134th birth anniversary of Suhrawardy / Suhrawardy and the tensions that shaped his politics
8 September 2026
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Views
Rethinking debt management for developing countries
8 September 2026
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MACRO MIRROR
How the new plastic waste rules fall short for micro and cottage enterprises
8 September 2026
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Views
International Literacy Day / Why Bangladesh needs a new approach to literacy
8 September 2026
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Views
Can MUN Alert help bring missing children home safely?
7 September 2026
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Views
When can political rivals in Bangladesh safely distrust each other?
7 September 2026
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Views
Ninth pay scale: A salary hike alone won't curb corruption in public service
7 September 2026
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Opinion
Bangladesh’s ‘Tesla’ crisis is really a crisis of regulation
6 September 2026
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Views
Laldia can handle bigger ships, but can the inland network keep up?
7 September 2026
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Opinion
Our universities face a crisis bigger than graduate employability
6 September 2026
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Views
Political expediency and the narratives of our liberation
It was evident on March 26 how political parties do not dither to propagate alternative narratives of our independence and the 1971 Liberation War purely for expediency.
7 April 2025
World Physical Activity Day: Be active for health and well-being
The World Health Organization (WHO) designated this day in 2002 to promote physical activity and its role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
6 April 2025
Dhaka's traffic through a visitor's eyes
Slowness aside, what baffled her most was the complete unpredictability of Dhaka's vehicular movement.
6 April 2025
The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh
The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh has been an intellectual adventure.
6 April 2025
Trump's tariff war: How Bangladesh can mitigate its economic impact
Since taking oath in January, US President Donald Trump has made raising tariffs on foreign goods a cornerstone of his foreign policy.
6 April 2025
An unfinished struggle: Democracy, identity and reform
The interview explores the evolving narrative of democracy in Bangladesh since 1971.
6 April 2025
CAAB’s monopoly is a barrier to aviation growth
CAAB has yet to succeed in building a healthy aviation sector.
5 April 2025
The pervasive curse of toxic masculinity
The real issue here is power and control over women’s bodies and space.
5 April 2025
Rebuilding trust in global trade: The case for multilateralism in the Trump era
If Bangladesh exports fabric to a country assembling garments for the US, American tariffs on those final products can sharply reduce demand for Bangladeshi inputs.
5 April 2025
Are we trading away our privacy for comfort?
Perhaps the question is not whether we can live without privacy, but whether we are willing to.
5 April 2025
Dhaka's urban planning must balance growth and conservation
As Dhaka’s skyline rises, its agricultural lands and waterbodies are sinking under relentless urban sprawl.
4 April 2025
To combat poverty, we need to revamp social protection
Poverty in Bangladesh remains high, with climate change and inflation deepening hardships.
4 April 2025
The urgent need for a worker database
In the last one and a half decades, “digital Bangladesh” was probably one of the most uttered terms that is now found useless because of the absence of a digital information storage and management system in most sectors.
4 April 2025
Nation branding can bring out Bangladesh's global potential
Nation branding is a powerful strategy for harnessing untapped potentials in an interconnected disruptive economic landscape.
3 April 2025
We must adopt climate-smart urea management
Nitrogen runoff from excessive urea application contributes to water pollution and eutrophication
3 April 2025
Are we ready to heed Mother Nature’s warning in time?
Let’s panic while we still have time. Because the only thing worse than an earthquake is realising it could’ve been survivable if we’d done something.
3 April 2025
A legal roadmap to recovering stolen assets
Bangladesh needs rigorous legal strategy to reclaim its illegally transferred assets.
3 April 2025
The fact-checking boom: A growing industry or a fading promise?
The growth in number and scope of fact-checking projects is a testament to our collective hunger for clarity in a chaotic world.
2 April 2025
Decentralising Bangladesh is the way to efficient governance, equitable development
Currently, the country’s administrative and judicial structures remain heavily centralised, creating bottlenecks in service delivery.
1 April 2025
Can our month-long book fair survive the test of time?
The book fair was not just an event for us, it was a reflection of our love for Bangla language and literature.
31 March 2025