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
What makes great research?
Research cannot flourish in an environment where critical enquiry is severely discouraged.
31 March 2023, 16:00 PM
Rahul Gandhi’s conviction: Another dent in India’s declining democracy
The same system that drags criminal cases for years starts to work on speed when power wants it to.
31 March 2023, 14:00 PM
A window of opportunity to phase out fossil fuels
We cannot continue to allow wealthy countries to externalise the damage of their pollution spree.
31 March 2023, 03:00 AM
On belonging
When you see all of the tiny imperceptible threads that connect everything, you realise that life is a shared experience.
30 March 2023, 21:00 PM
How did Sultana Jasmine die?
Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.
30 March 2023, 17:00 PM
Persecution of journalists: Condemnation isn’t enough
It is our moral duty to condemn the arrest of Samsuzzaman Shams and demand his immediate release.
30 March 2023, 14:30 PM
Victimising Shams shows why DSA should go
Yet another proof that the DSA has become a tool to suppress criticism and free thinking.
30 March 2023, 09:00 AM
IOC interest in our gas reserves is a good sign
ExxonMobil proposal should be considered with calculated speed.
30 March 2023, 03:00 AM
The deadly, murky history of the rules-based order
This month provides a harrowing historical landmark of what an ugly turn that order has taken in the past.
29 March 2023, 21:00 PM
Tracing the origins of Bangladesh’s economic woes
Bangladesh’s economy is overwhelmingly dominated by informal sectors. The informalisation stems from deindustrialisation, which has set in prematurely in the country.
29 March 2023, 17:00 PM
Poor policy and market management have caused price hikes
Why is the government failing to manage the market as they should?
29 March 2023, 04:00 AM
The free fall of Silicon Valley Bank
What happened to the 40-year-old bank that was so highly regarded among all stakeholders in America’s tech sector?
29 March 2023, 03:00 AM
University students’ struggle with concentration and self-worth
A recent survey explores the barely traversed topic of depression among university students in Bangladesh.
28 March 2023, 23:00 PM
The hydro-hegemony in South Asia
India also gets to exploit Bangladesh based on its technological projects.
28 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Inefficient system, criminal traders making people’s suffering worse
It is high time the government and policymakers took this problem seriously.
28 March 2023, 15:00 PM
Our struggle for freedom is not done yet
I am here not to refute any of these stances but to ask readers to think deeply about why people got so uncomfortable seeing such a photo/heading like this.
28 March 2023, 11:30 AM
Managing the politics of budget-making
The main focus of the FY24 budget must be on economic stabilisation.
28 March 2023, 03:00 AM
Why does the EC want to talk with the BNP anyway?
This sudden move by the Election Commission seems to be for lip service.
27 March 2023, 17:00 PM
My memories of Prof Abdur Razzaq
He truly was the Socrates of Bengal
27 March 2023, 15:00 PM
Terminal 3 alone can't turn Dhaka into an 'aviation hub'
It is quite surprising and disappointing that no one yet has pointed out these missing elements in the megaproject – all of which are so crucial!
27 March 2023, 13:00 PM