Inu verdict and the making of credible justice in Bangladesh
3 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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The champions Bangladesh keeps underfunding
3 July 2026, 13:00 PM
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Bangladesh declared two new marine protected areas. What about the first five?
3 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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Will Europe's heatwave finally spur climate justice?
3 July 2026, 10:00 AM
MIND THE GAP
Where is the investment in human capital in our logistics budget?
2 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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When love meets a political fault line
2 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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Mustafa Monwar: The Geppetto of our time
2 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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For seven years, the greatest World Cup scorer was a woman. Did we know her name?
2 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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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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Column by Mahfuz Anam: Search Committee’s Final Hour
As announced, the Search Committee for the Election Commission will submit its recommendations to the president today, February 24, 2022.
23 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Why resist data requests if there’s nothing to hide?
Authorities must remove barriers to accessing public information
23 February 2022, 12:47 PM
Search Committee’s final hour: History will judge whether it was their finest
Tomorrow (February 24, 2022), the Search Committee will submit its recommendations to the President. Regrettably it will be done as before – in secrecy. We will never know (unless the President decides otherwise and sets a new precedent, and we hope he does) the ten names they recommended and only learn about the five the President will choose in consultation with the Prime Minister.
23 February 2022, 09:46 AM
Rising LPG cylinder hazards demand attention
With Titas gas connection, particularly residential, becoming rarer by the day, it is only natural that people would turn to liquefied petroleum
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Legal reforms are but the first step to ending rape impunity
The law minister’s statement that the government is going to introduce legislation removing two questionable sections of the colonial-era
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Handling machines requires training. What about ‘handling’ humans?
We are all well-versed in enumerating the most prominent social problems in our country and can probably elaborate on each eloquently.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
‘If I’m to choose between my freedom of speech and my job, I’d choose the first.’
Today, February 23, is the first death anniversary of noted journalist, columnist and author Syed Abul Maksud (1946-2021).
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
The world needs to support the victims of climate change
In the last few weeks, three separate cyclones hit the island of Madagascar and then Mozambique, causing loss of life and damage to infrastructure.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Search Committee for EC: Transparency can counter confidence crisis
In a recent press briefing, Justice Obaidul Hassan, chair of the Search Committee for the Election Commission (EC), confirmed their decision not to disclose the names of the 10 individuals they will recommend to the president to constitute the new EC.
22 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Can ACC salvage its self-inflicted reputational damage?
Since its creation in 2004, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has always faced trust and credibility issues.
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Lifting Covid restrictions doesn’t mean lowering our guards
The government’s decision to lift all Covid-19 restrictions, however poorly implemented, comes as a relief as it means resuming, with greater
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM
The tragedy of a fallen remittance fighter
Johurul Islam of Gaibandha was a remittance fighter. He was barely 18 when he left Bangladesh to work as a construction worker in Malaysia.
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Unlearning helplessness
There was little cause for geopolitical optimism in 2021, and this grim trend has continued at the start of 2022.
21 February 2022, 18:00 PM
ICJ’s fresh hearings into Rohingya case bring fresh hope
The world must come together for the Rohingya cause
21 February 2022, 12:19 PM
A modern tax system can generate more resources
In the run-up to the budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year (FY), the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated discussions with various professional and business organisations—like the previous years.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
What about the ethics of fashion retailers?
“UK retailers ditch unethical suppliers,” cried a recent headline in several international news outlets. Did I read that correctly?
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Indomitable Ekushey
As we observe the 70th anniversary of the historic Ekushey February, which in 1952 saw the culmination of a bloody struggle for the state
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangla is our first language, we should treat it as such
Seventy years after the events of February 21, how far have we really been able to live up to the anti-colonial spirit of our Language Movement? The answer to this question is by no means a simple one.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Our Language Movement: Moments, Momentum, Milieu
Our Bhasha Andolan—the Language Movement—was undoubtedly a major event in our political history.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Justice eludes Churihatta fire victims
Old Dhaka with its many warehouses remains a ticking time bomb
20 February 2022, 14:04 PM