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?
12 October 2026
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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 uphill battle for women in sports
When women play, they transcend the mere act of competing against their opponents
24 July 2023
Political tensions near a boiling point?
The two instances provide somewhat of an indication as to how the Election Commission will be handling voting in the 300 constituencies.
24 July 2023
A way to finance childhood growth
Too poor to affect grain prices in global markets, the chronically hungry are economically invisible.
24 July 2023
A nation off-guard: Why is dengue still a non-issue?
Can we respond to a public health crisis with the same urgency as the crisis over our electoral future?
23 July 2023
Remembering a man with a magical touch
A globe-trotter, Kaiser Zaman, an organiser during Bangladesh’s Liberation War and a well-known humanitarian, passed away on June 19, 2023 in Dhaka, at the age of 78.
23 July 2023
We can't allow healthcare costs to spin out of control
Competition will bring hospitals to the transparency we so crave to see in our healthcare sector
23 July 2023
What good will nationalising all secondary schools do?
Teachers have been carrying out sit-ins in front of the National Press Club and being subjected to coercion by police to restrain them.
23 July 2023
Confessions of a fat person
Back then, the concept of not hurting the feelings of a fat person did not exist. It was not even a thing to register. What’s body-shaming? And what does it mean to go into depression because of it?
22 July 2023
Hero Alom's realpolitik
The allergic reaction to Hero Alom is symptomatic of a culture that deems him a foreign particle in their sociopolitical body.
22 July 2023
World hunger and the war in Ukraine
The end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is indeed regrettable, but it is not the leading cause of hunger in the world.
22 July 2023
Why is Gazprom drilling gas wells instead of Bapex?
What have the authorities done in all these years to increase Bapex’s capacity?
21 July 2023
Let not Rana Plaza fade from public memory
The absence of official commemorations and limited reference of Rana Plaza in national policy documents raise concerns about the commitment to bring about structural changes in our RMG industry.
21 July 2023
How to deal with compulsive dodgers
There are those among us who take the game of bluffing as a sport or an art form.
21 July 2023
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our political culture – you reap what you sow
Our people, but for whose hard work, sacrifice, and love for the country we would not have come where we have, deserve better.
20 July 2023
Fuchsia feminism in a Barbiecore world
Capitalism has a long history of appropriating and commodifying social movements
20 July 2023
Is health an individual or collective responsibility?
The importance of government policy, not just individual motivation, for health becomes evident when we consider the behaviours needed for a person to stay healthy.
20 July 2023
Applauding Bangladesh’s remarkable health achievements
A review of a monumental book of great importance, titled '50 Years of Bangladesh: Advances in Health.'
20 July 2023
We are not taking our energy crisis seriously
In Bangladesh, natural gas has been predominant in the energy mix for decades.
20 July 2023
We need a loss and damage report from the IPCC
A special report on loss and damage will capture the significant amount of scientific research being carried out now on different aspects of tackling climate change.
19 July 2023
Is the James Webb Space Telescope delivering on its promises?
One year since the breathtaking images mesmerised us, it is time to ask: is the telescope delivering on its promises to transform our knowledge of cosmology? Is it worth the hefty price tag of $10 billion?
19 July 2023