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How the FY2026-27 budget repeats the habits of the past
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Budget reform must start with what's feasible
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The real test after Beijing
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From ambition to execution: The real test of the FY2026-27 budget
29 June 2026, 08:00 AM
MACRO MIRROR
Why teacher training needs a complete overhaul
29 June 2026, 13:00 PM
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‘The proposed 2+2 dialogue mechanism should not be overinterpreted’
29 June 2026, 09:00 AM
Interviews
The flaw in the debate over free education for girls
29 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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How Bangladesh can make its university research budget work
28 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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Health sector weaknesses the budget must target
28 June 2026, 11:00 AM
Opinion
New decision will diminish ACC's authority
The ACC has delegated the power to its secretaries to decide on the transfer and promotion of its deputy directors and assistant directors.
13 January 2023, 07:57 AM
Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?
Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”
12 January 2023, 18:17 PM
Graduate unemployment: Who's to blame?
The populist remedies for youth and educated unemployment will not work without a coherent and coordinated plan from the government.
12 January 2023, 18:00 PM
America's missing ambassador to India
Given India’s strategic importance, why has the White House left the ambassador position vacant for two years?
12 January 2023, 13:47 PM
Three literary walks: Nilanjana Roy, Shehan Karunatilaka, Daisy Rockwell
With a Books page you're creating a running history of the ideas and the parallel history or the imagination of a country.
12 January 2023, 11:07 AM
Swami Vivekananda’s universal humanism continues to be relevant today
His philosophy focused on the greatness that man can discover within himself
12 January 2023, 09:24 AM
Which path do we want to be on?
It is imperative to bring voters to conversations pertaining to the 2023 general elections.
11 January 2023, 18:53 PM
What's so great about English education anyway?
Over-expenditure in English education has led to under-expenditure for other subjects, particularly Bangla and STEM subjects.
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Russian Muppets or American Puppets?
Where academics and strategists have failed, perhaps the denizens of Sesame Street might succeed
11 January 2023, 11:45 AM
What's eating away at AL's bedrock?
An embarrassing stage collapse could well be an ominous sign of the party’s bedrock caving in.
11 January 2023, 11:20 AM
A lion-hearted pioneer
Justice Murshed shook the bar out of its lethargy and modernised it as far as possible.
10 January 2023, 19:12 PM
Hefazat’s politics and the government’s policies
As we approach another general election, the utmost thing of worry is that such appeasement will only intensify.
10 January 2023, 17:00 PM
An energy sector on steroids
Why should we pay for the government’s questionable policies?
10 January 2023, 13:20 PM
Bangladeshi youth gunned down in the US: Lawmakers or lawbreakers?
Numerous figures demonstrate the disturbing rise in gun-related violence, including extrajudicial executions and hate crimes, in the US.
10 January 2023, 11:30 AM
Overcoming looming economic challenges in 2023
The core problems of our economy are rooted in the very nature of the country’s governance, which has long been neglected.
9 January 2023, 17:41 PM
How much longer will RMG workers have to shoulder losses, but not profits?
Behind the scenes of ‘Made in Bangladesh’
9 January 2023, 17:00 PM
The rhetoric of 'it happens' and whataboutism in political apologia
To use previous incidents of human rights violations to condone those of the present is hypocrisy and a macabre mockery of the past and present victims.
9 January 2023, 15:30 PM
When too many crowd, the stage breaks down
The stage-breaking incident shows us that too many slogans, too much shouting, and even too much strength can be a bad thing.
9 January 2023, 12:11 PM
What Price McCarthy?
The extremists have won in the race for the US Speaker of the House
9 January 2023, 10:42 AM
Talk of banning textile waste raises key questions for Bangladesh
In theory, this sounds like a good idea, but it is not so straightforward.
8 January 2023, 19:41 PM