest in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Bangladesh, given that around 80 percent of its total trade volume passes through the ocean.
9 May 2023, 05:00 AM
Building Europe as a strong global partner
Every May 9, Europe Day is celebrated around the world.
9 May 2023, 03:00 AM
Is a policy directive enough to stop school bullying?
This isn't the first time that regulations and directives have been issued by education authorities regarding bullying. The question is if and how the new directive can make a difference.
8 May 2023, 16:00 PM
How to curb thalassemia in Bangladesh
Many thalassemia patients are transfusion-dependent for life, starting from the age of six months.
8 May 2023, 12:36 PM
To make Bangladesh an aviation hub, we must invest in our airlines
Biman Bangladesh Airlines needs to undergo a major transformation in order to grow and expand significantly.
8 May 2023, 08:33 AM
The complicated issue of paying 'living wages'
Better wages cannot be introduced by any one actor alone.
8 May 2023, 03:00 AM
Ajay Banga’s plateful of challenges
One of the first things Banga would have to tackle is reforming and modernising the institution, something that stakeholders have asked for across sectors.
7 May 2023, 16:00 PM
What will it take for our next election to be credible and acceptable to all?
It must be recognised that the election is not a one-day phenomenon – it is a process involving multiple interrelated steps
7 May 2023, 14:00 PM
Challenges in Bangladesh-US relations
US’ push for democracy and human rights has definitely angered the Bangladesh government.
7 May 2023, 12:00 PM
No confidence in the Fed
The aftershocks of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), while seemingly fading, are still reverberating around the world.
7 May 2023, 10:59 AM
Tucker Carlson and the murky state of US media
Tucker Carlson, the recently fired US cable television talk show host at Fox News, was quite a force to be reckoned with. Until, he was fired.
7 May 2023, 05:00 AM
How sustainable is our 'electricity revolution'?
It’s time to address the technical, operational, managerial, design and planning aspects of the energy crisis.
6 May 2023, 16:00 PM
What if the Rohingya are not repatriated?
A pilot project to repatriate over 1,100 Rohingya refugees is now in discussion between Bangladesh and Myanmar, negotiated by China.
6 May 2023, 14:00 PM
DSCC tree-cutting: A development initiative or a murder spree?
Why could the development project not be carried out while preserving these trees?
6 May 2023, 08:30 AM