World Tourism Day / As tourism changes, let’s not lose sight of why we travel
9 HOUR(s)
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Opinion
Rethinking how the logistics sector absorbs diesel price hikes
10 HOUR(s)
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Views
NAZA, Israel’s war on witnesses, and media complicity
7 HOUR(s)
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Opinion
Before AI in education, make sure children can learn and reason
26 September 2026
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Opinion
The system is failing our children
26 September 2026
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Opinion
Climate action cannot accelerate without climate justice
26 September 2026
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Opinion
A-Challan can change how we manage public money
26 September 2026
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Opinion
Column by Mahfuz Anam / The draft cyber law will restrict the media
25 September 2026
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THE THIRD VIEW
We tell women to speak up, but who defends them when they do?
25 September 2026
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A Closer Look
Uncertain politics, unsettling economy
Bangladesh's much-anticipated parliamentary elections are scheduled for next February. And they could not have come at a more fraught time for the country. More than 16 months have passed since the interim administration took office, and unofficial estimates indicate a downward trend in the government's approval ratings.
7 December 2025
Breaking down the new populist playbook in Bangladesh
Many people think that the old authoritarian chapter is over and a new era has begun.
7 December 2025
Why a supply chain mindset is key to fixing our education
In supply chain terms, the solution lies in improving the quality checkpoints—teaching, learning, and assessment criteria
7 December 2025
Israel stands exposed even if global powers fail to act
Israel's problem is that despite its military power and its economic and technological superiority in the Middle East, it has limited capacity to portray its destructiveness as successful victories.
6 December 2025
How agricultural innovations can feed a nation and keep emissions low
Climate change threatens the foundation of Bangladesh’s agriculture.
6 December 2025
Let's uplift the women who build Dhaka brick by brick
Let us not only recognise these women's labour, but uplift it through dignity, safety, and opportunity.
6 December 2025
‘Air pollution does not discriminate; it impacts everyone’
At the household level, many families still lack access to clean cooking energy.
6 December 2025
Primary teachers’ strike is a mirror held up to Bangladesh
The assistant teachers of 65,000-plus government primary schools have been pressing for a three-point demand.
6 December 2025
Can’t we all just get along?
How can we do better? First, we should cultivate the art of listening.
5 December 2025
Trump’s Venezuela problem is not about cocaine, but oil
History repeats itself too often in Latin America.
5 December 2025
Dear mothers, stop coddling your sons
If we want decent men, we must start by raising decent boys.
5 December 2025
An independent judiciary seems near at hand, but can still slip away
Judicial independence is formally guaranteed; its actual implementation will require moral courage from judges themselves.
4 December 2025
The prerequisites to creating sustainable banking system in Bangladesh
To attain viability, banks must manage the various risks they encounter in this process of intermediation.
4 December 2025
Slum fires, inequality and Dhaka’s invisible residents
Slum fires are not accidents but a predictable by-product of inequality and policy failure.
4 December 2025
There's no neutral observer in digital violence
Silence tells women that even when men see the harm, they will not intervene.
4 December 2025
COP30 brings both hope and letdowns for vulnerable countries
COP30 could not deliver concrete actions to phase out fossil fuels and advance climate finance, but some new opportunities were created for vulnerable countries.
4 December 2025
Bay of Bengal’s slow death threatens our future
Marine fish populations have plummeted at a rate scientists describe as catastrophic.
3 December 2025
Caretaker by court and by charter: Are we headed for a collision?
Bangladesh is now running two projects of constitutional legitimacy on the issue of caretaker government.
3 December 2025
How Bangladesh continues to abandon its disabled citizens
The paradox of disability in Bangladesh is stark: we are a country that legislates compassion on paper but constructs hostility in concrete.
3 December 2025
How NEIR exposed our lazy journalism
Why would a group of journalists organise a seminar on NEIR without questioning its risks or relevance?
3 December 2025