Will this be the budget that transforms education?
13 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Opinion
From a shrine pond to a Mirpur flat: We keep mourning what we fail to protect
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
The economics behind education choices in Bangladesh
23 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
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 Ideological Elephant in the NCTB Textbooks
The newly introduced textbooks for Grades 1, 6 and 7, prepared by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), have created quite a stir.
27 January 2023, 15:00 PM
Welcome to the Machine
The pressure to write more, become more visible, master more, and claim mastery over issues beyond one’s discipline or format can make one seek shortcuts.
20 January 2023, 14:00 PM
Afterthoughts on Dhaka Lit Fest
Is it possible for art to be an ally in promoting the climate conversation?
13 January 2023, 13:00 PM
Parting thoughts for 2022
Can you define 2022 in one word? A word that captures the mood and the mode of a year that’s passed?
30 December 2022, 15:16 PM
Supporting a team so far away
The curious case of Bangladeshi supporters taking up sides in the football feud between Brazil and Argentina has caught the attention of international media.
23 December 2022, 16:00 PM
Coping with the mystery of Fardin's death
We can do justice to Fardin’s memory by creating a system that makes sense.
17 December 2022, 02:00 AM
From Grading to De-grading
We need to change the mindset of grade glorification.
11 December 2022, 14:00 PM
Hatirjheel: A City Respite
One of the pleasures of my daily commute to work is experiencing the lakefront at Hatirjheel.
2 December 2022, 14:00 PM
'Hypocrite reader – my twin – my brother!'
Qatar's hosting of the FIFA World Cup has created a storm of controversy in Western media
25 November 2022, 19:00 PM
Spending All for Nothing
Education abroad does not always come with golden opportunities
19 November 2022, 04:00 AM
Questioning the questions
We live in an intolerant time where everything is suspected.
11 November 2022, 11:39 AM
How reality could imitate representation
The simple fact is that not all teachers and students have the empathy to accommodate people with different abilities.
4 November 2022, 14:00 PM
Something is rotten in the state of things
The irony is, the top bureaucrats, who fail to secure our national interests, have no qualms in claiming the larger share of the development pie for themselves.
28 October 2022, 15:00 PM
Walking in the city
The stories come alive when you walk in the city and meet the faces that form the mass.
21 October 2022, 14:00 PM
University ranking announcement and the morning after
The oldest private university in Bangladesh is giving its oldest public university a run for its money.
14 October 2022, 12:15 PM
Is it too easy to become a professor in Bangladesh?
The academic rank diagram needs to look like a pyramid where few professors are located at the apex.
7 October 2022, 15:00 PM
To kill a mocking monster
What prompted those devoted pilgrims in Panchagarh to ride an overcrowded boat and join a death march on the Korotoa River?
30 September 2022, 13:30 PM
Is it Destination Death for our migrant workers?
Five hundred deaths a month. Is that natural?
23 September 2022, 18:00 PM
The government’s search for a columnist
There is nothing wrong with such a strategy of recruiting media operatives. However, the open nature of the search robs the ploy of its X-factor and thereby self-sabotages its purpose.
16 September 2022, 16:00 PM
Leave private universities out of BCL politics
The private universities are doing just fine without the presence of partisan politics.
9 September 2022, 14:00 PM