Column by Mahfuz Anam / Are we not forgetting the genocide of the Palestinians?
11 September 2026
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THE THIRD VIEW
25 years after 9/11, how did the ‘war on terror’ change the US?
11 September 2026
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Views
I survived enforced disappearance. Parliament has now weakened the safeguards
11 September 2026
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Views
World Suicide Prevention Day / Why changing how we talk about suicide matters for prevention
10 September 2026
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Views
Tea workers deserve fair wages, and BNP is pledge-bound to deliver them
10 September 2026
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Views
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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Views
The RMG paradox: Growth, global dependence, and sustainability
9 September 2026
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Views
What good will abolishing Rab do if its machinery is not dismantled?
9 September 2026
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Views
Tribute by Mahfuz Anam: Remembering the flagbearer of independent journalism
As we commemorate Latifur Rahman, we miss his presence, warmth and personal touch in championing the cause of independent journalism.
30 June 2024
What Washington Accord’s full signatory status means for Bangladesh’s engineering education
This puts Bangladesh on the world map as having attained an internationally bench-marked quality assurance system in engineering education.
30 June 2024
Who benefits from the power sector's white elephants?
Government officials involved have been allowed legal impunity under the provisions of this law.
30 June 2024
How healthy is the health budget?
Five experts share their views on this year’s health budget and its relation to key health sector challenges.
30 June 2024
Fallout from Starmer’s controversial comment about Bangladesh
UK’s Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has faced significant backlash after his recent comment where he singled out Bangladesh as a country from where people coming in should be sent back.
29 June 2024
Why Bangladesh needs a ministry for landscape design and management
Establishing such a ministry symbolises a collective commitment to transforming Bangladesh's landscape.
29 June 2024
Breaking chains through whistleblowing
Why does it matter for us when a foreign individual is free after such a long time?
29 June 2024
Costs of high-level corruption: Further down the kleptocratic route
Collusive abuse of power is a major reason why perpetrators of high-level corruption can get away scot-free in Bangladesh.
29 June 2024
The dreading calm before the hopeful storm?
The lack of goals for occasional football fans would be one reason why they seemed wearisome.
28 June 2024
The Bangladesh men’s cricket team is suffering from a crisis of trust
The truth is, the Tigers have exceeded pre-tournament expectations. Yet, at the same time, they have left fans bitterly disappointed.
28 June 2024
Assange is free, but are we?
I fought for years with and for Julian Assange. In what sense are we who breathe the fresh air outside prisons still free?
28 June 2024
Our lack of open spaces reinforces class disparity
Are open spaces a luxury reserved only for the wealthy? If that is the case, we should be asking whether these spaces are open to begin with.
28 June 2024
Column by Mahfuz Anam: From people to a ‘bubble’
Today's Awami League only speaks to the mirror because it cannot tolerate the retort that would come if it spoke to the people.
27 June 2024
You Saved Julian Assange
Let us take a lesson from the courageous men and women who took to the streets for 14 years to save Julian.
27 June 2024
What the budget means for Bangladesh’s trade policy direction
It is important to recognise that trade has been the handmaiden of Bangladesh’s development.
27 June 2024
The Teesta management project presents new challenges before Bangladesh
If Bangladesh cannot get an equitable share of the water from upstream, the Teesta crisis will not be resolved.
27 June 2024
For shared prosperity, formalisation of work is vital
The informal sector plays a crucial role in creating local jobs, especially for women and youth in Bangladesh.
26 June 2024
Sudan crisis explained: Why wars are not a matter of the past
To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.
26 June 2024
Assange is free, but justice has not been done
Justice would look like the arrest and prosecution of the people whose war crimes Assange exposed.
26 June 2024
Bigger isn't always better
The belief shared by corporate and government leaders that bigger is always better is founded on the false assumption
26 June 2024