A budget of promises, pressures, and unanswered questions
13 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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As El Niño looms, Bangladesh must brace for extreme heat
13 June 2026, 13:00 PM
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Air pollution: What Beijing got right that Dhaka still hasn't
13 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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Will this be the budget that transforms education?
13 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Opinion
A budget built on recovery and reform, but can it deliver?
12 June 2026, 08:00 AM
MACRO MIRROR
Rule cannot survive on fear alone: Foucault, Althusser, and our mob culture
12 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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World Day Against Child Labour / We cannot achieve development while children remain at work
12 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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In the era of AI, who gets to live longer?
11 June 2026, 17:01 PM
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Raising tobacco taxes is in Bangladesh’s own interest
11 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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‘A strong Bangladesh needs social cohesion and a shared vision beyond politics’
11 June 2026, 09:00 AM
Interviews
Student union elections: Rescuing the universities from decline
Whichever party came to power, its student organisation gained overwhelming dominance while all other groups were silenced or marginalised.
22 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Political parties must support the election drive
The election in February 2026 is among the most important challenges that we are going to face.
21 August 2025, 18:30 PM
How I overcame shyness
Women have rights that we need to defend.
21 August 2025, 10:00 AM
When police stand by, mobs step in
Why do some cases see swift action while others get neglected?
21 August 2025, 09:09 AM
When climate change becomes your doctor’s problem too
Let’s talk healthcare, that miraculous thing we keep expecting to work despite treating it like the last kid picked in a game of cricket.
21 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Will Trump’s fast-track and transactional diplomacy lead to Nobel Peace Prize?
The Alaska talks underline both the appeal and the risk of Trump’s approach.
21 August 2025, 05:12 AM
The weight of counterfactuals in Bangladesh’s politics
Counterfactual thinking is not idle speculation but political vigilance.
21 August 2025, 04:00 AM
How to make the Bangladesh Bank autonomy ordinance effective
The success of the Bangladesh Bank’s policymaking hinges on several factors.
21 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Beneath headlines and deadlines: Mental health crisis facing female journalists
Journalism is a calling grounded in courage, curiosity, and public duty.
20 August 2025, 11:05 AM
Dogs in Gaza and the conditioning of the Western mind
In a world desensitised to Palestinian torment, the erasure of the dog’s Palestinian companion is not an anomaly.
20 August 2025, 09:00 AM
We need to integrate anticipatory action into disaster management
Anticipatory action upholds dignity by enabling households to take protective measures on their own terms, according to their priorities.
20 August 2025, 05:00 AM
Falling fertility and fading opportunities pushing Bangladesh to a demographic crossroads
The dividend is not automatic—it requires a healthy, educated, and productively employed workforce.
20 August 2025, 04:00 AM
How NGOs can help build a democratic welfare state
NGOs and MFIs can become market actors delivering public-good functions.
20 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Modernising Bangladesh’s defence is a strategic necessity
A robust defence framework enables a state to protect its interests.
19 August 2025, 09:15 AM
The 'six tigers' that drive China's AI geopolitics
China's four dragons—Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance—play a vital role in nurturing the AI startup ecosystem.
19 August 2025, 07:40 AM
The world needs humanitarians more than ever
We have millions of humanitarians worldwide, many of whom stay unseen and unrecognised.
19 August 2025, 06:00 AM
Decentralising the High Court: Between consensus and constitutional constraints
Any reform must survive constitutional scrutiny under the basic structure doctrine as interpreted by our highest courts.
19 August 2025, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh's decision on LDC graduation deferral needs careful assessment
Short-term image building rather than long-term readiness drove the eagerness to graduate.
19 August 2025, 02:00 AM
How China rewired global power at the Changsha summit
This gathering marks the forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)’s shift from talk to the engine of South-South solidarity.
18 August 2025, 09:10 AM
The prison system is in urgent need of reform
Thousands are punished without conviction and stripped of their dignity in our prisons, compelling the question: who will reform the prison system?
18 August 2025, 07:00 AM