Can government and fishers work together to restore hilsa abundance?
7 HOUR(s)
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Protecting farmers from heat stress is also part of climate adaptation
6 HOUR(s)
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What India’s current protests mean, and what they do not
8 HOUR(s)
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Why does Bangladesh keep starting from scratch in policymaking?
13 October 2026
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International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction / We must prepare for disasters before they strike
13 October 2026
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‘ACC must be freed from political and bureaucratic influence’
13 October 2026
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Stop attacks on campus journalists and ensure accountability
13 October 2026
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Taxing microsavings risks undermining financial inclusion of the poor
12 October 2026
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Can sand-filling help coastal households adapt to salinity?
12 October 2026
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How much longer must we wait for press freedom?
12 October 2026
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'What about us?'
While discussing the legal recognition of gender identity, many participants highlighted that the state authorities and general people lack sufficient understanding of the various clusters of the transgender population.
5 March 2023
Sexual violence in madrasas: sufferings remain unheard
By interviewing current and former students of Qawmi madrasas, we wanted to know why sexual violence happens in the institutions where they go to study the Quran and where they are supposed to maintain strict Islamic practices.
5 March 2023
What’s wrong with how we report on violence against women?
It is clear that the way we are talking about violence against women is not working
5 March 2023
Basic healthcare still out of reach for most in Gaibandha chars
Women and girls suffer the most, with hardly any services for reproductive and maternal health.
5 March 2023
What does salinity have to do with SRHR anyway?
The increasing difficulty of accessing clean water is forcing young women in coastal areas of Bangladesh to try to halt their menstrual cycles by misusing contraceptive pills, putting their long-term reproductive and mental health at risk.
5 March 2023
Caught between two pandemics
According to our study, 17 percent of women experienced physical abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic, 30 percent of them reported mental torture while 34 percent reported no harassment or abuse
5 March 2023
Our anti-corruption capacity is hostage to power
Positions of power acquired through various means have long been allowed to be treated as a licence for self-enrichment through various illicit means.
5 March 2023
AI and the Global South
Unprecedentedly powerful predictive tools will strengthen authoritarian regimes’ surveillance capacity.
5 March 2023
Legends Never Die
We have lost not only a great man and a charismatic person, but also a real guardian and a visionary business leader.
5 March 2023
Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo: An inspiration for future (and all) generations
Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo, a Bangladeshi scholar of international repute, has left his legacy for many generations to come.
5 March 2023
What we learnt about SRHR from our work with landless groups
How can a development organisation in Bangladesh truly reach the grassroots?
4 March 2023
Role of developmental propaganda in politics
Because of the importance given to debt-funded infrastructure-based development, the country’s economy is being burdened by increasing unsustainable foreign debt and import dependence.
4 March 2023
How to not ‘be a woman’ on Bangladeshi public buses
How can women travel on public transport without feeling like sub-humans?
4 March 2023
‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ adaptation hits all the right notes
The streaming adaptation retains the flash-forward tell-all interview framing device through an on-screen documentary.
4 March 2023
Shrinkflation: Downsizing in the time of inflation
How do we address the silent famine that is looming large?
4 March 2023
What makes a good teacher in the 21st century?
Today, the question of being a 'good teacher' generates a new vernacular.
3 March 2023
Make education accessible for children with disabilities
Keeping them away from mainstream education means hindering their connection to the real world
3 March 2023
Securing the safety of ordinary students
The real culprit is the BCL's sense of entitlement.
2 March 2023
A Licence to Kill
Why is it possible to manufacture and advertise a car that goes faster than the maximum allowable speed?
2 March 2023
Could the President have done more during his tenure?
Despite his limited authority, President Hamid had the opportunities to do certain things and say certain things, but he did not.
2 March 2023