Will Bangladesh's social security budget help the poor?
25 June 2026, 16:58 PM
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Should political parties be publicly funded?
24 June 2026, 08:43 AM
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Can outcome-based education survive the age of AI?
22 June 2026, 08:52 AM
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Remembering Ishaque Ali / When Bengalis stood up to racism in the UK
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Bangladesh's cottage industries need more than nostalgia
18 June 2026, 08:45 AM
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Can a social media ban for children work in Bangladesh?
17 June 2026, 09:29 AM
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Why Bangladesh keeps suffering from an epidemic of bad projects
15 June 2026, 09:12 AM
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Big Picture / The long transformation of rural Bangladesh
13 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Islamic banking’s problem is the model, not the name
11 June 2026, 08:30 AM
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What India and Bangladesh get wrong about the Teesta
10 June 2026, 14:37 PM
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Why is it so hot? Inside South Asia’s dangerous heat wave
A brutal heatwave is gripping South Asia, exposing how climate change is making extreme heat deadlier.
2 June 2026, 14:43 PM
Will the Padma Barrage repeat Farakka's mistake?
As South Asia’s rivers become battlegrounds for competing dam projects, Bangladesh faces a critical water dilemma.
1 June 2026, 08:30 AM
Who will safeguard Bangladesh’s cultural future?
Safeguarding Bangladesh’s cultural heritage now demands an urgent shift towards institutionalised crisis preparedness and robust cultural resilience.
30 May 2026, 08:50 AM
Trust has returned, but has the state changed?
A review of the BNP government’s first hundred days, examining early gains, challenges, and reform uncertainties.
29 May 2026, 15:42 PM
We learn English for years, but learn too little. Why?
Bangladesh's English education system relies on outdated grammar-translation methods, hindering communicative fluency and deepening systemic class inequality.
29 May 2026, 09:30 AM
How AI became an authority in our classrooms
As AI rapidly enters education, it risks shifting from a supportive tool to an unquestioned classroom authority.
28 May 2026, 11:30 AM
Bangladesh in a world of impossible choices
Bangladesh suffers unavoidable economic consequences from global geopolitical rivalries, highlighting the profound vulnerability of developing nations today.
27 May 2026, 09:30 AM
Bangladesh is still trapped in a cycle of injustice
Despite the 2024 mass uprising, Bangladesh’s flawed political transition continues perpetuating human rights abuses and systemic injustice.
27 May 2026, 08:30 AM
Why Bangladesh must pivot to renewable energy now
Bangladesh must urgently transition from imported fossil fuels to renewable energy to resolve its severe energy crisis.
26 May 2026, 08:30 AM
The stolen haq of Qurbani hides
As leather profits grow, Bangladesh’s Qurbani hide market leaves the poor with shrinking returns and lost rights.
24 May 2026, 10:30 AM
Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
In conversation with Sahana Ghosh, author of A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the India-Bangladesh Borderlands and assistant professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore.
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Can Bangladesh save its haor food bowl?
Safeguarding Bangladesh’s food security against devastating Haor Basin flash floods demands an urgent transition to climate-smart agriculture.
22 May 2026, 09:56 AM
The great Bangladeshi cattle reality show
From viral names to inflated prices, how social media has turned the Qurbani cattle market into a dramatic theatre.
22 May 2026, 08:30 AM
Will Ramisa get justice in Bangladesh’s broken rape trial system?
Bangladesh's justice system failure denies rape survivors justice due to massive judicial backlog and heavily politicised prosecution.
21 May 2026, 11:30 AM
Why the Padma Barrage will be a disaster for Bangladesh
The proposed Padma Barrage will deepen Bangladesh’s sediment, water, and ecological crises rather than sustainably resolving them.
19 May 2026, 08:33 AM
How secular is the orna?
Talk to any women in Dhaka, the bustling capital of twenty-two million people, and they will tell you a story about the orna.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Haor crisis turning into a national crisis: Is the government aware?
Bangladesh's haor floods severely threaten national food security, demanding systemic livelihood recovery, climate adaptation, and debt relief.
13 May 2026, 09:30 AM
The Mro children who could not reach the vaccine
Geographic isolation and severe infrastructural deficits drive a devastating measles outbreak among Bandarban’s remote Mro community.
12 May 2026, 17:40 PM
The slow death of the haors and their swamp forests
The destruction of ancient swamp forests and upstream mining has caused the disastrous flooding of Bangladesh’s haors.
12 May 2026, 11:11 AM
‘Development’ tragedy in haor: Ami jamu hourbari pakka rasta chai
Unplanned infrastructure in Bangladesh’s Haor region causes severe ecological damage, demanding sustainable floodplain management over destructive roads.
11 May 2026, 16:41 PM