Where is the investment in human capital in our logistics budget?
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When love meets a political fault line
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Mustafa Monwar: The Geppetto of our time
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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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Enjoying Dhaka rain doesn't have to be a privilege
I probably won't be too wrong in saying, there is nothing likeable about the rainy season if you happen to be a Dhaka resident who have to be out and about, rain or shine.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Cheaper polythene bags spell disaster for the environment
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including oven plastic bags) and wrapping materials made of polyethylene.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Why use public money to fund hajj for ruling party allies?
Such sacred pilgrimage must not be underlined by nepotism.
14 June 2022, 14:50 PM
This inflationary crisis demands an all-out govt effort
PM’s directives should be followed through to the letter.
14 June 2022, 14:20 PM
New Election Commission, Same Old Course?
The Election Commission of Bangladesh has been mired in controversies over the last decade.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Let the Rohingyas set their own narrative
It has been quite clear in various segments of society in Bangladesh that the solution to the Rohingya crisis is becoming a distant dream.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘To properly utilise health budget, we need a system overhaul’
Dr Syed Abdul Hamid, professor at the Institute of Health Economics in Dhaka University, talks the allocation for the health sector in the proposed national budget.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Monitoring, better statistics and jawboning can check inflation
How do you control inflation in a market economy?
13 June 2022, 13:36 PM
Who will hold the reins of brick kiln owners?
Toxic smoke from brick kilns is damaging crops and public health
13 June 2022, 13:33 PM
The EC can only go so far with the old ways
It must show courage and determination to restore trust in the electoral system
13 June 2022, 13:07 PM
Does budget 2022-23 address inflation properly?
An analysis of the national budget 2022-23 for Bangladesh, amidst Covid recovery and the Ukraine-Russia war.
13 June 2022, 12:19 PM
Interfaith harmony is crucial for India
In this great task of re-establishing interfaith harmony as a basic precept, we can learn much from history.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Stripping Odhikar of its rights?
When Bangladesh needs to show that it has been listening to the concerns about respecting human rights and upholding the rule of law, it has done quite the opposite.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh RMG industry: Expansion without a plan would be dangerous
Enhancing production capacity now, without any feasibility studies or without regard to what future headwind we may be facing, would be risky and reckless.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Education in budget 2022-23: Small mercies and dashed hopes
Educators and concerned citizens have been urging a major increase in public allocation for the education sector.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Beware of the danger of driver fatigue on the highways
Continued lack of concern for road safety is unacceptable
12 June 2022, 12:46 PM
It’s not an accident if the same mistake is repeated
Depot blast brings out the urgency of safety compliance
12 June 2022, 12:35 PM
‘There’s a disconnect between the proposed budget and reality’
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), discusses the proposed national budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Deaths in preventable fires unacceptable
Have we become used to the news of fires that have devoured the lives of so many innocent people in Bangladesh of late? If not, why do we frequently fail to
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Disney is destroying independent cinema
Racist crows, cotton plantations, non-consensual kissing, whitewashed main characters.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM