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Bangladesh should enter carbon markets on its own terms
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The budgetary test of moral leadership
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How Bangladesh is leaving tobacco tax revenue on the table
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Bangladesh must prepare for the new era of development finance
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What dying mangroves tell us about coastal governance
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Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes are a wake-up call for Dhaka
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Why Keir Starmer's fall should surprise no one
That such a commanding mandate could dissolve so completely and so quickly suggests the problem runs deeper than any one leader’s failures.
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Bangladesh’s digital future can’t be built without addressing women’s fear
For millions of women, the digital world has become another unsafe street.
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Starmer’s resignation signals constraint, not virtue
Keir Starmer’s resignation is being presented as a dignified submission to democratic accountability.
24 June 2026, 11:00 AM
A bigger ADP, but can Bangladesh make it work?
The proposed national budget for FY2026-27 is more than an outline of the government’s spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year.
24 June 2026, 09:00 AM
Public universities are still rationing women’s freedom
What many students describe is not just security management but behavioural policing.
24 June 2026, 08:00 AM
EVs make economic sense for us, so why is adoption still slow?
In the early noughties, Dhaka was choking on petrol and octane fumes, and it was then that the government pushed Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as the answer.
23 June 2026, 12:00 PM
77 years of Awami League: From people’s vanguard to an autocratic machine
The territory that constitutes Bangladesh has been a political hotbed since the dawn of the 20th century. The country entered a new era in August 1947, after the partition of India, including Bengal.
23 June 2026, 11:00 AM
Ad-din tragedy shows why every hospital needs an air quality alarm
On the morning of May 27, 2026, six newborns died within hours of each other in the post-operative ward of Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Dhaka’s Moghbazar.
23 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Serajul Islam Choudhury at 91: Critique, commitment, and change
Today—June 23—marks the ninety-first birthday of Serajul Islam Choudhury, our foremost intellectual and writer in Bangladesh.
23 June 2026, 08:00 AM
Is the UK heading for a leadership change at the top?
I cannot recall another British parliamentary by-election in recent years that generated such intense media attention.
22 June 2026, 13:00 PM
A case for turning Dhaka's flyovers into rainwater harvesters
On June 12, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said Dhaka had experienced about 43 millimetres of rain in just two hours.
22 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Don’t leave Kaiputras behind in the name of development
In Dakshin Alipur of Satkhira Sadar upazila, a tragedy largely invisible to the wider public is unfolding. It’s taking place not in some remote char or forest but beside an important highway.
22 June 2026, 09:00 AM
A watchdog without teeth: The problems with the draft NHRC Act
On May 17, the law ministry unveiled the draft National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act, 2026, inviting public comments and feedback.
22 June 2026, 08:00 AM
Justice for the weak, immunity for the powerful
They also hurt diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India
21 June 2026, 11:00 AM
Budget 2026-2027: A structurally old yet inspirationally new budget
Economists may think differently, but it appears that politicians and bureaucrats think alike when it comes to framing the budget document.
21 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Are our laws doing enough to address gambling?
When Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced the launch of a nationwide coordinated drive against drugs and gambling in April, two uncomfortable yet necessary questions arose
21 June 2026, 09:00 AM
Why Bangladesh’s small producers struggle to scale, and how to help them
Bangladesh is generating economic activity faster than it is building firms.
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
How to restore the moral compass of corporate banking
For years, corporate banking in Bangladesh has been built not simply on lending but also on stewardship.
20 June 2026, 12:00 PM
Can the climate budget be just if resilience is ‘subsidised’ by women’s unpaid care work?
The allocation for climate action in the proposed budget for FY2026-27 deserves recognition.
20 June 2026, 11:00 AM
We cannot avoid the moral questions behind the measles and Ad-din crises
Reading a recent report by The Daily Star on the number of measles victims, I could not help but link the number “666” printed in red with something ominous.
20 June 2026, 10:00 AM