Why does Bangladesh keep starting from scratch in policymaking?
13 October 2026
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Views
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction / We must prepare for disasters before they strike
13 October 2026
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Views
‘ACC must be freed from political and bureaucratic influence’
13 October 2026
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Interviews
Stop attacks on campus journalists and ensure accountability
13 October 2026
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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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To make Bangladesh an aviation hub, we must invest in our airlines
Biman Bangladesh Airlines needs to undergo a major transformation in order to grow and expand significantly.
8 May 2023
The complicated issue of paying 'living wages'
Better wages cannot be introduced by any one actor alone.
8 May 2023
Ajay Banga’s plateful of challenges
One of the first things Banga would have to tackle is reforming and modernising the institution, something that stakeholders have asked for across sectors.
7 May 2023
What will it take for our next election to be credible and acceptable to all?
It must be recognised that the election is not a one-day phenomenon – it is a process involving multiple interrelated steps
7 May 2023
Challenges in Bangladesh-US relations
US’ push for democracy and human rights has definitely angered the Bangladesh government.
7 May 2023
No confidence in the Fed
The aftershocks of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), while seemingly fading, are still reverberating around the world.
7 May 2023
Tucker Carlson and the murky state of US media
Tucker Carlson, the recently fired US cable television talk show host at Fox News, was quite a force to be reckoned with. Until, he was fired.
7 May 2023
How sustainable is our 'electricity revolution'?
It’s time to address the technical, operational, managerial, design and planning aspects of the energy crisis.
6 May 2023
What if the Rohingya are not repatriated?
A pilot project to repatriate over 1,100 Rohingya refugees is now in discussion between Bangladesh and Myanmar, negotiated by China.
6 May 2023
DSCC tree-cutting: A development initiative or a murder spree?
Why could the development project not be carried out while preserving these trees?
6 May 2023
This election year, why not opt for rose-tinted glasses?
Journalists are a bitter lot and are out to be killjoys of any party, especially the ruling one.
6 May 2023
Implementing CHT Accord: Will the government listen to the UN call?
There is no room to think that the deluge will stop if the government continues to ignore international calls for CHT Accord implementation.
6 May 2023
The heat is on
The breadcrumbs of the appointment of the chief heat officer (CHO) by the DNCC led me to the Arsht-Rock site and its resilience-in-action initiative. The foundation has estimated that “by 2050, heatwaves will affect more than 3.5 billion people worldwide – half of them living in urban centres—affecting human lives and livelihoods.”
5 May 2023
Trouble brewing in AL’s backyard
It appears, then, that the Awami League’s bold rhetoric of development and prosperity, transparency and good governance, and fostering democracy is rendered hollow by its own partymen – unwittingly or not.
5 May 2023
Is Bangladesh prepared to face the wrath of an earthquake?
Dhaka has been marked as one of the 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquakes in the world.
5 May 2023
Combatting the Rohingya refugee crisis with nature-based solutions
Environment and ecosystem rehabilitation has always been a cross-cutting issue in the JRPs. It is indeed exciting for environmentalists to see NbS finding its place in the world's largest refugee camp sheltering about a million of Myanmar’s Muslim minority.
5 May 2023
Crime and Punishment in Uttar Pradesh
The shortcomings of India’s criminal justice system extend far beyond Uttar Pradesh. Just last month, the 69 defendants accused of perpetrating the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre in Ahmedabad were all acquitted.
5 May 2023
Column by Mahfuz Anam: DSA was legislated ignoring journalists
And it is being amended in the same way.
4 May 2023
How are local monitoring agencies faring 10 years after Rana Plaza?
Bangladesh still lacks strong governing institutions that could effectively monitor safety issues in the RMG industry
4 May 2023
Language can be the ultimate colonial weapon
Despite these heavy themes, Babel remains inherently readable. It is quick to attract the reader’s attention and then hold it captive, making it a very difficult book to put down.
4 May 2023