Why does Bangladesh keep starting from scratch in policymaking?
6 HOUR(s)
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Views
‘ACC must be freed from political and bureaucratic influence’
7 HOUR(s)
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Interviews
Stop attacks on campus journalists and ensure accountability
3 HOUR(s)
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Views
Taxing microsavings risks undermining financial inclusion of the poor
12 October 2026
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Views
Can sand-filling help coastal households adapt to salinity?
12 October 2026
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Views
How much longer must we wait for press freedom?
12 October 2026
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Views
Modernise flood damage assessments to protect haor farmers
12 October 2026
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Views
Strengthening consumer protection must go beyond mobile court raids
11 October 2026
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Views
New NCT deal must deliver measurable gains for Bangladesh
11 October 2026
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Views
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