Recently, Dr. Zahed Ur Rahman, adviser to the prime minister on information and broadcasting, has welcomed constructive criticism from citizens regarding the government’s performance.

It is no secret that the Islamic banking industry in Bangladesh is under significant stress.

The prime minister’s quote that I use as the headline of this column is music to our ears, constituting the most vital policy directive that this country needs to take.

The government has reportedly grown more cautious in merging Bangladesh’s investment agencies.

Talking to the Bangladeshi elite—the people with real power and influence—you might think they recognise the education crisis facing the country.

In today’s global trading system, data moves alongside goods. Every shipment is accompanied by invoices, regulatory approvals, banking records, inspection reports, and logistical updates.

“For the past two months, innocent children have been dying, and there has been no discussion about it in parliament. No one is taking responsibility.

In the aftermath of the 2026 West Bengal election, a familiar pattern has re-emerged across sections of Indian media and so-called secular civil society: the attempt to explain BJP’s sweeping success through the “Bangladesh factor.”

Scrolling through the morning papers or glancing at our phone screens, there is one recurring piece of news that never fails to break our hearts: the untimely demise of people struck by lightning.

Plagued with a huge amount of non-performing loans (NPLs), capital deficiency, provision shortfall, management inefficiency, and other issues, Bangladesh’s banking sector is indeed in an extremely vulnerable state.

As the Padma Barrage Project is placed before the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval this week, an idea that has evolved since the 1960s may finally become a reality.

When one crore handwritten Family Cards were verified with NIDs, a single exercise in duplicate removal resulted in the cancellation of 43 lakh cards.

To figure out why Chattogram gets flooded every year, you have to understand the unique nature of this city. It is not flat. It is not far from the sea. And its rivers are not like any other rivers.

Considering the country’s vast population, the number of trained nurses remains far below the standard number recommended by the World Health Organization: there are only 0.7 nurses per 1,000 people in the country, according to 2023 World Bank estimates.

On May 2, 28-year-old Md Riyad Rashid from Kishoreganj was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack near the Russia-Ukraine border while serving with Russian forces. His friend Limon Dutta, who was injured in the same attack, informed the family and said another Bangladeshi had died beside him.

Many of the new ideas being put forward, such as expanding technical education, introducing a third language, reducing high-stakes exams, and promoting skill-based learning, are not intrinsically flawed.

More than 22,000 women and 16,000 girls have been killed in Gaza in this genocide with two women and girls dying every hour.

The energy crisis born of the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has revealed a critical reality: Bangladesh has never been adequately prepared to deal with such external shocks.

Student satisfaction is still one of the most widely used indicators of education quality, shaping expectations for what effective teaching must deliver.

Bangladesh’s digital child protection policy still rests on a dangerously comforting illusion: that harmful online content can be managed by blocking websites.