Bangladesh built its sukuk market on the wrong blueprint
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Bonn dialogue on trade-climate interface: Can trade promote mitigation action?
30 June 2026, 17:25 PM
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Mental health: The health budget's blind spot
30 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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How the FY2026-27 budget repeats the habits of the past
30 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Budget reform must start with what's feasible
30 June 2026, 08:00 AM
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The real test after Beijing
30 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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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
World population at 8 billion: Key messages for Bangladesh
How far have we come, and where are we headed?
14 November 2022, 02:00 AM
The Chinese Path to Modernisation
China is working to achieve modernisation for more than 1.4 billion people, a number larger than the combined population of all developed countries in the world today.
13 November 2022, 18:46 PM
Global economy showing warning signs
“It’s going to get ugly, the recession,” and there will be “a financial crisis,” Roubini said.
13 November 2022, 15:00 PM
Karnali to Padma: Different solutions to the same climate crisis
While communities are surviving flood events, over the years, climate change has been intensifying the crisis
13 November 2022, 09:30 AM
Bangladesh must advocate for legal migration opportunities for the climate-vulnerable
The young population in the coastal villages want to develop their skills and knowledge and advance their career.
12 November 2022, 18:32 PM
A New Journey for China
As true Marxists, Chinese communists always keep clear-headed to the historical cycles of rise and fall, and have been consistently seeking ways to break through it.
12 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Denial syndrome is hampering our economic policies
Interventions must involve fiscal policy to address our fundamental economic issues
12 November 2022, 16:00 PM
Denial syndrome is hampering our economic policies
Interventions must involve fiscal policy to address our fundamental economic issues
12 November 2022, 15:34 PM
Bad economic policies and Biden’s loss
One of the few axioms of US politics is the loss of seats by the president's party in midterm House elections
12 November 2022, 14:17 PM
The need for prenatal classes for safe motherhood
Prenatal classes can vastly improve the understanding of mothers and family members regarding pregnancy
12 November 2022, 10:00 AM
'IN SENSORIUM' BY TANAÏS: The scent of the motherland
The reader might have encountered in their grammar books that the pronoun ‘tara’ in cholito bhasha comes from its shadhu form ‘tahara’. For some of us, years of formal schooling has cemented this etymology in our heads, rendering us unable to find an alternate reality. Breaking these moulds, the author declares, “The word ‘they’ is tara, the word for star”, encouraging one to take a pause and consider these homographs in a new light.
12 November 2022, 08:58 AM
A state of anarchy in Pakistan
The gun attack on Imran Khan has pushed Pakistan deeper into anarchy.
11 November 2022, 17:23 PM
Partition 1947: The art of remembering
In our school textbooks, Partition was a minor detail in the climax of the rousing story of the Indian National Movement.
11 November 2022, 15:00 PM
Will the IMF loan stop forex reserve depletion?
The rate of reserve depletion is alarming, and the IMF loan will not be enough to fend off the haemorrhage.
11 November 2022, 14:00 PM
Questioning the questions
We live in an intolerant time where everything is suspected.
11 November 2022, 11:39 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: The underlying story of a simple photograph
As an editor, I commend the photographer, the caption writer, and the news editor for depicting a sad reality with such subtle deftness.
10 November 2022, 18:00 PM
HSC question paper is merely a symptom of communalism
A progressive education system is necessary to root out communalism from society
10 November 2022, 16:00 PM
Researching Rural Transformation 2.0 in Bangladesh
We need new research methodologies to understand the complex nature of the rural change in Bangladesh in the last two decades.
10 November 2022, 14:00 PM
Rajuk has failed to ensure equality in the DAP for Dhaka
Could the DAP be nothing but a visionless ideal?
10 November 2022, 06:30 AM
What Makes a Fascist?
While we cannot conflate today's far right and fascism, we must watch closely how the former develops.
10 November 2022, 06:08 AM