The RMG paradox: Growth, global dependence, and sustainability
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What good will abolishing Rab do if its machinery is not dismantled?
9 September 2026
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The fiscal risk of a pay rise without revenue reform
9 September 2026
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Opinion
Why are we weakening our human rights safeguards?
9 September 2026
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Who will pay for Nepal’s – and our – climate losses?
9 September 2026
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MIND THE GAP
134th birth anniversary of Suhrawardy / Suhrawardy and the tensions that shaped his politics
8 September 2026
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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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International Literacy Day / Why Bangladesh needs a new approach to literacy
8 September 2026
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Can MUN Alert help bring missing children home safely?
7 September 2026
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Let the girls of Bangladesh play
What happened in Joypurhat is dangerous, not just for sports but for our future.
31 January 2025
The inherent discrimination in our medical admission tests
Even after all this, when the quota system in admission tests remains, it begs the question of why we still need to favour a select group while sidelining other deserving candidates.
31 January 2025
Public health must prioritise disease prevention
There is a common confusion around the subject of health.
31 January 2025
Beyond martyrdom and momentum: The matrix of the 1969 mass movement
In the history of Bangladesh’s formation and its war against the military-bureaucratic regime of Pakistan, the 1969 mass uprising is a significant milestone.
31 January 2025
Reforms vs election: A distracting debate
Those who place the election above reforms undervalue the vital need for the latter.
30 January 2025
Collective responsibility, ministerial obligations, and bureaucratic accountability
It may be noted that a minister cannot disown the stance of his ministry with regard to important policy or executive decisions.
30 January 2025
For stability, holding the national election should be prioritised
The interim government is not mandated to oversee local elections. Its primary responsibility is to conduct parliamentary elections.
30 January 2025
Two cats in the yard
We move into 2025 with many heightened uncertainties.
30 January 2025
A federative university is needed to solve the 7-college issue
While this "unhappy marriage" has placed undue stress on all involved, the complexities of creating new universities necessitate careful consideration of various factors.
30 January 2025
‘The BRT project was flawed from the start’
Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, professor of civil engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), talks to Monorom Polok of The Daily Star about the maiden BRT line in Dhaka that opened last month.
30 January 2025
The DeepSeek Shockwave: Is the global AI capital steadily shifting to China?
Beijing’s mastery of AI-powered robotics, machine learning, and deep learning technologies have been demonstrated through several successful missions.
29 January 2025
Building a knowledge-based society
Do we question the information that floods our social media feeds or passively consume and share without critical evaluation?
29 January 2025
Rethinking the seven-college conundrum
The recent clashes between Dhaka University (DU) students and those of the seven affiliated colleges reflect a crisis that is far more profound than administrative inefficiencies or infrastructural shortcomings.
29 January 2025
Geopolitics rewritten: The Arakan Army’s unprecedented rise
After decades of centralised military control, the AA has shifted Rakhine’s power dynamics, emerging as the de facto authority.
29 January 2025
Who is afraid of the word ‘Indigenous’?
Bangladesh should lead by example by affording Indigenous people the rights they deserve.
28 January 2025
Who will save our villages from plastic pollution?
It is evident that plastic pollution is no longer an urban problem alone. Slowly, our villages are dying because of plastic litter.
28 January 2025
Dr Manmohan Singh: A brilliant political leader and visionary thinker
Religion was important for Manmohan, including religious customs.
28 January 2025
Government must save Panthakunja from the pillars of development
The interim government must prove that they are not a follower of the destructive development model of the past autocratic regime.
28 January 2025
Unlocking Bangladesh’s trade and investment potentials
Bangladesh must design and implement robust policy measures to encourage increased trade and investment.
28 January 2025
US presidential order suspends USAID projects: Should we panic?
The scale, magnitude, and rapidity of the executive order that has now paused all ongoing projects of USAID around the world is one of a kind in the history of aid.
27 January 2025