The proposition that Bangladesh will move away from the US dollar-based payment settlement to a new international payment settlement is of no economic substance.

The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.

Until recently, we as a society were not mindful of a woman’s hormonal fluctuations that she deals with daily.

Ekattorer Dinguli forces one to acknowledge the dire reality of ethnic and religious violence, and the harsh legacy of colonial oppression and divide that has ruptured the fabric of the South Asian subcontinent since 1947.

The lack of issue-based mobilisation is a reflection of Pakistan’s paucity of issue-based politics.

Here was a woman who was but a dot amidst the throngs of people who watched the Bosphorus Bridge being opened in October 1973, as fireworks erupted over a Turkey that now seamed Asia to Europe.

Can public officials ever become transparent in their work and feel accountable to citizens?

Nurul’s unique quality as a professional economist originated in the common sense and pragmatism which influenced his great faith in empirical work.

I wonder at how these frugal, accessible pleasures define her daily existence and get elated with the fact that reading takes up a significant space on the shelf

As a mother, I believe that children should never die before their parents.

I experienced postpartum depression with both my pregnancies, albeit in varying degrees and dimensions.

As is well-known, credit from the IMF comes with strings attached, and the latest one is no exception.

The trade-off between a rate hike and a lower GDP growth rate is increasingly becoming fragile.

We need to normalise talking about pregnancy losses. In popular media, we would often see someone have sex just once, and then they get pregnant, and the next thing you know is that they had a perfectly healthy, happy baby.

If there is no decent job opportunity within the country, young people will always strive to get it even if they need to risk their lives.

Almost a decade after the approval of the NSSS, the country has not yet established a single registry system or installed a robust MIS.

Today, Dhaka is a dysfunctional megacity, an economic hub that has grown chaotically – outwards and upwards – to absorb more than 20 million people who live there, and hundreds of thousands more arriving each year.

Padmavat, a tale of a mythical queen featuring love, honour, and sacrifice, has captured the imagination of readers and audiences for centuries.

With former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest, Pakistan’s powerful military - which has long been acknowledged to “manage” the political scene from behind the curtains - now finds its supremacy in tatters.

This is a piece both on and not on Samaresh Majumdar.