For nearly 50 years, Bangladesh has been one of the world’s favourite outliers. Born in the trauma of 1971 with a shattered economy and a population of 75 million, the country was summarily dismissed as a “basket case.”

Our country is a riverine land. Rivers are deeply intertwined with the very formation of this land. Yet, even today, the definition of a river has not been finalised in Bangladesh.

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf (KKA): River-realm or river-sphere, or, in a technical sense, river ecology, has been a recurring topic in our many conversations.

The labour market worldwide is going through major transformations driven by climate change.

The rivers and canals of Bangladesh are being made to die. Bangladesh is a country of water, where land and water are entwined and ever shifting.

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains prevalent and significant in Bangladesh, deeply rooted in our patriarchal norms, despite notable progress in overall economic and political participation over the decades since our liberation.

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows of Japanese hiragana.

Stand in the middle of the High Barind in late April, and you are standing on one of the most geologically distinct surfaces in Bangladesh.

In the recent reform efforts initiated by the interim government, significant attention has been paid to elections, electoral politics, and fundamental rights, yet a critical question remains largely unaddressed:

If neofeudal capitalism continues its expansion, the question is not whether democracies will survive, but what kind of political order they will transform into.

Strategically positioned along the northern edge of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh exercises jurisdiction over roughly 118,813 square kilometres of maritime space.

Strengthening the veterinary sector is not a technocratic afterthought; it is a strategic imperative.

In South Asia, the mob has evolved into a calculated tool for political mobilisation and social policing.

Teesta has led to the collapse of traditional livelihoods in fishing and agriculture.

One widespread belief is that the worst air is outdoors, and that by staying inside, individuals can avoid its harms.

The entire Indo-Burma Ranges are being squeezed, potentially building stress on the megathrust that will be released in a large earthquake.

A landscape where the natural defences that once protected the island are now dismantled.

Historic move expected to reshape court governance and restore public trust in justice delivery.

The digital space, which should have unsettled hierarchies, has instead operationalised them.

Bangladesh’s roads are killing fields not by accident, but by design.