What the economics of happiness can teach us in Bangladesh
6 HOUR(s)
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Opinion
What we can learn from other countries to tackle our NPL crisis
13 September 2026
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Opinion
Building a centralised digital health system for better care and accountability
10 HOUR(s)
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Opinion
A civil alternative for property transfers is a citizen’s right
13 September 2026
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Views
What will remain ours in the age of AI?
12 September 2026
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Blowin’ in the Wind
Bangladesh’s El Niño risk is bigger than weather
12 September 2026
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Views
Bangladesh's time to look south again
12 September 2026
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Views
Measles has exposed the cracks beneath Bangladesh's immunisation success
12 September 2026
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Views
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
The Trump Effect Takes Europe
Perhaps Trump’s biggest contribution has been to Europe’s political unity.
20 February 2024
Help our youth seize the window of opportunity
To achieve the highest possible level of economic growth, engaging the youth is crucial.
20 February 2024
Blood, oil, and sand: The US' colonisation of Iraq
What are US troops doing in Iraq in the first place? And do they have a right to be there?
20 February 2024
The farce of expressing PCI in taka
This is nothing more than a poor trick that will eventually produce no real gain.
20 February 2024
‘Russia has my blood’
Alexei Navalny in an interview with Dozhd TV in October 2020, two months after he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
20 February 2024
Are social media platforms encouraging impulse buying?
Social media platforms are predominantly designed for consumers rather than businesses
19 February 2024
Why do university graduates remain unemployed?
The responsibility for the current employability skills gap in Bangladesh is shared by many parties, including students and the UGC.
19 February 2024
Of translation
The challenge of untranslatability is something that the translator has to contend with throughout the process of the enterprise.
18 February 2024
On the 2024 farmers’ protest in India
Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana have taken to the streets again, just over two years after their previous year-long agitation.
18 February 2024
Preeti Urang: A child worker’s death
There should be protests, and a strong stance should be taken against such incidents
17 February 2024
The dairyman that won our hearts
It doesn’t get sweeter than a 90-year-old curd seller being awarded the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, the Ekushey Padak.
17 February 2024
Indecisiveness will cost us
From the onset of this current crisis, too, we saw indecisiveness from our policymakers
17 February 2024
No one wins in a lose-lose world
Rather than working together to address urgent challenges, the international community is now gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction.
17 February 2024
We must pursue multi-track diplomacy with Myanmar
In the present scenario, we have unfortunately failed in our diplomacy
17 February 2024
Has our policy towards Myanmar failed?
There should have been a multilayered approach to the Rohingya issue from the beginning
17 February 2024
Our understanding about Myanmar is limited
Neither the Rohingya issue nor the recent developments happened overnight; they have a history.
17 February 2024
Myanmar civil war deserves an intelligent response
Being concerned about the Myanmar conflict is understandable, but we cannot be fearful
17 February 2024
Will a second Trump presidency really change much?
Former President Donald Trump is widely anticipated to be the Republican nominee for the 2024 US presidential election.
16 February 2024
Prohibition of foetus sex detection: A timely and ethical step
This pivotal development addresses the intricate matter of disclosing the sex of foetuses
16 February 2024
The contradiction between economic policy and practices
How much can declared policy intentions be taken at face value when simultaneous administrative and political steps signal different intentions?
16 February 2024