The BNP government has recently announced a series of education reforms. A third language will become compulsory alongside Bangla and English. Vocational education will expand.

It is true that observers have so far viewed the performance of the BNP government, which took office in February 2026 following a year-and-a-half-long interim administration, with cautious optimism.

Bangladesh’s health sector has long advanced through a paradox. On the one hand, millions of people fall into financial hardship every year due to healthcare expenses

One of the most serious weaknesses in Bangladesh’s economy is that its tax collection, relative to the economy size, remains among the lowest in the world; the country ranks only slightly above war-ravaged Yemen and Sudan.

A mature democracy needs an opposition that responds to the budget with serious governing alternatives, not merely louder criticism.

When diplomatic talks fail, the language of their conclusion is usually the last to admit it.

Adaptation finance remains far below what vulnerable countries require.

While our costs have been rising sharply and continuously, the unit prices paid for apparel have been falling in real terms.

Earlier this month, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that El Niño has an 80 percent chance of forming before September, with the potential to rival the strongest ever recorded.

Around five years ago, headlines worldwide noted Beijing’s skyline darkened by pollution.

The proposed budget for FY2026-27 indicates a welcome shift in language to back up the government’s electoral promise to gradually increase public investment in education.

Budgets often reveal more through their tensions than through their promises. The proposed budget for FY2026-27 is no exception.

Despite progress in some parts of the world, child labour remains a stark reality for millions of children globally.

The work of French philosophers Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser remains useful to understand how the modern state governs.

The proposed national budget for FY2026-27 comes at a time when the economy is seeking not only growth but also stability, confidence and direction.

The desire to defeat ageing has remained a myth throughout human history and the myth might just become a reality soon

The deaths of six newborn babies at Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar, Dhaka last month are being treated as a crisis when they are, in fact, a symptom of a healthcare system structurally configured to let incidents like this happen.

The world is facing growing economic uncertainty. Rising energy prices and supply shortages are pushing up costs and straining economies.

The UNDP has been present in Bangladesh since its independence, and our work has evolved alongside the country’s needs.

Today, the Tarique Rahman government will present its first budget plan. Meanwhile, the first budget session of the newly formed parliament began on June 7.