Reading Nazrul in an age of inequality
24 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is widely known as the “Rebel Poet”, but he was also a profound “Poet of Equality”. Nazrul’s ideas about equality emerged from the realities of his own life.
24 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The other side of the Eid-ul-Azha economy
22 May 2026, 12:00 PM
Eid-ul-Azha is, without a doubt, a festival of joy. It is also at the centre of a wide range of economic activities, i.e. the demand and supply of sacrificial animals, various rituals associated with the sacrifice itself, a seasonal leather market driven by the animal hides produced, Eid shopping, etc.
22 May 2026, 12:00 PM
Tagore’s radical vision for rural Bengal
7 May 2026, 12:43 PM
Rabindranath pointed to one particular path for rural advancement: the strategy of a cooperative approach.
7 May 2026, 12:43 PM
Who is left behind?
28 April 2026, 11:16 AM
Universal human development requires dismantling systemic barriers and aligning policy with the 2030 Agenda for global inclusion.
28 April 2026, 11:16 AM
Turning youth into our greatest economic strength — Can we?
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
The greatest wealth of a nation is neither its geographical size, nor its natural resources, but its skilled young human resources.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
How interlinked crises are driving a more unequal and unstable world
26 November 2025, 05:00 AM
All these phenomena not only impact the environmental sustainability of our planet, but also affect the global inequality and instability.
26 November 2025, 05:00 AM
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
The fundamental question is what can be done for the well-being of domestic workers in Bangladesh.
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Girls must grow up in a safe environment to lead our future
11 October 2025, 13:56 PM
Why is violence against children, especially girls, increasing, and what can be done to stop it?
11 October 2025, 13:56 PM
Counting what counts in development
To most people, “development” is best measured by the quantity of change – like gains in average income, life expectancy, or years spent in school. The Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure of national progress that my office at the United Nations Development Programme oversees, combines all three statistics to rank countries relative to one another.
17 September 2017, 18:00 PM