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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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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
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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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Metro Rail: Festivities vs Reality
The Metro Rail project has to be used as a guideline for town-planning.
4 January 2023, 12:49 PM
Will pre-election politics remain peaceful or become violent?
A consensus among political parties is essential for holding a good election.
3 January 2023, 18:27 PM
Reflections on the climate change actions of 2022
2023 is going to be much more challenging in terms of the actual impacts of climate change in Bangladesh and around the world
3 January 2023, 16:00 PM
Is Bangladesh Bank finally ready to tackle the external deficit?
The reality is that using only the exchange rates without interest rate action will deepen the crisis.
3 January 2023, 14:00 PM
Morning larks or night owls?
Even if you feel like you're living your best life when it's late at night, being a night owl has some drawbacks. Most night owls still have to wake up early in the morning because of their job schedules or family responsibilities, which means that many of them don't get enough sleep. Disrupting one’s sleep pattern may have unnoticed negative effects on their overall health, in addition to having visible effects on how energetic they are during the day.
3 January 2023, 14:00 PM
2022: The year the rich won, and the public lost
The rise in the prices of goods has led to many people suffering from a silent famine.
2 January 2023, 18:11 PM
Eating the Last Cannibal
For political figures like Trump and Putin, courage is redefined as a willingness to break the state’s laws if the state’s own interests – or their own – demand it. The implication is that civilisation endures only if there are brave patriots who will do the dirty work. This is a decidedly right-wing form of “heroism.” It is easy to act nobly on behalf of one’s country – short of sacrificing one’s life for it – but only the strong of heart can bring themselves to commit crimes for it.
2 January 2023, 17:30 PM
Infrastructure diplomacy in the context of South Asia and Bangladesh
For a developing country, geopolitics is almost always a losing game.
2 January 2023, 14:00 PM
Leaving no one behind
Poverty rates in recent years have demonstrated an impressive steady improvement in Bangladesh.
2 January 2023, 09:56 AM
Sabihuddin Ahmed: An Extraordinary Gentleman
A selfless servant of the public, Ambassador Sabihuddin Ahmed passed away on October 31, 2022.
2 January 2023, 05:42 AM
Expand social protection in the new year
The government has a huge task ahead in terms of making its social security programmes effective.
1 January 2023, 17:00 PM
What is in store for the new year?
Looking back at 2022, experts on the South Asian political and economic landscape would highlight the ongoing economic crisis for understandable reasons.
1 January 2023, 13:00 PM
Top 10 economies to watch in 2023
It is hard to ignore the growing consensus among economists that the combination of inflation and interest rate hikes alongside tempered Chinese demand and US economic uncertainty could be the perfect storm for a global recession.
1 January 2023, 09:01 AM
2023 will be the year of inflation and financial turpitude
While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer
1 January 2023, 02:00 AM
From an incorrigible New Year enthusiast
Let’s think of some out-of-the-box ways to tackle even the most formidable of problems.
31 December 2022, 18:37 PM
Hand over that keycard, 2022: Your access has been revoked
Many things happened in the expansive, sprawling world of tech in 2022 and most were less than desirable.
31 December 2022, 17:00 PM
Pelé: Unseeing is believing
The world is grieving for Pelé, one of its most gifted sons, who won the universe with his football skills.
31 December 2022, 12:16 PM
Financial inclusion for an inclusive Bangladesh
Bangladesh has trodden a long path in its journey to ensure financial inclusion of its teeming population.
31 December 2022, 10:10 AM
Razia Khan Amin: A Bangladeshi writer in English
As an academic, I often share with students my writings that are related to the courses I teach. That was not the case with our educators when I was a student in the Department of English at Dhaka University. The reason was not because there were no writers among our teachers.
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Can the Metro Rail be a Great Equalizer?
A “new” type of urban mobility comes to fruition in the month of the country’s emancipation
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM