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11 September 2026
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THE THIRD VIEW
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Tea workers deserve fair wages, and BNP is pledge-bound to deliver them
10 September 2026
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Loan defaults and a world championship we did not need
10 September 2026
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OPEN SKY
Ferdous Steel probe answered how the workers died, but not why
10 September 2026
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The RMG paradox: Growth, global dependence, and sustainability
9 September 2026
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What good will abolishing Rab do if its machinery is not dismantled?
9 September 2026
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It’s time to look forward with our fashion partners
We need to look at what the business community needs from our state and non-state institutions.
12 August 2024
The fall of a dictator should not give rise to another
The blood and sacrifice of hundreds of people freed Bangladesh from the tyrannical leadership of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
12 August 2024
Can the government govern itself?
The problem with parties in Bangladesh is that their activism relies on backward-looking and person-centric politics and revolves around a single leader.
12 August 2024
Misinformation campaigns and the future of Bangladesh-India relations
Many verified accounts on X are reporting rumours as actual news and sometimes just outright propagating fake news.
11 August 2024
Why student volunteering should be a part of school curriculum
Formalising student community service ensure that their contributions are recognised and valued.
11 August 2024
Let people, not political parties, decide interim govt’s role
The interim government should call for a plebiscite along with a reform agenda and estimated timeframe to achieve them.
11 August 2024
Can our walls make space for our dissent?
The walls of Dhaka city represent the volume and chaos of thousands of people jostling for ever-shrinking space.
11 August 2024
How the new leadership can best utilise this fresh start
Not many nations have the opportunity to make a fresh start in the right direction, such as Bangladesh does today.
11 August 2024
A pathway to transformative governance
The selection, prioritisation and delivery of those reforms will determine whether this moment in our country’s history is a new dawn or a false one.
10 August 2024
Whom is the propaganda on X for?
The disinformation game is now increasingly a part of our political makeup.
10 August 2024
Lessons learnt: Partisan student politics must be banned
It is deplorable how the previous government did not find it shameful to allow students to be harassed, beaten, and even killed to satisfy political desires.
10 August 2024
The power of education in ‘Bangla Bashanta'
Identity and ideology politics also played an essential role in brewing the Bangla Bashanta.
10 August 2024
Vision 2050 for the valiant sons and daughters of the soil
The future is in your hands, dear students. Shape it with an unwavering commitment to the greater good of our beloved nation.
9 August 2024
The walls of Dhaka: Canvases of protest or eyesores?
As a literature student from North South University put it, "Slangs are part of our language. And it's difficult to express frustration and anger without using slangs.
9 August 2024
Strategic approaches to mitigate rumours in Bangladesh
In recent weeks, Bangladesh has been swept up in a wave of rumours circulating across social media.
9 August 2024
The opportunity to reform Bangladesh must not be wasted
We Bangladeshis have a special strength, which enables us to form mass uprisings and put up resistance.
9 August 2024
Will the interim government be truly anti-discriminatory?
We expect that those who form the interim government will respect difference–be it of gender, religion, ethnicity, or language.
8 August 2024
How to get out of the constitutional gridlock?
The “interim” government will have to operate beyond the constitutional scheme as the current one does not endorse an interim
8 August 2024
What we need for a new Bangladesh
While challenges remain, there is a unique opportunity to reform and progress toward a better democracy.
8 August 2024
Revolution to reform: The long and arduous path to lasting democratic change
The necessary steps that must be taken in consultation with the constitution for a just democracy in Bangladesh.
8 August 2024