How to grow more rice without draining the land
23 April 2026, 08:00 AM
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Rethinking canal dredging to improve flood management
23 April 2026, 10:00 AM
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Ecocide is hard to litigate, but we must still demand accountability
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Global buyers must share the cost in RMG’s green transition
23 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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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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Nusraat Faria’s arrest sends an ominous message to the people
This arrest is particularly jarring, even in this current environment where arbitrary murder cases are being filed against suspected AL sympathisers or beneficiaries.
20 May 2025, 06:29 AM
Rickshaws, rights, and the rulebook
Battery-operated rickshaws, by law, are not allowed on major roads of DNCC.
20 May 2025, 06:00 AM
Tariffs and trade wars: Bangladesh’s path in a new geo-economic order
Bangladesh can learn from China's experience and reformulate international trade strategies.
20 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Why job creation must come first
The truth is, we have perfected the art of looking developed without actually becoming it.
20 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Not your average BMW: Decoding Dhaka's rickshaw kings
The true kings of Dhaka's roads aren't the buses, cars, or traditional rickshaws—they're the battery-powered rickshaws.
19 May 2025, 10:30 AM
Bangladesh’s strategic tightrope in Rakhine
The proposal for a Bangladesh-Myanmar aid channel is rooted in a decade of failed diplomacy.
19 May 2025, 08:30 AM
Bangladesh needs a free trade agreement with the UK, like India
UK-India's FTA highlights the urgency for Bangladesh to pursue similar trade agreements.
19 May 2025, 07:00 AM
Global trade war puts climate action under threat
Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.
19 May 2025, 06:00 AM
This country belongs to women too
Moitree Jatra was not a gathering of any political banner or one social cause.
19 May 2025, 03:00 AM
The bold move to a flexible exchange rate regime
With the central bank agreeing to go for a flexible exchange rate, the IMF will disburse the fourth and fifth instalments in June this year.
19 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Data-driven lending solution for Bangladeshi banks
The process of securing a loan from most banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) feels like a maze.
18 May 2025, 09:30 AM
Confronting Dhaka’s battery-run rickshaw dilemma
One of the more recent manifestations of informal urban expansion is the proliferation of battery-run rickshaws.
18 May 2025, 07:00 AM
A polymath with a melodious voice
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, the musicologist, singer, scholar, and prolific writer, passed away on May 10.
18 May 2025, 05:00 AM
The case for cultural pluralism in urban spaces
Cultural pluralism is becoming increasingly relevant in Bangladesh.
18 May 2025, 03:00 AM
Unpacking the proposed reforms to our revenue system
The primary logic behind the separation of revenue tasks at issue is to inject an element of operational independence into the proposed bodies.
18 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Why fundamental reforms should precede elections
A robust democracy never emerges out of broken institutions.
17 May 2025, 08:30 AM
Underinvestment threatens Bangladesh's demographic dividend
The major challenge lies in prioritisation of the policies and the lack of consistent follow-up mechanisms.
17 May 2025, 06:05 AM
JnU crisis exposes the rot in our higher education system
Central to the JnU crisis is a list of broken promises.
17 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Men’s fear and women's 'just rights'
Number of families where men provide for women is rapidly decreasing.
17 May 2025, 04:00 AM
Time to forge a strategic consensus on national interests
To honour the spirit of the July uprising, all political parties must commit to defining and institutionalising national interests.
17 May 2025, 02:00 AM