What the 57th border talks refused to say about BSF killings and push-ins
14 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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Who pays for a fossil-free future? Bonn talks must answer the question
14 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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With opposition inputs, the budget debate finally matures, but constraints persist
14 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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How falling real prices threaten Bangladesh’s apparel sector
14 June 2026, 08:00 AM
RMG NOTES
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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The ground reality of disaster risk governance in Bangladesh
Over the past two decades, 185 extreme weather events have caused 11,450 deaths and resulted in economic losses amounting to $3.72 billion.
28 June 2025, 12:00 PM
Why Dhaka has become unliveable
To survive Dhaka, you need a strategy. Start by embracing the absurd: treat every crisis as a plot twist.
28 June 2025, 07:00 AM
A quiet shift in South Asia’s energy landscape
South Asia saw the first instance of a functioning, trilateral power trade arrangement.
28 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Who is holding the baby while she works?
Let’s be clear: daycare is not just a holding room, but a place of cognitive, social, and emotional growth for children as well.
28 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Media reform shouldn’t be left out of the July Charter
Ignoring media reform now would be a serious strategic misstep.
28 June 2025, 02:00 AM
The West’s AI dominance is the new colonialism
AI colonialism goes beyond economics; it also involves language and cultural erasure.
27 June 2025, 10:30 AM
Bangladesh’s search for a balanced national identity
Bangladesh stands at a pivotal moment in its political and ideological evolution.
27 June 2025, 06:01 AM
‘Those responsible for custodial torture and death are rarely punished’
Nur Khan Liton, a human rights activist, discusses his experience of dealing with cases of custodial torture and deaths in an exclusive interview with Monorom Polok of The Daily Star.
27 June 2025, 03:00 AM
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