The just-approved ninth National Pay Scale settles one argument and opens another. Government employees now have their desired raise to be rolled out in three phases, with the first starting in July 2026.

Formal employment and an underground economy are not synonymous. Black money is not the same as money laundering.

In the 1980s, as a young geologist in Louisiana, I watched as a delta died. Louisiana’s coast loses a football field’s worth of of wetlands every 100 minutes.

Negotiating in conflict environments teaches us that political settlements are not stumbled upon but rather formed when people show up and try to build them together.

Nepal is a natural disaster hotspot, but over the past several years, the scale of damage caused by disasters have grown severe.

When we get a physician-prescribed blood test done at a diagnostic centre, we usually assume the report to be correct.

We all want safe food and agricultural products. Consumers want to know what they are eating and where it comes from.

There are moments in a parliamentary career that one anticipates: the first speech, the first bill, the first vote. And then there are moments no one prepares you for.

When a decision over whether to accept an invitation from New Delhi becomes a statement in itself, it signals that Bangladesh-India relations have indeed entered a new phase.

In the past weeks, intensive debate has ensued on whether Bangladesh should or should not join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), a tripartite defence treaty between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed on August 7.

When it comes to the eligibility for receiving support from international climate funds in order to address climate-induced loss and damage, Bangladesh indeed has a strong case.

If we were to stick to simple terms, energy transition denotes systematically moving away from a fossil-based energy structure to a low-carbon energy system, and this has posed a challenge to many countries around the world.

Over the past decade and a half, Bangladesh has invested substantial public resources in digital health systems.

Dhaka should seek detailed clarification from the founding members on the pact’s military obligations, command arrangements, rules of engagement, financing, intelligence sharing, and the circumstances in which a member would be expected to provide military assistance.

Bangladesh-Malaysia labour migration has followed a familiar pattern over the past five decades: the market opens, allegations of excessive costs and irregularities arise, migrants suffer, recruitment is suspended and attempts are made at reform.

Making water from air is scientifically remarkable. Making enough of it, at a cost people can afford, is a very different challenge.

The rapid rise in the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems has streamlined information processing, drafting, and research, making these processes more efficient and less time-consuming.

The devastating flash flood that ripped through Nepal’s Rasuwa district and China’s Tibet has so far claimed more than 600 lives, with around 3,000 still missing on both sides of the border.

After the fall of the Awami League regime in August 2024, the conversations surrounding enforced disappearances have changed significantly.

In Bangladesh, August 30 has become a test of whether the state has learned anything from the evidence on enforced disappearance now before it.