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
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