1,000 measles deaths: What are we failing to learn?
14 September 2026
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Opinion
New rights laws / New rights laws: Those who control evidence eventually control accountability
14 September 2026
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Views
Marriage, family visas, and the new face of trafficking
14 September 2026
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Views
What the economics of happiness can teach us in Bangladesh
13 September 2026
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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
13 September 2026
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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
What may an education manifesto for 2024 look like?
It needs to recognise both the challenges and the opportunities.
11 October 2023
Smart Bangladesh, unsmart cybersecurity measures
In the recent case, the entire profile of an individual could be obtained from the Telegram channel by just providing two inputs: the NID number and the date of birth.
10 October 2023
Are we apes fighting over a burning planet?
The profit model of business has ignored climate change for too long.
10 October 2023
Our youth is scavenging for mental health resources
In Dhaka, you will be hard-pressed to find a therapist charging a fee-per-hour of less than Tk 1,500.
10 October 2023
Community Health Care Providers: Our unsung health heroes
"We face hardships, but we keep going because we know our communities depend on us."
10 October 2023
Does a one-sided world cup take pressure off Bangladesh?
Can Bangladesh come out and find themselves somewhere close to the semi final spots?
9 October 2023
All that went right for Bangladesh against Afghanistan
Bangladesh has started their World Cup 2023 journey with a convincing win.
9 October 2023
Israel-Arab normalisation has not eliminated the resistance
The Palestinian question had been the thorn in the side of Arab states that wished to forge economic, military and political alliances with Israel.
9 October 2023
Soft openings, hard politics
As the political landscape heats up in anticipation of the general election, the ruling Awami League seems to be pulling out all the stops
9 October 2023
How the metaverse can revolutionise education
The utilisation of a virtual and fully-engaging digital environment has the potential to change the education sector.
9 October 2023
Taming the inflation monster in Bangladesh
Inflation in Bangladesh has reached its highest level in a decade and has been a persistent problem for more than 18 months, starting from early last year.
9 October 2023
What if UFOs have been a cover for high-tech defence research programmes?
A mix of government, private, adversarial, and unexplained objects are filling up an increasingly congested US airspace. Uncovering what fills it should be of greater public interest.
8 October 2023
In tackling inflation, the country can't ignore the world
Inflation has become a worldwide phenomenon, not only specific to the developing world.
8 October 2023
Hamas assault should be a moment of reckoning for Israel
Israel – along with its shameless allies – is the architect and enabler of this war.
8 October 2023
Can a defaulter prevail over the government?
Why has no investigation taken place to explore on which grounds and for whose benefit the lion’s share of the climate fund was deposited in the Farmers Bank?
8 October 2023
Are we teaching business the right way?
Today's business ecosystem isn't confined to transactions and profitability.
8 October 2023
Dhaka University’s ‘game of departments’
Democracy needs its voters; and in the case of Dhaka University, this meant recruiting enough of the right kind of voters
7 October 2023
The many holes in Bangladesh’s energy master plan
The share of renewable energy is projected at merely 11 and 16 percent in 2041 and 2050.
7 October 2023
From apathy to activism: Who’s gonna clean my lake?
Unless the canals through which the waste waters are released to larger sources in Mohammadpur are maintained on a regular basis, the much-hyped road islands and the ornamental plants in the Dhanmondi area are of no use.
7 October 2023
Will we see a free, fair election after all?
One cannot help but note that Quader had a brazen attitude and lacked any embarrassment about the vitriol his party had been spewing against the US for quite some time now.
7 October 2023