How to grow more rice without draining the land
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Rethinking canal dredging to improve flood management
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Ecocide is hard to litigate, but we must still demand accountability
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MIND THE GAP
Global buyers must share the cost in RMG’s green transition
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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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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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The budget was a missed chance to honour the revolution
This budget failed to redefine the role of the state and mark a departure from inequality and patronage.
5 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Weaponising hunger: An anatomy of Israel’s war crime
It is a coordinated policy that uses food as leverage.
4 June 2025, 10:00 AM
The curious case of the déjà flu
Covid is rising again—slowly, stealthily, like your relatives during iftar.
4 June 2025, 08:30 AM
Freedom in the sky?: The limits of satellite internet in Bangladesh
If we invest in satellite internet without also reforming the political culture, we will have treated the symptom, not the disease.
4 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Why victims must lead Bangladesh’s truth commission
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission must be inclusive, holistic and sustainable.
4 June 2025, 06:00 AM
July’s legacy and the myth of a singular vanguard
To begin with, the origins of the July uprising have been widely misunderstood, both by foreign observers and Dhaka’s own elite commentariat.
4 June 2025, 05:00 AM
FY2026 budget: A missed opportunity for structural reform
The proposed budget for 2025-26 fiscal year is at an opportune moment in Bangladesh's economic and political economy.
4 June 2025, 02:00 AM
La Vie en Paris Saint Germain
Enrique’s commitment to collective play is a refreshing change after years overshadowed by the limitations of individual egos.
3 June 2025, 10:00 AM
Why shy away from prioritising culture?
Just as healthcare keeps the body well and politics energises society, culture gives life its rhythm and soul.
3 June 2025, 08:00 AM
Can we ensure road safety this Eid?
Road safety requires unified action, sustained funding, and political will.
3 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Can the consensus commission break the deadlock?
A collective dialogue should streamline the process and accelerate resolutions
3 June 2025, 05:34 AM
A conservative budget for FY2026
Here’s to hoping that the interim government initiates targeted and critical reforms in FY2026 to improve budget implementation
3 June 2025, 02:00 AM
In the absence of sanity
What we are living through is the quiet deterioration of a society.
2 June 2025, 08:30 AM
Our real emergency isn’t political, it’s environmental
In Bangladesh, climate adaptation can support economic development.
2 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Upcoming budget must address inequality
Per capita income is a statistical average, which tells us the size of the economic pie, but not how it’s divided.
2 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Tackling joblessness requires thinking out of the box
The issue of joblessness should be at the centre of the growth strategy.
2 June 2025, 04:00 AM
Interim govt losing sight of public mandate
We demand actionable measures from the interim government.
2 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Two questions, two ironies the budget must address
In the forthcoming 2025-26 budget, two pressing questions warrant urgent attention.
2 June 2025, 02:00 AM
We must reclaim justice from mobocracy
In any democratic society, justice is a basic right.
1 June 2025, 11:15 AM
‘Only competent leadership, not repressive laws, can fix public administration’
New public service ordinance contains many linguistic and legal flaws
1 June 2025, 09:30 AM