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Bonn dialogue on trade-climate interface: Can trade promote mitigation action?
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Mental health: The health budget's blind spot
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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
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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
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MACRO MIRROR
How do we prepare our cities for the inevitable wave of climate refugees?
According to IPCC6, about 17 percent of our population must be relocated within the next decade due to these rising sea levels.
28 October 2022, 10:15 AM
Ink for days: How Inktober is its own medium of storytelling
Pictures are really the most basic form of story-telling, aren’t they? I imagine our ancestors sat around fires doing shadow theatre. They painted on cave walls long before writing came along.
28 October 2022, 04:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: UK’s Conservative Party and Our Politics
Recent leadership changes may appear chaotic, but ultimately demonstrate political accountability
27 October 2022, 17:58 PM
Rakhine is boiling again. Will we look away?
After a two-year pause, the conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar’s military junta has resurged in Rakhine.
27 October 2022, 17:00 PM
An innovative way to achieve quality education in Bangladesh
An innovative scheme is needed to move towards quality education within the current constraints.
27 October 2022, 16:15 PM
The unbearable smugness of AI
My phone thinks it knows me better than I know myself – how preposterous! Or is it?
27 October 2022, 14:00 PM
Evaly’s cult following: Delusion or desperation?
Evaly was never here to revolutionise our e-commerce scene
27 October 2022, 09:00 AM
If only irony could pay bills…
There are two kinds of numbers that I find difficult to digest these days. The more I try to swallow the one, the more unpalatable the other becomes.
27 October 2022, 01:12 AM
Why don’t Bangladeshi books reach international award shelves?
A serious lack of outlet demotivates the publishing of anglophone literature in our literary scene. But the situation isn't completely bleak.
26 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Beyond awareness: A new decade of action on road safety
Bangladesh saw nearly 400 people killed in road crashes during the 2022 Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
26 October 2022, 14:00 PM
How Bangladesh can boost digital entrepreneurship
It is disheartening to see that Bangladesh couldn’t find a place in the top third of the ranking in this very telling study.
26 October 2022, 11:49 AM
Why we need traditional media to survive
The role of independent media and journalism as bearers of the foundations of democratic systems, is slowly but surely diminishing.
26 October 2022, 07:35 AM
Moral policing of women: From the streets to social media
Why has it increased in recent years?
25 October 2022, 17:00 PM
Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka: Is a liveable and sustainable future too much to ask for?
DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.
25 October 2022, 16:30 PM
Private Universities have a crowding problem
The students have a clear demand, "Take less or make space."
25 October 2022, 15:00 PM
Time to include people with disabilities in local government
People with disabilities are now, for the first time in the country, covered by health insurance, allowing them to receive low-cost medical care.
25 October 2022, 14:00 PM
Forests make embankments sturdy. Why are we getting rid of them?
In order to soften the impact of any cyclone, there is no alternative to constructing embankments and polders along our coastal region.
25 October 2022, 13:37 PM
Why are we letting dengue get the better of us?
Dengue cases are on the rise again, with fatalities recorded almost on a daily basis.
25 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Aedes-Manush Bhai-Bhai?
The annual meeting of the Nikhil Bangladesh Mosha (mosquito) Samity has been convened.
24 October 2022, 17:00 PM
How are LDCs faring with agricultural trade and food security?
LDCs are predominantly agricultural economies, but are also highly dependent on food imports.
24 October 2022, 15:00 PM