In a repeat of past experiences, India’s ties with Bangladesh, its immediate neighbour and strategic partner, are now entering another phase of recalibration.

When a person asks a chatbot how to apologise to a partner, how to reply to a painful message, how to survive loneliness at night, or whether someone still loves them, AI is no longer simply helping with “tasks.” It is entering the emotional sphere of life.

Bangladesh has built a considerable rural credit system. Each year, tens of thousands of crores are supplied to the countryside.

Often in urban Bangladesh, footpaths are cleared of street vendors so that pedestrians can move about comfortably.

While smart technologies can make classrooms more engaging, they cannot replace skilled teachers or structured instruction. Traditional teaching allows for a slower, more gradual learning experience that helps students engage with ideas while also fostering direct, face-to-face interaction with teachers.

In a previous article, I argued that Bangladesh must rethink its reliance on a road-based transport system along the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor and move towards a more energy-efficient model.

Despite the existence of laws and policies, due to a lack of implementation, bureaucratic complexities, and structural limitations, visually impaired individuals are still unable to enter the mainstream workforce.

A weaver in Narayanganj spends months creating a single Jamdani saree. Each motif is placed by hand, each thread carrying generations of knowledge.

For 75 years, West Bengal told itself a story: we are the land of Tagore and Vivekananda, of Bankim and Bose, of Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee, of coffee house Marxists and high-minded bhadralok secularism. We are too refined for the politics of mandir and masjid.

There is something quite catchy and seductive in the way Mohammadpur is branded as the “City of God.” The phrase is loaded with a Brazilian flavour, conjuring cinematic memories of gang fights in narrow alleys, muggers on motorcycles, the prevalence of narcotics among frightened residents, territorial youth gangs, occasional police raids, and political protection.

The result of the just-concluded West Bengal legislative assembly election is significant not only because of the change of power but also because it marks the emergence of a new structural phenomenon in eastern India and, in addition, a new variable for Bangladesh-India relations.

Thousands of families across Bangladesh are quietly battling a lifelong condition known as thalassaemia.

To kick-start education reform, a high-level expert task force should be appointed.

When we speak about arbitrary arrest and detention, the discussion usually focuses on holding law enforcement agencies, especially the police, accountable.

A 2025 study of MRT users in Dhaka found that around 43 percent of passengers rely on informal rickshaws as their primary transport to stations.

Last week, uranium fuel loading began at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna, a moment Bangladesh’s scientists and engineers have awaited since plan to build a nuclear power plant was first conceived in 1961.

In the remote hills of Bandarban, a child’s illness is rarely just a medical event. It is a test of distance, terrain, poverty, and trust.

Just like the Bangladesh-US trade deal, the signing of the Bangladesh-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) at the end of the interim government’s tenure has sparked much debate.

BJP’s victory in the West Bengal assembly elections has been widely described as a tectonic shift.

Empirical data confirms the ongoing trend. According to figures released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the US dollar’s share of foreign currency reserves decreased from roughly 71 percent in 1999 to around 57 percent by the end of 2025, the lowest level recorded in the last 30 years.