Bangladesh’s health budgeting system remains centralised and input-driven. Budgets are prepared and approved according to detailed expenditure codes, leaving managers with little flexibility to respond to changing needs during implementation.

This year, July 4 marks 250 years of US independence. Happy Birthday, America. But, truth be told, America outrages and frustrates me.

Was the US-Israel-led war on Iran inevitable? If so, why?

Not long ago, if a curious student in Dhaka wanted to read about the philosophy of Ibn Rushd, an Andalusian polymath and jurist, or if a farmer in Rajshahi wanted to understand soil pH levels, or if a young woman in Sylhet dreamt of learning French, they were largely on their own.

After every major healthcare tragedy in Bangladesh, the pattern of public response follows a sequence of shock, grief, investigations, suspensions, legal proceedings, and promises of reform.

Two text messages appeared on my phone on Thursday evening as I came out of cinema after watching Tan Siyou’s Amoeba, a Singaporean film about teenage girls suffocating within an extremely controlled system.

In July last year, 11 Bangladeshi women beat hosts Myanmar and became the lowest-ranked team in history to qualify for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

Bangladesh now has seven nationally declared marine protected or marine reserve areas, and the announcement has been presented as a milestone for the country’s blue economy.

Europe is melting, and your heatwave reservation is now confirmed at the Climate Crisis Club.

The Hasanul Haq Inu verdict is being read too narrowly if it is treated only as a question of whether 10 years of imprisonment is too little or too much.

When Bangladeshi girls do not see women’s football on prime-time television, when the coaches lack proper grounds, when the federation treats women players as an afterthought, they are not just experiencing market forces, they are experiencing the downstream consequences of institutional choices made across generations.

Love, as innocent as one can imagine, folds into new political contestation in the ongoing divisive politics dominating Bangladesh-India relations.

What Monwar achieved in life is multifarious, as he was always searching for new art forms to move beyond conventional thinking.

The upcoming budget implementation process provides an opportunity to recognise that professional freight drivers are not simply transport workers but strategic national assets.

The Rohingya refugee crisis remains one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies.

Bangladesh has made significant progress in reducing child and maternal mortality and infectious diseases over the past few decades.

The University of Dhaka (DU) observes its 105th anniversary on July 1, 2026.

This week marked another milestone for Islamic finance in Bangladesh.

All emitters, big and small, have to agree to a fair and justly differentiated response, and the sooner the global community agrees to a practicable solution, the better it is for us and our planet.

The proposed national budget for FY2026-27 brings a flicker of hope for Bangladesh’s struggling healthcare system.