What six South Asian economists taught the world about development
21 August 2026
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Can Dhaka’s Pink Bus break a four-decade pattern?
20 August 2026
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Kazi Khalid Ashraf & Adnan Zillur Morshed on Dhaka's Future / What kind of city do we really want?
19 August 2026
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Is Bangladesh’s garment industry ready for the next shock?
19 August 2026
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Can pink buses make travels safer for women?
18 August 2026
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Chained majesties: The plight of captive elephants in Bangladesh
15 August 2026
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Why Bangladesh needs mandatory warning labels on packaged foods
13 August 2026
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Is Bangladesh going the wrong way on AI?
13 August 2026
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Bangladesh and the question of indigenous peoples
13 August 2026
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The invisible crisis: Why Bangladesh must wake up to its data vulnerability
12 August 2026
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Why an independent BBS is essential for Bangladesh’s future
In an age where policy decisions must be data-driven and evidence-based, the integrity and independence of national statistics are paramount.
25 July 2025
Having their say: Well-being, choice and voice of Bangladeshi women
Development is all about enlarging freedoms for all so that every human being can pursue the choices they value and raise their voices in support of those choices.
18 July 2025
Our Disaster, Their Management
Over the past 54 years, Bangladesh has made remarkable strides in disaster management, transforming itself from one of the world’s most vulnerable countries into a global example of resilience and preparedness.
11 July 2025
How chhorra guli inflicts social death on protesters
Imagine a weapon so “magical” it allows a regime to crush dissent without creating martyrs.
4 July 2025
How you shouldn't study Bangladesh
The education sector needs to stay free of partisan politics as the emotions and violence related to such activity, if taken to an excess, can be detrimental to inquiry and considered thought.
1 July 2025
Bangladesh’s constitutional journey revisited: A battleground of people’s power and political control
The Constitution of Bangladesh, adopted in 1972 following the nation’s struggle for independence, stands as a testament to the collective aspirations of a people determined to shape their destiny through democratic self-rule and participatory governance.
27 June 2025
A Social Vision for Dhaka’s Housing
The promise of shelter is broken in plain sight
20 June 2025
Fulfilling Uprising's Aspirations: Correction Before Election?
In recent times, the BNP has demanded an early December 2025 election
19 June 2025
Stereotypes, struggle, and survival: Reclaiming the Story Behind Mofiz
For a long time, people have made the derogatory word mofiz synonymous with the residents of the Rangpur region.
13 June 2025
Choking waters: The dangerous decline of oxygen in Dhaka’s peripheral rivers
Bangladesh, often described as a land of rivers, is criss-crossed by more than 230 major and minor waterways.
30 May 2025
The Kajoli model: Learning with laughter, growing with joy
“Who will pick up the duck’s photo?”
The moment Rafia Sonamoni posed the question to a group of 26 children, four eager hands shot up, accompanied by excited shouts of, “I will!”
23 May 2025
Beyond development paradox & unnayan without democracy
As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.
16 May 2025
Stop software piracy to prevent US tariffs
Trump’s proposed 37 percent tariff on Bangladeshi products would have crippled our economy; fortunately, the rate was reduced to a more manageable 10 percent.
8 May 2025
Dhaka's deadly air: What we know and what we can do
Dhaka's air is a stew of brick kiln soot, exhaust fumes, construction dust, and factory emissions
16 March 2025
Brains before bridges: Prioritising human capital over infrastructure
A glance at the recent history of the world’s most developed nations reveals a compelling truth: no country has ever achieved sustainable development without first investing in education and research.
29 December 2024
The Faces behind ‘Made in Bangladesh’
In a conversation with Lamia Karim, professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon, Eugene, about her research on Bangladesh's RMG workers.
24 November 2024
Sharing of Ganges water: What looms after 2026?
In 1976, a mass procession led by a nearly 80-year-old peasant leader, Maulana Bhasani, from Dhaka to the Indo-Bangladesh Border drew huge attention from national and international media.
18 February 2024
Bangladesh's new data protection act: brittle shield or blunt sword?
The Government of Bangladesh is drafting a data protection and localisation law (“draft data protection act, DPA” or “the law”), which, once enacted, will be the first of its kind data privacy law in Bangladesh.
12 September 2021