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A CLOSER LOOK

Tasneem Tayeb

A CLOSER LOOK

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A preventable outbreak in a system that did not act in time

12 April 2026
In March alone, amid a sudden measles outbreak, some 229 patients died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) awaiting ICU beds. Ninety-one of the deceased were children. Many died on waiting lists, never receiving the treatment they needed, and the numbers are still rising.
12 April 2026
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Time to strategise the long-term cost of energy stability

2 April 2026
The current approach has kept conditions stable for now, but it also risks something closer to Friedrich Nietzsche’s idea of recurrence, where what is unresolved does not disappear.
2 April 2026
Bangladesh energy sector crisis

Building energy resilience in an age of global shocks

16 March 2026
For Bangladesh, the latest tensions in the Middle East highlight how intricately national energy systems—and domestic economic stability—are now intertwined with global political developments.
16 March 2026
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Six years on, have we learnt our lessons from Covid?

8 March 2026
The memory of the pandemic crisis should serve as a reminder that pandemics do not just test hospitals; they also test the preparedness, coordination, and foresight of entire systems.
8 March 2026
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When coercion becomes a governance mechanism

3 March 2026
If dominance is present, the border between “agreement” and “compliance” becomes difficult to distinguish
3 March 2026
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Bangladesh’s foreign policy enters its post-election test

23 February 2026
The recently held parliamentary election in Bangladesh was watched more closely than usual.
23 February 2026
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The weight of a supermajority in parliament

16 February 2026
Large mandates are usually treated as moments of political triumph. In institutional terms, however, they are something else: a change in the conditions under which power operates.
16 February 2026
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Will this election pass the minority protection test?

9 February 2026
In late December, several houses of minority communities in Raozan and Rangunia upazilas of Chattogram were padlocked from outside and set on fire, forcing families to cut their way out to safety.
9 February 2026
Digital banks

With digital banks, we must proceed with caution

Launching digital banks could be a major positive milestone for the nation, but it could also turn into a digital nightmare.
13 September 2023
Bangladesh tourism sector

To develop tourism, give it a separate ministry

We need a shift away from how we currently view tourism.
6 September 2023
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Bangladesh, a constant victim of MLMs and ponzi schemes

Despite such crimes getting bigger in scale and more vicious with time, we have miserably failed to curb them.
29 August 2023
Drowning in a sea of distressed assets

Drowning in a sea of distressed assets

It is high time our authorities dealt with loan defaulters and money launderers with utmost importance.
23 August 2023
Dengue situation Bangladesh

Dengue situation shows why our health sector needs an overhaul

The authorities should investigate and identify what has brought this sector to its knees.
15 August 2023
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Rohingya repatriation: Easier said than done

Even if they go back to their homeland, what exactly is awaiting them there?
9 August 2023
Plight of trainee doctors

The untold plight of young medical professionals over paltry pay

The lives of postgraduate trainee doctors and young medical professionals in general are riddled with struggles.
2 August 2023
Sexual abuse of women in Manipur

The Manipur incident speaks volumes about the fate of minority women

The way the state government has handled the delicate situation in Manipur comes off as an attempt to implement the policy of polarisation that ends with minority suppression.
24 July 2023
Reshuffle in administration

Integrity does not deserve persecution

It seems that some kind of infectious cancerous disease has infected all our systems.
19 July 2023
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Bogged by internal tensions, Israel looks to Palestine for distraction

Since the beginning of the year, attacking Palestine has been Israel’s way of diverting people’s focus from political tensions at home.
11 July 2023
Tamim’s decision to retire

Tamim’s retirement saga shows why BCB must change

The rough way in which even stalwarts like Tamim and Shakib are handled speaks volumes about the overall mistreatment of players by the BCB.
8 July 2023
Bangladesh a drug trafficking hub

Bangladesh tops the wrong ranking, again

Drug lords are finding innovative ways – including manipulating the desperate Rohingya refugees – and new routes to bring drugs into the country.
4 July 2023
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Bangladesh cannot become smart with a gaping digital divide

Despite the Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041 turning into a central theme of the nation’s futuristic progress narrative, the digital divide remains a major issue.
21 June 2023
Elderly rickshaw pullers

In the land of elderly rickshaw pullers

What kind of a country do we live in where 60-year-olds are forced to pull rickshaws to earn livelihood?
14 June 2023
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An ominous feeling of being followed

Are we becoming complacent regarding our love-hate living arrangement with mosquitoes?
7 June 2023
Poultry industry

Big poultry caging small farmers

The decreasing number of poultry farms raise fears that there might be a shortfall in the supply of poultry in the market, pushing the prices up further.
31 May 2023
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The West should not meddle in Turkey's affairs

Turkey is heading for a run-off election that many international media outlets are terming “knife-edge,” and rightfully so, as vote banks are witnessing an almost 50-50 divide between both Erdogan’s ruling party (AK Party) and CHP’s Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu-led opposition coalition, called the Table of Six.
23 May 2023
Biman never fails to disappoint

Biman never fails to disappoint

It is a well-known and generally accepted fact that Biman is a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement.
16 May 2023
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Cox’s Bazar: Buried in waste

Cox’s Bazar is already ecologically vulnerable, especially in the aftermath of the clearing of more than 8,000 acers of reserved forest land to accommodate and provide for the Rohingya refugees.
10 May 2023
Eviction of marginalised communities

Eviction of marginalised communities: Exploited by all

The authorities have, over the years, failed to ensure dignified rehabilitation of the victims in the aftermath of evictions.
3 May 2023

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