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When a cartoon becomes a crime, again

Jannatul Naym Pieal

6 hour(s) ago Views

Nutritional literacy can reduce healthcare costs in Bangladesh

Mohammad Saharin Hossain

1 hour(s) ago Views

Saving ourselves through Earth Day

Raida A.K. Reza

5 hour(s) ago Views

How poor governance broke Bangladesh's immunisation model

Zahida Fizza Kabir

4 hour(s) ago Views

Fifty seats for women, but who will they really represent?

Farah Kabir

21 April 2026, 13:00 PM Views

World Creativity and Innovation Day / Why Bangladesh is losing the innovation race

Sabbir Ahmad

21 April 2026, 23:00 PM Views

West Bengal poll politics tests the limits of Dhaka-Delhi reset process

Shakeel Anwar

21 April 2026, 09:00 AM Views

IMF-World Bank Spring meetings 2026 reveal limits of multilateralism in turbulent times

Fahmida Khatun

21 April 2026, 08:00 AM MACRO MIRROR

The case for a National Security Council that is truly fit for purpose

Md Manzur Qader

20 April 2026, 13:00 PM Opinion

When mobile journalism crosses the line into public shaming

Arafat Rahaman

20 April 2026, 12:00 PM Views

Bangladesh’s deified, obscured, and degraded role models

Countries that have their own role models are considered blessed.

12 August 2025, 12:00 PM

No country for our gentle giants

Elephants are not the aggressors. They wander through villages not out of malice, but out of desperation.

12 August 2025, 10:30 AM

Youth people need opportunity and mentorship, not token gestures

Young people need opportunity and mentorship, not token gestures

The struggle to find meaningful employment has become one of the most disheartening realities for young people in Bangladesh.

12 August 2025, 07:00 AM

Mending the line of blood on our border

Three hundred and five. That is the number of Bangladeshis killed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in the last ten years.

12 August 2025, 05:00 AM

NOAB and CA's office: Is press freedom just a promise?

At least 496 journalists faced harassment between August 2024 and July 2025

12 August 2025, 04:56 AM

How Bangladesh has been building a digital police state

The country now possesses the infrastructural capacity to watch more people, more closely, and for more arbitrary reasons.

12 August 2025, 03:04 AM

Scaling climate and development finance for the Global South

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development offers cautious optimism.

12 August 2025, 02:00 AM

Let us in: The world needs uncensored reporting from Gaza now

Despite unbearable conditions, danger, hunger, exhaustion, and grief, Palestinian journalists continue to report with extraordinary courage and professionalism.

11 August 2025, 08:10 AM

The Rohingya crisis: When tragedy becomes an opportunity for some

When the Rohingya crisis becomes an opportunity for some

While the Myanmar junta escalates its war on ethnic minorities and the world shifts its attention to Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Syria, and Sudan, Rohingya suffering continues in near-total neglect.

11 August 2025, 07:00 AM

Legal enforcement can protect our children from lead poisoning

Bangladesh was identified as the fourth most lead-impacted country globally by UNICEF.

11 August 2025, 05:00 AM

‘Climate finance needs to be demand-driven, not designed in donor capitals’

Climate adaptation must be designed with, not for, local communities.

11 August 2025, 03:00 AM

The anatomy of post-uprising disillusionment

The more things seem to change, the more they seem to remain the same.

11 August 2025, 02:00 AM

Challenges for critical journalism

The consequences of this era of mass insecurity are people having to work harder for less, often several different jobs in a day or week, without weekly or regular leisure, to make ends meet.

10 August 2025, 07:00 AM

Why opinion polls still matter

Opinion polls are, in a sense, a necessary evil. They can often incur the wrath of those in power, or of individuals whose views are not corroborated by, or match, the information provided by a survey.

10 August 2025, 04:00 AM