The ugliness over Beauty’s reel
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Why Bangladesh’s low ecological footprint is not a climate advantage
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Are we reversing course on the UN-backed post-uprising reforms?
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Time for a rethink of how the government communicates
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A trillion-dollar ambition needs a stronger investment climate
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Technology cannot compensate for the missing trust in land offices
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Unlocking the full potential of Bangladesh's national laboratory institute
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Defeating digital violence against women requires a unified front
29 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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I spent two years learning AI, then another year unlearning it
27 July 2026, 16:15 PM
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When the river takes everything, even a girl's childhood
28 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Bangladesh's measles outbreak is a warning against the complacency of success
There is a peculiar danger in public-health success: the better a system works, the easier it becomes to take it for granted. Bangladesh’s measles outbreak is demonstrating that paradox brutally.
13 July 2026, 09:00 AM
Our climate budget must prioritise the displaced
A record-breaking Tk 51,746 crore budget allocation for climate-relevant interventions, marking a 26 percent surge from the previous fiscal year, seems like an unmitigated triumph for a nation on the frontlines of environmental precarity, until one looks closely at where the money actually goes.
13 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Build physical spaces for children before banning virtual ones
Australia’s decision to ban social media for children under 16 has struck a chord with anxious parents around the world. The concerns of parents are real.
12 July 2026, 12:00 PM
To build like Shanghai, start with Dhaka's east
We live it every day, and Dhaka’s unliveability is simply undeniable.
12 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Bangladesh just passed a law against hill-cutting. Why does it skip the Chittagong Hill Tracts?
A law that exempts the region where that weapon is doing the most damage is not protecting the environment. It is choosing, deliberately, where the law’s protection will end.
12 July 2026, 10:00 AM
Why the International Crimes Tribunal’s mandate must be protected
The most dangerous misuse of a justice system begins with the filing of a complaint that should never have entered the system in the first place—a problem that now confronts the International Crimes Tribunal.
12 July 2026, 09:00 AM
Rohingya deaths in landslides call for a reckoning with systemic failures
This year’s monsoon season has already turned deadly.
11 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Time is running out for our demographic dividend
Bangladesh is now home to more than 17.5 crore people. Roughly one in four is 15-29 years of age, a cohort of around 4.7 crore, larger than the population of many countries.
11 July 2026, 10:00 AM
Bangladesh must hold its own amid changing geopolitics
The performative presence of two superpowers in the precincts of Bangladesh’s national parliament has added some twists in the country’s political plot.
11 July 2026, 09:00 AM
Rethinking how we teach political science
A political science student in Bangladesh will spend the first year studying European history.
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh's next strategic test isn't choosing sides
Once again, Bangladesh finds itself amid South Asia’s geopolitical discourse.
10 July 2026, 11:00 AM
Bangladesh needs a new rulebook for the evolving Rohingya crisis
What is the point of negotiating repatriation with Myanmar’s central government when Rakhine State, the territory those refugees would return to, is no longer under that government’s control?
10 July 2026, 09:00 AM
250 years of US independence: Do Americans know or care about their founding principles?
America’s most powerful attraction—freedom of thought—is under stress today.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The World Cup: One month of shared humanity
Football demands little. But it offers considerably more.
9 July 2026, 16:10 PM
The budgetary test of moral leadership
A national budget is meant to serve citizens. The question is: how much of the nation’s resources really reaches citizens in the end, and how much is used in simply maintaining the machinery of government?
9 July 2026, 12:00 PM
Bangladesh should enter carbon markets on its own terms
The government’s recent announcement that it intends to pursue opportunities in carbon markets signals a new phase in Bangladesh’s engagement with global climate finance.
9 July 2026, 11:00 AM
‘Unequal rural load-shedding is a symptom of a deeper structural crisis’
This is neither simply a technical problem nor merely a policy failure. It reflects a lacking in our collective understanding of equality.
9 July 2026, 09:00 AM
How Bangladesh is leaving tobacco tax revenue on the table
Bangladesh’s tobacco tax policy has long been framed around two objectives: reducing tobacco consumption and mobilising revenue.
9 July 2026, 08:00 AM
What dying mangroves tell us about coastal governance
Bangladesh does not lack understanding of its mangrove systems or their value; it lacks alignment in how decisions are made and implemented.
8 July 2026, 12:00 PM
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes are a wake-up call for Dhaka
Every year, more than 1,000 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or higher occur around the world.
8 July 2026, 09:00 AM