Registration-based fuel rationing can ease long lines at filling stations
19 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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As mob violence persists, we must confront the roots of impunity
19 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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What's holding women back from riding bicycles?
19 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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Back, again, to the cycle of broken promises?
19 April 2026, 11:00 AM
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From degrees to jobs: Rethinking higher education in Bangladesh
18 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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The fiscal burden of interest-free car loans for bureaucrats
18 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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Interview / ‘We still hope a solution on the reforms will arise out of parliament’
18 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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Cox’s Bazar at the crossroads of beauty without design
18 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Reinstating a weaker NHRC is a dangerous regression
17 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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Even if dormant, the RTI Act’s promise remains powerful
17 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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From the end of empire to China-centric unipolarity
The 21st century’s centre of gravity is quietly shifting from Washington to Beijing.
9 September 2025, 05:00 AM
Managing our external debt needs a balanced strategy
Bangladesh's steadily rising debt levels are becoming a pressing issue.
9 September 2025, 02:00 AM
An election that could return Ducsu to the students
There is a sense of possibility in the air, a rare, almost tangible feeling that something is different.
8 September 2025, 14:00 PM
Bangladesh must bridge the adult and digital learning gap
Despite some progress in basic literacy, the country remains far behind in digital inclusion.
8 September 2025, 10:50 AM
23-min standing ovation for Hind Rajab, 28 small graves a day in Gaza
Does the 23-minute standing ovation for Hind Rajab's story mean anything beyond the echo?
8 September 2025, 04:00 AM
DUCSU election: Will informed voting triumph over inherited stigmas?
The historic event of 2024 disrupted the longstanding power dynamics of student politics, yet the narratives of equating persist.
7 September 2025, 10:44 AM
Strong on condemnation, weak on action
In 13 months, the government has issued at least 13 condemnations. That's one per month.
7 September 2025, 03:45 AM
Inaction as policy, lawlessness as outcome
The country deserves better than a government that only condemns after the fact
6 September 2025, 10:54 AM
The Cumilla crash exposes a systemic failure
The video of a crash in Cumilla last month presents the horrifying portrait of a system in collapse.
6 September 2025, 10:04 AM
Five and a half years ‘gone with the wind’
Breathing has become more lethal than smoking. How does one quit air?
6 September 2025, 08:00 AM
Violence, discrimination, and the failure to reform
There is growing disappointment and a sense of broken expectations among the people.
6 September 2025, 04:08 AM
Violence in Bangladesh’s RMG sector: Disposable lives, dispensable labour
Can we imagine and construct a political system that refuses to subordinate human dignity to the demands of global accumulation?
6 September 2025, 03:00 AM
The internet is making us reactionary, and it’s time to get off it
Social media often brings out the worst in people, with the anonymity of many platforms fuelling hostility towards strangers.
5 September 2025, 07:00 AM
The uneasy geometry of US-China-India-Russia relations
The SCO summit, held in Tianjin, China, was crafted as a spectacle.
5 September 2025, 05:00 AM
Threatening to gang-rape is not just vile, it’s a crime
Threats of repeated sexual violence subtly aim to intimidate and exclude women from public participation spaces
5 September 2025, 03:00 AM
Why are we trying to make the election uncertain?
Those who are working to prevent the election should question themselves as to how the people will be empowered without one.
4 September 2025, 18:30 PM
Why boys are falling behind in the classroom
One significant factor is the relatively lower parental expectation for boys’ academic achievement, coupled with the higher economic expectation placed on them to contribute to family income.
4 September 2025, 10:59 AM
Strategic autonomy has become a survival necessity for Bangladesh
Looking across the indicators, Bangladesh scores only 2 out of 10 in economic diversification, when at least 7 is needed.
4 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Bangladesh needs better education infrastructure to prevent primary dropouts
Physical infrastructure is a major challenge in ensuring a safe and child-friendly learning environment.
4 September 2025, 05:00 AM
Evolving Myanmar situation calls for a new Rohingya policy
Should Bangladesh rethink its Rohingya policy and strategy?
4 September 2025, 02:00 AM