India's hydropower projects, power corridor, and our concerns
Bangladesh will face intensified water shortage in its rivers if India goes ahead with constructing so many hydropower projects by building dams upstream of the Brahmaputra.
30 September 2024
From Felani Khatun to Swarna Das: When will border killings by BSF end?
The killing of people by BSF on the Bangladesh-India border has not stopped.
5 September 2024
Statistics given by Hasina regime need urgent correction
One of the reasons why the country’s economy fell into a big crisis during the Hasina regime is the manipulation of statistics.
2 September 2024
What can Bangladesh learn from Tunisia’s experience?
We can learn from Tunisia's experiences of success and failure in the path of democratic transition
22 August 2024
Killings during quota reform movement: Crossing the red line
The red line crossed by the government while suppressing the quota reform movement with authoritarian aggression is completely different
30 July 2024
How the cyberspace is being manipulated
This is not the first time that government propaganda efforts have been exposed by Meta/Facebook.
14 July 2024
The Teesta management project presents new challenges before Bangladesh
If Bangladesh cannot get an equitable share of the water from upstream, the Teesta crisis will not be resolved.
27 June 2024
Benazir's corruption and the crisis of accountability
Benazir's case shows that top police and Rab officials can abuse power for personal gains without any accountability.
16 June 2024
Break the syndicates, not the dreams of Malaysia-bound workers
It appears that the government is not interested in taking even the minimal responsibilities regarding the migrant workers.
4 June 2024
In a parliament of businessmen, conflicts of interest reign supreme
With a parliament dominated by businessmen and their interests, who is going to hold them to account?
26 May 2024
Why must the public bear the burden of capacity charges?
There is no justification for raising electricity prices four times a year
12 May 2024
Bangladesh’s ever-neglected working class
Even after half a century of independence, most of the working people in Bangladesh are far from enjoying fundamental workers' rights.
1 May 2024
Why do so many Bangladeshi migrant workers die abroad?
Bangladesh needs to take initiative to investigate migrant workers' deaths and ensure proper compensation from the destination countries.
5 April 2024
Why open-pit coal mining in Phulbari will be disastrous
The coal bed of Bangladesh differs from that of many other places in the world, where the water table is found usually below the coal bed, not above as in Bangladesh.
30 March 2024
Why is the irrigation water crisis not getting due attention?
With all three pumps of the Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Irrigation Project out of order, hundreds of thousands of farmers are in a deep crisis.
12 March 2024
Why not to privatise fuel oil refinery
It seems that the government is creating a new threat of the quality and price of refined fuel oil being manipulated by permitting private companies to import and refine crude oil
2 March 2024
Why is Bangladesh Railway struggling despite huge investment?
Despite thousands of crores of taka being invested in various infrastructure development projects in the railway sector, the crisis of Bangladesh Railway (BR) doesn’t seem to end.
25 February 2024
Why is our tannery industry stunted?
One of the main reasons is non-compliance with Environmental, Social, and Quality (ESQ) standards
5 February 2024
Structural killings, not road ‘accidents’
Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.
17 January 2024
A review of the 2024 electoral drama
The fact that a fair and impartial election is not possible under the ruling party’s government has become clear once again.
8 January 2024