Can MUN Alert help bring missing children home safely?
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When can political rivals in Bangladesh safely distrust each other?
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Ninth pay scale: A salary hike alone won't curb corruption in public service
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Bangladesh’s ‘Tesla’ crisis is really a crisis of regulation
6 September 2026
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Laldia can handle bigger ships, but can the inland network keep up?
7 September 2026
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Opinion
Our universities face a crisis bigger than graduate employability
6 September 2026
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The tea industry must turn higher prices into sustainable growth
6 September 2026
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Sifat’s arrest under anti-terror law: Vulgarity is not terrorism
6 September 2026
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Nepal disaster: South Asia must unite to confront a shared climate threat
6 September 2026
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The price of putting childhood on display on social media
5 September 2026
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New data laws put state power above people’s privacy
A study by Tech Global Institute shows that law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies have spent at least $190 million on surveillance technologies and spyware deployed against citizens.
19 October 2025
Algorithm of apathy: 16 deaths that didn’t trend
Mirpur factory fire exposes selective outrage and curated indifference
18 October 2025
Why the Chattogram port tariff hike looks more like value extraction
It cannot be viewed as a simple price adjustment.
18 October 2025
When waste meets AI, resources are better managed
Bangladesh can experiment with AI-waste management as it has the institutional framework.
18 October 2025
Mirpur fire is a lethal alliance of corporate greed and state negligence
Industrial negligence is not fate—it is failure, and failure must bear a cost.
18 October 2025
The weight of a green passport
Migration is a natural human propensity; controlling it is a logical consequence.
18 October 2025
When teachers are attacked and workers die, who takes responsibility?
The teacher's protest and the deadly fire at a factory in Mirpur reveal how the state views its people, and where its priorities lie.
18 October 2025
Gaps in Bangladesh’s latest Nationally Determined Contribution
By recently endorsing Bangladesh’s Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) on time, the interim government continues the country’s climate commitments.
17 October 2025
Reducing poverty demands fairer wealth distribution
The gains that once seemed secure are now in danger.
17 October 2025
Proportional representation and the politics behind it
BNP has dissented, advocating an unusual interpretation of proportional representation.
17 October 2025
July National Charter: A consensus in name only?
A genuine national consensus on the path to democratic renewal has fallen short of expectations.
16 October 2025
Bangladesh’s food security depends on inclusion and innovation
According to Food Security Statistics 2023 from BBS, about 22 percent of Bangladeshi households face moderate to severe food insecurity, with one percent severely deprived.
16 October 2025
The fight for safe food production in Bangladesh
Why are farmers spending extra money to use an unhealthy amount of chemical fertiliser and pesticides?
16 October 2025
The case for increasing women's parliamentary participation in Bangladesh
Women in leadership and decision-making roles are essential for ensuring gender justice and equality.
16 October 2025
Public spaces under siege in Bangladesh
The scarcity of open spaces in Dhaka has long been a serious concern for its residents.
16 October 2025
Whom will the Awami League supporters vote for?
The Awami League (AL) is very likely to haunt the entire exercise.
16 October 2025
RTI: Are our political parties ready for transparency and accountability?
Political parties argue that they lie outside the RTI Act’s purview, not being obliged to respond to citizens’ RTI requests.
15 October 2025
Gen-Z discontent in Asia can affect geopolitical shifts
The protests represent a wholesale rejection of entrenched elites and dynastic politics.
15 October 2025
He moves still, in the gyres of our memory
It has been several days since the passing of Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam, yet I remain grief-stricken.
15 October 2025
Why the 2025 Nobel prize in economics matters for us
When automation and artificial intelligence are transforming economies, the Nobel laureates’ work offers caution and hope.
15 October 2025