The upcoming city elections are likely to be less challenging compared to those of 2013 and 2018.

We need to rapidly find ways to deal with heat stress.

For her family and community growing up, Lamya's questions and thoughts were too scandalous, borderline blasphemous. For her extended family, she is too religious.

Do we all feel this heat similarly? The answer is no. It is no secret that if you are among the well-off in this not-so-well-off nation, you are better equipped to deal with this heatwave. There is a deep running inequality as to how the heat affects people.

Attempting to tackle poverty and climate change simultaneously could lead some governments to make costly and counterproductive decisions.

In many cases, BBS data cannot be correlated with other data sets.

Foreign Minister Momen’s meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony J Blinken was understandably a delicate one.

Health systems should be at the front and centre of data connectivity because they must provide the best patient outcomes, and without data, they can offer only substandard care.

The soft limits to some human adaptation and hard limits to ecosystems have been reached. There is increased evidence of maladaptation locking in vulnerability and increasing exposure risks. With sufficient global capital to close the mitigation investment gap, COP28 can be the enabler.

Environmental degradation and climate change impacts create externalities that can be reduced through appropriate pricing mechanisms.

The poverty trend emerging from valid comparisons with the previous rounds of HIES may or may not be different.

How does soft power shape Bangladesh’s foreign policy in the fabric of current global politics?

Surreal as it may seem, we have clearly embarked on the path to self-annihilation.

While it is important to update textbooks with recent events, a deliberate attempt to rewrite history is highly irresponsible.

Unless US foreign policy is changed to recognise the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly World War III.

Citizens’ right to monitor, probe and question the work of their governments is essential for democracy.

Cancel culture is best treated as a collective decision to minimise the cultural influence a person and their work have moving forward.

The advance of AI will be facilitated if governments and/or international organisations can create guidelines to address privacy, security, and equal access issues.

Challenges that are fundamentally transnational or global in nature are driving the biggest shifts in development policy.

For a green energy transition, Bangladesh needs ambitious goals and smart strategies.