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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World Suicide Prevention Day / Why changing how we talk about suicide matters for prevention
10 September 2026
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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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Views
Cyclone survivors are not just numbers
When we report about natural disasters, these individual people and their stories often become statistics.
28 May 2024
Bangladesh’s reputation as a freelancing powerhouse is on the line
The most important issue with our online labour force is skill gap.
28 May 2024
An ode to our senior citizens
The notion of community upliftment will fade with the passing of Bangladesh's current cohort of senior citizens.
28 May 2024
An IGP’s eye-watering corruption takes the lid off patronage politics
Many of Benazir Ahmed's public statements since assuming high office aligned more with the ruling party's political stance than with the neutral stance expected of a civil servant.
28 May 2024
Coming to terms with the dire state of Bangladesh men's cricket
We distance ourselves from the sport, stop watching the games, and wish that the news of the results doesn’t reach us. But to remain unaffected is not a choice we can make.
27 May 2024
Citizen data server? More like a data supermarket
It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups
27 May 2024
Why are IMF policies failing to stabilise our economy?
Why does macroeconomic instability continue to plague Bangladesh even after partnering with the IMF?
27 May 2024
We must abandon our ecocidal mindset
The relentless deforestation happening across Bangladesh persists unchecked
27 May 2024
Children must be protected from abuse and torture
We have become a society in which children have become a tool to satiate the filthy desires of the stronger
27 May 2024
What’s giving rise to more nuclear families in rural Bangladesh?
The culture of living in the extended family in this region has changed over time.
26 May 2024
How we can mitigate the effects of rising inequality
Economic inequality is the primary driver of civil unrest, with global, regional and national issues contributing to instability.
26 May 2024
In a parliament of businessmen, conflicts of interest reign supreme
With a parliament dominated by businessmen and their interests, who is going to hold them to account?
26 May 2024
We need a universal school education programme
Two observations are pertinent here. Primary education up to class VIII as a compulsory and universal stage of education is a 50-year-old idea broached first in 1974 Qudrat-e-Khuda Commission report and reiterated in Education Policy 2010.
26 May 2024
Government mishandling of personal data: Where does it end?
Are these incidents of data breach and data leaks not contradictory to the very image of the smart, digital, developed Bangladesh that they are desperately trying to portray or advertise?
25 May 2024
Diet culture vs body positivity
Society's complex relationship with weight and beauty standards.
25 May 2024
War cuts the heart out of humankind
Every society that has experienced the kind of warfare faced by the Iraqis, and now by the Palestinians, is deeply scarred.
25 May 2024
Dhaka’s transport turmoil
Dhaka is the world's rickshaw capital
25 May 2024
An open letter on Gaza from Bangladesh
From Bangladesh and across the world, 126 Bangladeshi scholars, teachers and researchers condemn Israel's war in Gaza.
25 May 2024
A post-Partition heritage campus worth preserving
FCC should not be viewed simply as one of the cadet colleges; it is a heritage campus that can be showcased to the world.
25 May 2024
Is the US resetting relations by applying anti-kleptocracy law?
The timing of the US sanction on Gen Aziz Ahmed raises many questions.
24 May 2024