Dhaka University’s research predicament

Lack of understanding of how to nurture research in our universities is not only disquieting, it portends serious difficulties for the growth of our higher education system.
26 June 2023

Victims of a rotten healthcare system

The time has come now to question these malpractices and demand the much-needed reforms in our healthcare system.
25 June 2023

An ode to local economies

Let’s shape the future in partnership with, rather than in destruction of, our local economy and local communities.
25 June 2023

All you need to know about the new Income Tax Act

The new Income Tax Act, 2023 was passed in parliament last week, and it is going to create quite a stir in the coming days.
25 June 2023

How AI could shape the economy of the future

According to Goldman Sachs, the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence could result in an annual increase of $7 trillion in global GDP within 10 years.
25 June 2023

One year on, how has Padma Bridge changed Bangladesh’s southwest?

Among the local communities, the general perception is that PMB has earned them a sense of pride, a distinct identity other than of course promoting connectivity.
24 June 2023

Why the FY23-24 budget will not curb the rate of inflation

Unfortunately, the budget will do nothing to ease the hardship and the budgetary crunch felt by the common man.
24 June 2023

Lessons from the five city corporation elections

How should we view these elections in light of the upcoming national elections?
24 June 2023

The sun also rises

Those of us who thought the sickness trail of the pandemic was over have a rude awakening. The world is getting sicker by the day.
24 June 2023

Education in national budget: A dialogue of the deaf

Our education decision-makers have a narrative that largely denies any serious deficiency in the system.
23 June 2023

Empower patients to own their healthcare data

Patients must have the autonomy to grant consent to share their data
23 June 2023

The city is a beautiful thing when it’s for everyone

A city is a web of facilities and opportunities in which different agencies and communities lay stakes, push boundaries, and make bullish claims of making things better.
23 June 2023

The global conspiracy – against women

Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.
23 June 2023

Our dengue control methods are beyond inadequate

The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.
23 June 2023

Our leading socialist intellectual and our teacher

There is far more to be said about Serajul Islam Choudhury's significance as an intellectual and literary-cultural critic.
22 June 2023

Without whistleblowers, the West is lost

We need people like Assange to force such reckonings – to make us see “those in the darkness.”
22 June 2023

Of rankings and Bangladeshi universities

Ranking universities by comprehensive and internationally accepted organisations serve the purpose of academic improvement, institutional accountability, and students’ enhanced experiences.
22 June 2023

‘Bangladesh will not feature in Modi-Biden meeting’

Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman, president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), talks about the agenda of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden with Golam Mortoza of The Daily Star.
21 June 2023

Monetary policy has been set free... but not really

While the government’s latest monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2023-24 shows an attempt to be rational for the market, it lacks vigour to solve inflation and the dollar crisis.
21 June 2023

The global minimum corporate tax needs more work

Moving from a world with no minimum tax to one with a 15 percent floor would seem to be a step forward. But there was always good reason to worry.
21 June 2023