How toxic digital spaces are grooming angry young men
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How the proposed budget reinforces an unequal tax structure
15 June 2026, 08:00 AM
Opinion
Before adding a third language, fix students' foundational learning crisis
8 hour(s) ago
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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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A record health budget, but the challenge, as always, is execution
11 hour(s) ago
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Persistent delay in restoring the Information Commission is unacceptable
9 hour(s) ago
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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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Rising gas prices threaten our investment prospects
The previous government not only turned the country into a net importer of energy, but also initiated a process to make it an import-dependent.
28 April 2025, 03:00 AM
The unspoken trauma of journalists
Journalists live through trauma, violence, and suffering while covering news.
28 April 2025, 02:00 AM
The symphony of grass and grace: Liverpool’s resurrection under a new maestro
A meditation on faith, flesh, and football, through the eyes of a pope, a poet, and a people.
27 April 2025, 09:58 AM
What the educated elite are getting wrong
A new danger is emerging from within the very segment of society that should know better.
27 April 2025, 06:00 AM
India’s transshipment revocation should be a wake-up call
India's revocation of the transshipment facility should be seen as an opportunity.
27 April 2025, 05:00 AM
The ‘woman question’ and the legacy of colonial patriarchy
The roots of patriarchy lies in the hegemonic colonial masculinity.
27 April 2025, 03:00 AM
The dark economy of child beggars
Across South Asia, children are trafficked, crippled, and discarded—all so someone can pocket loose change from your car window.
27 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Are we witnessing the death of foreign aid?
What is the future of foreign aid and what happens to people and countries dependent on it?
26 April 2025, 09:30 AM
How remittances shape labour market dynamics
Bangladesh is among the world's top recipients of remittances.
26 April 2025, 08:01 AM
Lessons from history: Will Trump’s tariffs shake up world leadership?
Bangladesh’s cardinal lesson is to do what the US did in 1934.
26 April 2025, 05:00 AM
KUET protests and the evolving student-university relations
KUET has exposed systemic weakness in conflict resolution.
26 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Electoral reform in Bangladesh: A blueprint for change or a power play?
Electoral Reform Commission’s report falls short of addressing the fundamental issues related to Bangladesh’s existing electoral system.
25 April 2025, 10:00 AM
A legal notice that proves the need for what it seeks to ban
Sex education is not vulgarity. It is survival
25 April 2025, 09:53 AM
Is economics a science?
Economics, the subject, and its application make it both a science and art.
25 April 2025, 05:00 AM
A mirror needs no monument: The irony of India’s lecture on minorities
India’s moral posturing becomes all the more risible when juxtaposed with data from Bangladesh.
25 April 2025, 02:00 AM
The elephant in the room no one is talking about
Reform of political parties is of urgent need
24 April 2025, 18:15 PM
Democracy in the digital age: Lessons from Bangladesh and beyond
The internet, once a mere repository of information, has evolved into the most formidable arena for political engagement.
24 April 2025, 10:28 AM
The role of state and society in sustaining gendered violence
Rape persists in Bangladesh at the scale it does because too many men believe they are superior beings and that women exist to be controlled.
24 April 2025, 09:40 AM
Rana Plaza: 12 years of grief, courage, and unkept promises
April 24 is a date that cannot be swept under the rug.
24 April 2025, 03:00 AM
Pathways to a new political order
The prospects for change are not without hope in Bangladesh.
24 April 2025, 02:00 AM