Media reform and journalism protection law can help counter disinformation
28 September 2026
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The answer to children’s online risks is not a social media ban
28 September 2026
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Views
AI’s hidden water cost, and why it matters
10 HOUR(s)
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Opinion
World Tourism Day / As tourism changes, let’s not lose sight of why we travel
27 September 2026
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Opinion
Rethinking how the logistics sector absorbs diesel price hikes
27 September 2026
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NAZA, Israel’s war on witnesses, and media complicity
27 September 2026
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Opinion
World Rivers Day / Why are our rivers still dying despite so many projects?
27 September 2026
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Views
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
From the end of empire to China-centric unipolarity
The 21st century’s centre of gravity is quietly shifting from Washington to Beijing.
9 September 2025
Managing our external debt needs a balanced strategy
Bangladesh's steadily rising debt levels are becoming a pressing issue.
9 September 2025
An election that could return Ducsu to the students
There is a sense of possibility in the air, a rare, almost tangible feeling that something is different.
8 September 2025
Bangladesh must bridge the adult and digital learning gap
Despite some progress in basic literacy, the country remains far behind in digital inclusion.
8 September 2025
23-min standing ovation for Hind Rajab, 28 small graves a day in Gaza
Does the 23-minute standing ovation for Hind Rajab's story mean anything beyond the echo?
8 September 2025
DUCSU election: Will informed voting triumph over inherited stigmas?
The historic event of 2024 disrupted the longstanding power dynamics of student politics, yet the narratives of equating persist.
7 September 2025
Strong on condemnation, weak on action
In 13 months, the government has issued at least 13 condemnations. That's one per month.
7 September 2025
Inaction as policy, lawlessness as outcome
The country deserves better than a government that only condemns after the fact
6 September 2025
The Cumilla crash exposes a systemic failure
The video of a crash in Cumilla last month presents the horrifying portrait of a system in collapse.
6 September 2025
Five and a half years ‘gone with the wind’
Breathing has become more lethal than smoking. How does one quit air?
6 September 2025
Violence, discrimination, and the failure to reform
There is growing disappointment and a sense of broken expectations among the people.
6 September 2025
Violence in Bangladesh’s RMG sector: Disposable lives, dispensable labour
Can we imagine and construct a political system that refuses to subordinate human dignity to the demands of global accumulation?
6 September 2025
The internet is making us reactionary, and it’s time to get off it
Social media often brings out the worst in people, with the anonymity of many platforms fuelling hostility towards strangers.
5 September 2025
The uneasy geometry of US-China-India-Russia relations
The SCO summit, held in Tianjin, China, was crafted as a spectacle.
5 September 2025
Threatening to gang-rape is not just vile, it’s a crime
Threats of repeated sexual violence subtly aim to intimidate and exclude women from public participation spaces
5 September 2025
Why are we trying to make the election uncertain?
Those who are working to prevent the election should question themselves as to how the people will be empowered without one.
4 September 2025
Why boys are falling behind in the classroom
One significant factor is the relatively lower parental expectation for boys’ academic achievement, coupled with the higher economic expectation placed on them to contribute to family income.
4 September 2025
Strategic autonomy has become a survival necessity for Bangladesh
Looking across the indicators, Bangladesh scores only 2 out of 10 in economic diversification, when at least 7 is needed.
4 September 2025
Bangladesh needs better education infrastructure to prevent primary dropouts
Physical infrastructure is a major challenge in ensuring a safe and child-friendly learning environment.
4 September 2025
Evolving Myanmar situation calls for a new Rohingya policy
Should Bangladesh rethink its Rohingya policy and strategy?
4 September 2025