The economy of premium education and parental anxiety
16 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Mohammadpur and the reality of urban crimes in Dhaka
9 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
An open letter to Limon and Bristy
3 May 2026, 10:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Cox’s Bazar at the crossroads of beauty without design
18 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Blended learning in an energy crisis: Innovation or institutional amnesia?
11 April 2026, 08:00 AM
Opinion
Austerity and the crisis of fuel, confidence and coordination
4 April 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
The surcharge of Eid-time tragedies
28 March 2026, 08:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
The unfinished promise to Bangladesh’s women
14 March 2026, 02:15 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
When our indifference breaks our children
7 March 2026, 01:16 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Depoliticise institutions, not ideas
28 February 2026, 01:06 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
We need more than air purifiers to clean up Dhaka’s air
It’s easy to dismiss Dhaka as an unliveable city. The challenge is to replace that tantrum with the determination to make the city better.
10 May 2025, 02:00 AM
The crisis of a fossilised education system
It will be a crime to miss the post-uprising zeitgeist and not to overhaul our educational sector.
3 May 2025, 05:59 AM
KUET protests and the evolving student-university relations
KUET has exposed systemic weakness in conflict resolution.
26 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Eid in a time of uncertainty and change
To bring back confidence, the rule of law must be established.
29 March 2025, 03:00 AM
Building a future for Bangladeshi football
To make the imported inspiration sustainable, we need to create an ecosystem for our players.
22 March 2025, 05:00 AM
Will the UN chief’s visit put the focus back on the Rohingya issue?
The Rohingya refugees in the Cox’s Bazar camps are about to face a situation worse than they have been enduring.
15 March 2025, 04:12 AM
Why Bangladeshis flee for medical treatment, and how to stop it
In 2023, there was a 48 percent spike in the number of outgoing Bangladeshi patients compared to the previous year.
8 March 2025, 02:00 AM
The many faces of gender-based violence and herd mentality
The announcement of the Bangla Academy Prize without a female nominee continued the trend.
8 February 2025, 04:00 AM
Why the seven colleges want out of Dhaka University
The demand of the students of seven colleges reflect a strong desire for autonomy and better academic conditions.
1 February 2025, 02:00 AM
Indigenous debate: A nation’s heart beats in every leaf
The factual words of reports often fail to capture the inward, private world of the “minority.”
25 January 2025, 05:00 AM
An analysis of the constitutional reform proposal
The nine-member Constitutional Reform Commission, headed by Prof Ali Riaz, has recommended significant changes to our current constitution.
18 January 2025, 02:00 AM
Neoliberal education, student rebellion, and institutional stability
Students play a crucial role as change agents, but their activism should focus on systemic improvements instead of individual retribution.
4 January 2025, 04:00 AM
From crisis to change: The right education can sustain the revolution
Standing on the isthmus of change, we must avoid any form of myopia.
28 December 2024, 02:00 AM
Citizens, too, must step up to ensure our food security
The liberalisation of trade has changed the agricultural heart of our nation.
21 December 2024, 03:00 AM
Martyrs and memory
We should use Martyred Intellectuals Day as an opportunity to meaningfully engage with their memories.
14 December 2024, 02:00 AM
As the world changes, so must our English education
English is not a colonial relic but a necessity. It is the language of the internet, social media, and global culture.
7 December 2024, 02:00 AM
City tails: Coexisting with stray animals in urban spaces
In the urban spaces across Bangladesh, we need to adopt a model of human-non-human relations that is both practical and moral.
30 November 2024, 04:00 AM
Of frequent demands and conspiracies
Are the apparitions of political sectarianism making a reappearance in Bangladesh?
23 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Meeting of minds: How Dhaka University became a part of Bose-Einstein legacy
There are lessons to be learnt from the way Dhaka became part of the intellectual map of the world.
9 November 2024, 04:00 AM
Jack and the Beanstalk revisited
We laugh, but deep down, there is a hidden admiration and approval for such deception. Is there any connection between our folkloric fascination with trickery and our public endorsement of such behaviour by our leaders?
2 November 2024, 02:00 AM