How Bangladesh can make its university research budget work
28 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Views
Health sector weaknesses the budget must target
28 June 2026, 11:00 AM
Opinion
The institutional push behind academic brain drain
28 June 2026, 08:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
International Deafblind Day / The missing links in Bangladesh's deafblind support
27 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Views
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
Counselling: An urgent need for university students
The kind of indifference and apathy with which mental health is treated is appalling and poses a great threat to the future of our students.
12 April 2023, 02:00 AM
In times of crisis, journalists must double down on facts
Facts, once the prerogative of the media, used to be sacred. Now, they are just fodder in an increasingly hostile war of narratives.
11 April 2023, 17:00 PM
India’s democracy in detention
What happens to Gandhi has important implications for India’s future.
11 April 2023, 14:00 PM
AI for understanding human consciousness (with caution)
AI can show us a way and demonstrate basic structure, but computational models and robots do not accurately represent the complexity and depth of the human experience, so there are limits to what we can learn from them.
11 April 2023, 07:35 AM
Is unemployment actually declining?
In countries like Bangladesh, where there is no provision for unemployment allowance, poor people cannot afford to remain without work.
11 April 2023, 02:00 AM
Is research university an oxymoron?
Cultivating research mindset and critical thinking among students is important, but does this require foregoing the necessary academic routine of “teaching a course, administering tests, and grading students”?
10 April 2023, 16:00 PM
The disturbing trend of selective abortion
Around 22 percent of live births in Bangladesh are still unintended at conception.
10 April 2023, 15:00 PM
Excess of graduates, dissatisfied employers, and other issues in Bangladeshi higher education
Though millions of graduates are searching for suitable jobs, employers claim a shortage of skilled employees.
10 April 2023, 09:00 AM
Government’s stubborn attitude on DSA sends ominous signal
The government is not taking OHCHR recommendations about the law into account.
9 April 2023, 17:00 PM
What’s driving the government’s U-turn on banking sector reform?
One must ask: how does the government expect to implement proper corrective measures without bringing in full transparency?
9 April 2023, 16:00 PM
For the RMG industry, being sustainable is easier said than done
What happens when you have done all that you can, but your emissions continue to go in the wrong direction?
9 April 2023, 14:00 PM
Is Pakistan setting on a course for disaster?
Some argue that of late, constitutional provisions have also been rewritten in Pakistan to pave the way for certain desired political outcomes.
9 April 2023, 11:00 AM
Disinformation as a tool against journalists
Intimidating journalists is something of a daily task for those in the power circles in Bangladesh.
9 April 2023, 10:00 AM
In search of a happier Bangladesh
The World Happiness Report 2023 has placed Bangladesh in the 118th position out of 137 countries.
9 April 2023, 09:00 AM
The Post-Human Desert
A massive expansion of AI capabilities is a serious threat to those in power – including those who develop, own, and control AI. It points to nothing less than the end of capitalism as we know it.
9 April 2023, 06:19 AM
If only breathing were optional
I would love to believe that I’m just having a severe reaction to dust, or that it’s all normal seasonal illness, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
9 April 2023, 05:00 AM
The importance of learning in one’s mother tongue
Language is not only important for communication, it is also a tool for intellectual and mental development.
9 April 2023, 04:00 AM
Was it really about 'protecting the interest of the child'?
As the government came under international scrutiny for curtailing freedom of expression, the question of child exploitation became the rallying point.
8 April 2023, 16:00 PM
Trump’s arrest adds fuel to fire in hyperpolarised US
Republicans are locked in a Faustian embrace with Trump, and the arrest is likely to make that embrace tighter.
8 April 2023, 14:00 PM
What is a great curriculum?
A great curriculum enables a society to pursue its needs and aspirations.
8 April 2023, 04:00 AM