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1,000 measles deaths: What are we failing to learn?

Syed Abdul Hamid

14 September 2026 • Opinion

New rights laws / New rights laws: Those who control evidence eventually control accountability

Khan Khalid Adnan

8 HOUR(s) • Views

Marriage, family visas, and the new face of trafficking

Shariful Hasan

14 September 2026 • Views

relationship between money and happiness

What the economics of happiness can teach us in Bangladesh

Rifat Ibne Jamal

13 September 2026 • Opinion

What we can learn from other countries to tackle our NPL crisis

Md Main Uddin

13 September 2026 • Opinion

Building a centralised digital health system for better care and accountability

SM Ziauddin Hyder

13 September 2026 • Opinion

A civil alternative for property transfers is a citizen’s right

Asif Bin Ali

13 September 2026 • Views

What will remain ours in the age of AI?

Shamsad Mortuza

12 September 2026 • Blowin’ in the Wind

Bangladesh’s El Niño risk is bigger than weather

Sudeepto Roy

12 September 2026 • Views

Bangladesh's time to look south again

Iftekhar Ul Karim

12 September 2026 • Views

What does the mass arrest of BNP leaders, activists signify?

Civil society members share their views regarding the political turmoil ahead of the 12th parliamentary election.

11 November 2023

Who will save the planet? Certainly not its killers.

Issues centring ecological protection are inherently political, but in this dying earth, these are repeatedly depoliticised.

11 November 2023

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Skipping the Coke Studio Bangla concert amidst Gaza Crisis

Coca-Cola’s involvement has sparked a conversation about today’s Coke Studio Bangla concert. An ethical question has emerged in this discourse: should one attend the concert?

10 November 2023

Where our national cricket teams stand

Bangladesh has had what can be said to be their worst World Cup campaign as of yet.

10 November 2023

Nomination Rejections: 350 failed to prove 1pc voters’ support

Dialogue or mere formality?

How practical or efficient was it to attempt dialogue with 20 political parties at once?

10 November 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Towards a 'free and fair' election, indeed

What is going on right now is election engineering, not preparation for a free and fair election.

9 November 2023

Ode to a climate action maestro

Saleemul Huq was not only a visionary, he was an exceptional man who could show respect, care, and kindness to every individual he met.

9 November 2023

You can’t quell workers’ hunger by opening fire on them

Rather than assuage the workers by announcing a respectable wage, the wage board has essentially fuelled workers’ outrage and made a mockery of the wage negotiation process

9 November 2023

How is Dhaka’s metro rail doing so far?

For future metro projects, a performance evaluation of the MRT-6 should be conducted.

9 November 2023

Suppressing Palestine’s truth will not change it

Suppressing freedom of expression will not change Palestine’s truth

The world is witnessing the Gaza genocide in real time despite Israel causing blackouts

9 November 2023

Can the EU visit tip the scales for workers' dignity?

The timing of the visit, amidst labour unrest and pre-election volatility, is particularly significant.

9 November 2023

Who are these nameless, faceless arsonists?

These attacks are at once a political issue, a law enforcement issue, and a human rights issue.

9 November 2023

Politics of Fire

Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.

8 November 2023

Is this the model for the 2024 national election?

The by-elections in Laxmipur-3 and Brahmanbaria-2 have once again laid bare the grim political reality of Bangladesh, all while the country is just about two months away from its national election.

8 November 2023