Zia Haider Rahman
Zia Haider Rahman, a former international human rights lawyer and head of research at Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), is the author of the novel ‘In the Light of What We Know.’ His X handle is @ziahaiderrahman.
Fixing a broken education system
8 February 2026
Unless education reform is placed centre stage, within a decade, Bangladesh will be locked in with a woefully undereducated workforce for years to come.
8 February 2026
Our expectations of this government should match its competence
20 December 2024
If we grasp that our expectations were unrealistic, a decline in our expectations of the interim government need not entail a sense of disappointment.
20 December 2024
Government must make itself available to questions from the press
20 October 2024
Bangladesh needs a properly resourced and responsive IG press office, one that regards its audience as the nation and not the elite.
20 October 2024
We must focus first on constitutional process, not content
12 September 2024
A new era with a new populace doesn’t just need a new constitutional dispensation but a new way of arriving at such a dispensation.
12 September 2024