Where is the investment in human capital in our logistics budget?
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Bangladesh built its sukuk market on the wrong blueprint
1 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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The growing cancer crisis among Bangladeshi women
1 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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The human cost of wasting Rohingya aid funds
1 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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105th anniversary of Dhaka University / DU must trade nostalgia for measurable excellence
1 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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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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Debacle of National Household Database
Once again, the public must pay for the government's failure.
8 August 2022, 14:00 PM
A world in trouble, not just Bangladesh
Almost any major incident causes a ripple effect across the globe – a few ripples lasting longer and spreading further than the others.
8 August 2022, 13:00 PM
Pelosi’s Taiwan visit: An ominous sign of how the superpower rivalry might unfold
It could lead to an unimaginable catastrophe that the world can’t afford
8 August 2022, 09:40 AM
How will the common people survive?
Mismanagement, system loss and a weak supply chain of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) have become a perennial problem.
7 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ re-creates Neil Gaiman’s world in its own image
If you didn’t read The Sandman, watch The Sandman. If you read The Sandman, don’t expect the same magic as in the pages.
7 August 2022, 13:00 PM
Economists and their predictions: What lies beneath the illusion of simplicity?
One of the most common shortcomings of the general art of prediction among economists is that the information we rely on draws on a theoretical framework based on past data and future expectations.
7 August 2022, 12:30 PM
Israel’s latest attack on Palestine: Who is the real terrorist?
The ongoing attacks seem premeditated as they come as part of a well-coordinated package.
7 August 2022, 11:30 AM
Digital divide gets wider if there is power failure and servers go down frequently
Bangladesh needs a fault-tolerant digital system.
6 August 2022, 16:00 PM
How to avert the next level crossing disaster
Despite huge investments being made in the railways, the authorities are struggling to offer decent services thanks to sheer corruption and irregularities.
6 August 2022, 15:00 PM
Government’s decision to hike fuel prices will hurt every section of society
The rise in fuel prices is an illogical decision that will only harm ordinary citizens and fail to deal with the root causes of the crisis that Bangladesh is currently facing.
6 August 2022, 12:21 PM
Why the mismatch between what we study and what we do?
There is no serious study on the kind of jobs that are out there and the kind of degrees or training that we are providing in our academic institutions.
6 August 2022, 08:05 AM
Understanding Rural Transformation 2.0 in Bangladesh
The traditional mental image of rural Bangladesh that we have is no longer a reality.
5 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Kafr Qasim massacre was part of an ethnic cleansing plan
Recently released court documents show Israeli soldiers brutally massacred 49 Palestinians on October 29, 1956 in Kafr Qasim.
5 August 2022, 12:00 PM
Sajid’s and Sourodip’s victory: To debate or not to debate
A good occasion of national pride and celebration for us as Bangladeshis. But we were not sufficiently thrilled.
5 August 2022, 11:18 AM
STAR Cineplex and the lungi-clad customer
STAR Cineplex’s act of benevolence confirms the power distance between the capitalist private company and the lungi-clad customer.
5 August 2022, 10:30 AM
The courage and strength within
Mrs Musleha Islam, known to many as Bucchu Apa, Khala, Nani, and Dadi, was born in an Urdu-speaking family in Kolkata.
4 August 2022, 18:01 PM
Why is Bangladesh seeking IMF support in the first place?
As Bangladesh, facing an unprecedented economic crisis, has entered a negotiation with the IMF for a USD 4.5 billion loan package, a few discussions have ensued in the country.
4 August 2022, 15:00 PM
Thoughts on Sajid’s and Sourodip’s victory
Two university students have made Bangladesh the first Asian country to win the World Universities Debating Championships. Will this stunning rhetorical feat spark the spirit of debate in our society?
4 August 2022, 13:30 PM
Arresting gamers: An alarming threat to individual liberty
The recent arrest of over 100 youths in Chuadanga has shined a light on a problematic tendency of our police force
4 August 2022, 11:30 AM
What the 'Woke' Left and the Alt-Right Share
Western political correctness (“wokeness”) has displaced class struggle, producing a liberal elite that claims to protect threatened racial and sexual minorities in order to divert attention from its members’ own economic and political power. At the same time, this lie allows alt-right populists to present themselves as defenders of “real” people against corporate and “deep state” elites, even though they, too, occupy positions at the commanding heights of economic and political power.
4 August 2022, 07:58 AM