Column by Mahfuz Anam / PM continues to build confidence, BNP corrodes it
4 September 2026
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Views
Bangladesh’s digital transformation still needs human intermediaries
4 September 2026
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Views
Nepal’s claim for climate compensation and why it matters for us
4 September 2026
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Views
Time to draw up a reform roadmap for LDC graduation
4 September 2026
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Bangladesh’s climate pledges need political ownership
3 September 2026
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Opinion
Ninth pay scale / Govt jobs are getting better, but what about the private sector?
3 September 2026
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Opinion
A cautionary tale from Louisiana for the Padma barrage
2 September 2026
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Opinion
We take lab reports on trust. How can we make them more reliable?
2 September 2026
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Views
Tarique Rahman’s India visit and the end of automatic deference
1 September 2026
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Views
What Nepal’s devastating floods teach us about climate vulnerability
2 September 2026
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Views
What lies behind the Jamaat chief's 'civil war' remark?
It is customary for politicians to campaign against the other side: the opposition speaks against the government and the government against the opposition.
26 June 2026
FY2026-27 budget targets: A bridge too far?
The quality of budget implementation will determine whether investment is stimulated, inflation is reduced, and new jobs are created as planned.
25 June 2026
Advance tax on retailers: A smart reform or a burden on businesses?
Once a cost becomes unrecoverable, it does not disappear.
25 June 2026
Amid water-sharing uncertainty, rainwater harvesting deserves greater focus
Bangladesh has nine months left on a treaty it cannot afford to lose, and no fallback plan if it does.
25 June 2026
Why Keir Starmer's fall should surprise no one
That such a commanding mandate could dissolve so completely and so quickly suggests the problem runs deeper than any one leader’s failures.
25 June 2026
Bangladesh’s digital future can’t be built without addressing women’s fear
For millions of women, the digital world has become another unsafe street.
24 June 2026
Starmer’s resignation signals constraint, not virtue
Keir Starmer’s resignation is being presented as a dignified submission to democratic accountability.
24 June 2026
A bigger ADP, but can Bangladesh make it work?
The proposed national budget for FY2026-27 is more than an outline of the government’s spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year.
24 June 2026
Public universities are still rationing women’s freedom
What many students describe is not just security management but behavioural policing.
24 June 2026
EVs make economic sense for us, so why is adoption still slow?
In the early noughties, Dhaka was choking on petrol and octane fumes, and it was then that the government pushed Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as the answer.
23 June 2026
77 years of Awami League: From people’s vanguard to an autocratic machine
The territory that constitutes Bangladesh has been a political hotbed since the dawn of the 20th century. The country entered a new era in August 1947, after the partition of India, including Bengal.
23 June 2026
Ad-din tragedy shows why every hospital needs an air quality alarm
On the morning of May 27, 2026, six newborns died within hours of each other in the post-operative ward of Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Dhaka’s Moghbazar.
23 June 2026
Serajul Islam Choudhury at 91: Critique, commitment, and change
Today—June 23—marks the ninety-first birthday of Serajul Islam Choudhury, our foremost intellectual and writer in Bangladesh.
23 June 2026
Is the UK heading for a leadership change at the top?
I cannot recall another British parliamentary by-election in recent years that generated such intense media attention.
22 June 2026
A case for turning Dhaka's flyovers into rainwater harvesters
On June 12, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Dhaka had experienced about 43 millimetres of rain in just two hours.
22 June 2026
Don’t leave Kaiputras behind in the name of development
In Dakshin Alipur of Satkhira Sadar upazila, a tragedy largely invisible to the wider public is unfolding. It’s taking place not in some remote char or forest but beside an important highway.
22 June 2026
A watchdog without teeth: The problems with the draft NHRC Act
On May 17, the law ministry unveiled the draft National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act, 2026, inviting public comments and feedback.
22 June 2026
Justice for the weak, immunity for the powerful
They also hurt diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India
21 June 2026
Budget 2026-2027: A structurally old yet inspirationally new budget
Economists may think differently, but it appears that politicians and bureaucrats think alike when it comes to framing the budget document.
21 June 2026
Are our laws doing enough to address gambling?
When Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced the launch of a nationwide coordinated drive against drugs and gambling in April, two uncomfortable yet necessary questions arose
21 June 2026