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Jannatul Naym Pieal

Jannatul Naym Pieal is a Bangladesh-based writer, researcher and journalist. He can be reached at jn.pieal@gmail.com

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Is Bangladesh prepared for the next food shock?

2 HOUR(s)
Bangladesh faces a severe food security crisis driven by global fertiliser shortages, rising fuel prices, and El Niño.
2 HOUR(s)
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What 2026 BNP can learn from 2002 BNP about talking law and order

30 September 2026
In October 2002, marking one year in office during BNP’s second term, the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia went on state television and radio and told the country that law and order had not improved as fast or as much as people had expected, and her government needed more time to fix it.
30 September 2026
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The answer to children’s online risks is not a social media ban

28 September 2026
The killing of 13-year-old Ishiat Shahriar Oprotim in Cumilla has ignited a debate, among others, over children’s access to digital media, with some asking: is it time for Bangladesh to ban social media for children under 16?
28 September 2026
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Can Tarique Rahman’s plan break the Rohingya repatriation deadlock?

28 September 2026
Can Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s five-point plan overcome the political, security and legal obstacles blocking Rohingya repatriation?
28 September 2026
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What the decline in hilsa production tells us about our changing rivers

17 September 2026
Hilsa was never just a fish. It is roughly 1 percent of Bangladesh’s GDP, a source of livelihood for nearly seven lakh fishermen.
17 September 2026
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AI’s own builders are calling for a slowdown, and they deserve to be heard

15 September 2026
We may still be far from autonomous superintelligence, but the pace itself creates a safety problem.
15 September 2026
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Hot take / If the 1980s and '90s were so great, who built the present?

9 September 2026
The generation nostalgic for a supposedly better Bangladesh is also the generation that spent decades shaping the country Gen Z inherited
9 September 2026
Chinese scam networks in Bangladesh

Is Bangladesh the next base for Chinese scam networks?

7 September 2026
A major cyber-fraud raid in Cox’s Bazar raises questions about whether Bangladesh could become a new base for transnational scams.
7 September 2026
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Can tourist visa resumption mend our bilateral ties with India?

Anti-Bangladesh rhetoric continues to emanate from influential quarters in West Bengal and across India’s political discourse, which has real consequences. It shapes how ordinary Indians perceive Bangladeshis and creates a climate in which hostility—at immigration counters and in public spaces—may become culturally normalised, making the stay of Bangladeshis anywhere in India fraught with anxiety and insecurity.
27 June 2026
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Why fencing the Myanmar frontier alone won’t work

A line on a map cannot contain a war economy, armed actors, or a collapsing frontier next door.
18 June 2026
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How to choose the right AI for the right task

Artificial intelligence has genuinely made our creative and professional lives easier — whether you are a writer staring down a deadline, a researcher drowning in documents, or simply someone trying to get through a long to-do list.
14 June 2026
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What the 57th border talks refused to say about BSF killings and push-ins

When diplomatic talks fail, the language of their conclusion is usually the last to admit it.
14 June 2026
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Do Mamata and the Trinamool Congress have a political future?

Mamata’s rump would be Trinamool Lite — still around, still vocal, but no longer the machinery through which Bengal’s political economy ran.
11 June 2026
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By ‘justifying’ border killings, has the home minister conceded the Indian narrative?

On June 2, with a border conference six days away, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed spoke to reporters at the Secretariat and dismantled decades of Bangladeshi advocacy in a single sweep.
4 June 2026
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What can stop India's push-ins?

As India intensifies deportation efforts, Bangladesh faces growing pressure at a border increasingly shaped by politics.
3 June 2026
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Beyond one cancelled film screening

On Saturday, a group of film enthusiasts in Brahmanbaria planned to do something entirely ordinary: watch a film together, discuss it, and go home.
2 June 2026
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Bobby Hajjaj may have retreated, but was he actually wrong?

Lost in the storm of institutional pride was a more uncomfortable question: was Bobby Hajjaj actually wrong? The short answer is: not substantially.
30 May 2026
‘Bonolota Express’ takes off: cast revealed

Who really wrote what you loved in Bonolota Express?

The movie is an adaptation of a Humayun Ahmed book, but two screenwriters gave it life for the screen
27 May 2026
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East Bengal’s victory and the memory of lost homes

East Bengal winning the Indian Super League symbolises profound cultural vindication for displaced refugees facing political anxieties.
24 May 2026
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‘I don't want justice’: The deeper danger behind one father’s words

In Dhaka’s Pallabi, an eight-year-old was raped and murdered inside a neighbouring flat on May 19. Her body was dismembered in an attempt to conceal the crime.
23 May 2026
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Dhaka should confront the Arakan Army’s abduction of fishermen

On the morning of March 28, 2026, some 13 Bangladeshi fishermen left Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf before dawn, as generations before them had done, to pull nets from the Naf River.
19 May 2026
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The puppets we become: Reading Manik Bandopadhyay in 2026

In 2026, this narrative cuts deeper than ever. Millions live as modern Shoshis — outwardly functional yet existentially adrift.
19 May 2026
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Have we lost our moral limits?

As Kaarina's father typed out his farewell in the small hours of this morning, strangers were celebrating. Not quietly. Loudly, gleefully, with religious invocations, sexual slurs, and -- in the most depraved corners of social media -- threats to rape her corpse.
16 May 2026
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What will stop killings at the Bangladesh–India border?

Persistent killings along the Bangladesh-India border expose deepening impunity, nationalist politics, and failures of accountability mechanisms today.
16 May 2026
rising child deaths from measles in Bangladesh

Measles outbreak and the politics of convenience

“For the past two months, innocent children have been dying, and there has been no discussion about it in parliament. No one is taking responsibility.
14 May 2026
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What Trump-Xi summit means for Bangladesh

As Trump and Xi reshape global rivalry, Bangladesh faces new economic risks, strategic pressures, and industrial opportunities.
13 May 2026
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Bangladesh’s youth unemployment crisis is turning migration into a deadly gamble

On May 2, 28-year-old Md Riyad Rashid from Kishoreganj was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack near the Russia-Ukraine border while serving with Russian forces. His friend Limon Dutta, who was injured in the same attack, informed the family and said another Bangladeshi had died beside him.
12 May 2026
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What we can learn from Sweden’s rethink of digital classrooms

While smart technologies can make classrooms more engaging, they cannot replace skilled teachers or structured instruction. Traditional teaching allows for a slower, more gradual learning experience that helps students engage with ideas while also fostering direct, face-to-face interaction with teachers.
10 May 2026

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