Despite the Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041 turning into a central theme of the nation’s futuristic progress narrative, the digital divide remains a major issue.

Cycling infrastructure is far less expensive to build than roads, flyovers, elevated expressways, and parking garages for cars.

In light of the economic hardships Bangladesh has been going through, there were certain expectations from the national budget of 2023-24 fiscal year.

The elections to Barishal and Khulna city corporations held on May 12, 2023 cannot be considered free, fair and credible, as they were non-competitive.

I don't remember at what point in life I learned to recognize the fallacy behind the not-like-other-girls phenomenon and discarded it for an all-encompassing love for female friendship and solidarity, in acceptance of femininity in all its forms. But I do know that Taylor Swift played a significant role in it.

This World Refugee Day, there is an urgent need to invest in collective efforts to allow the Rohingya to become self-reliant.

Near absence of an affordable and accessible healthcare arrangement in the Gulf states has led many workers to rely on self-medication, often consuming expired medicines brought from home by themselves and their peers.

The ruling party would be well-advised to change its ways and try to make the people its main source of strength through good governance, by returning power to the people and making amends for its past mistakes.

For a nation that cannot boast of a Cervantes or Rabindranath, there will always be a need to find an All-American, a unifier who assures them of their place in the hallowed halls of literature. Cormac McCarthy, more than any other writer of his generation, was equipped to shoulder that title.

Djokovic’s astonishing number of slams in each court is what makes him, at the moment, the best player across all surfaces.

Shrugging off its moral obligation with unpalatable comments will not add to the cause of gaining public trust.

Lack of investment for sustainable development in the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries is one of the most pressing global issues.

Another day, another attack on the press in Bangladesh

As a hegemonic superpower, America’s primary concern has been its leadership position in the world; especially, economic leadership in global trade and investment.

Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the largest fundamentalist parties in Bangladesh, was recently allowed to hold a public meeting in Dhaka after almost a decade.

Did we really “rise to the climate challenge?”

Prolonging the stay of an employee in service impedes fresh graduates from joining the workforce.

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits.

Quality education is a requirement for “Smart Bangladesh,” and it will be an irremediable loss if the country fails to educate its young generation in order to reap the benefits of a demographic dividend that will slip away in the 2030s.

Who did it, and why is it relevant in the ongoing LNG war?