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RMG NOTES
When a cartoon becomes a crime, again
22 April 2026, 08:00 AM
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Nutritional literacy can reduce healthcare costs in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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Saving ourselves through Earth Day
22 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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How poor governance broke Bangladesh's immunisation model
22 April 2026, 10:00 AM
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Fifty seats for women, but who will they really represent?
21 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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World Creativity and Innovation Day / Why Bangladesh is losing the innovation race
21 April 2026, 23:00 PM
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West Bengal poll politics tests the limits of Dhaka-Delhi reset process
21 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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IMF-World Bank Spring meetings 2026 reveal limits of multilateralism in turbulent times
21 April 2026, 08:00 AM
MACRO MIRROR
Transitioning from autocracy to democracy: The four challenges for Bangladesh
The challenges are not exclusively of the interim government's but of the entire political class.
27 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Chattogram's live bird markets expose disturbing gaps in poultry welfare
For example, in traditional bazaars, slaughtered chickens and their waste are kept together in the same containers.
26 June 2025, 11:00 AM
What is missing in BNP’s reform agenda?
Apart from generic references to tackling corruption and ensuring fair distribution of resources, the agenda is silent on the broader economic direction.
26 June 2025, 08:05 AM
Epidemiological transition in South Asia
South Asia’s double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases
26 June 2025, 07:01 AM
Audit reform requires effective institutions, not rivalries
Bangladesh's audit ecosystem, though in need of reform and expansion, should not be reduced to a turf war between professional bodies.
26 June 2025, 06:00 AM
The cost of marrying off girls too soon
Child marriage is closely linked to high adolescent pregnancy rates.
26 June 2025, 04:00 AM
Can Bangladesh deliver justice for the disappeared?
The interim government has taken important steps to acknowledge past abuses and lay the foundation for justice.
26 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Planning your child’s global future starts with your bank
Embarking on your child’s international education journey is, from the outset, an emotional milestone.
25 June 2025, 11:30 AM
Politics of courage: What Zohran Mamdani is showing the world
When Zohran speaks about Palestine, he’s not fishing for applause.
25 June 2025, 09:30 AM
The human cost of Bangladesh’s dangerous roads
The failure of road safety continues to claim lives with alarming frequency.
25 June 2025, 05:00 AM
How do we avoid a debt trap?
The debt bubble is ominous, given Bangladesh’s narrow export base and heavy reliance on remittance inflows.
25 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Israel, Iran and the US: A game of war and peace
But whether the current course of events will follow the course of 2020, cannot be said with certainty.
25 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh should not follow the West's example on climate change
Climate change is a man-made problem, but campaigners and irresponsible politicians have blown this out of proportion.
24 June 2025, 10:30 AM
When will mob violence end in Bangladesh?
This is the government's moment to show what it truly stands for and bring everyone of those people to face the law
24 June 2025, 08:41 AM
The unmatched legacy of Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury
Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury, one of Bangladesh’s most enduring public intellectuals, turned 90 on June 23.
24 June 2025, 08:25 AM
From Strait of Hormuz to Dhaka: How a distant crisis could hit our homes
And when supply falls, prices inevitably rise.
24 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Empowered or enraged: What are we really doing with the internet?
The ability not just to use technology but to understand, interpret, and engage with it wisely is glaringly absent from our collective behaviour
24 June 2025, 05:44 AM
Never again, again: 89 seconds to midnight
The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest we’ve ever been to global catastrophe.
24 June 2025, 05:00 AM
Vertical democracy: Why Bangladesh needs a second chamber
True reform must aim for devolution rather than centralisation, redistributing power downward before horizontally.
24 June 2025, 04:00 AM
Turning reserved seats into real power for women
We began with 15 reserved seats in 1972. Today, there are 50. On paper, this expansion signals progress.
24 June 2025, 03:00 AM