Rethinking debt management for developing countries
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Can MUN Alert help bring missing children home safely?
7 September 2026
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When can political rivals in Bangladesh safely distrust each other?
7 September 2026
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Ninth pay scale: A salary hike alone won't curb corruption in public service
7 September 2026
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Opinion
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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Is Mahmudul's arrest a message?
A journalism teacher at Begum Rokeya University, Mahmudul Haque now sits in jail
22 June 2025
Can Bangladesh’s urban drainage survive climate change?
Beneath the rising waters lies a tangle of institutional dysfunction and impunity that sabotages effective action.
22 June 2025
Israel and the reinvention of bio-necro-politics
The weaponisation of humanitarianism is perhaps the most insidious aspect of Israel’s bio-necro-politics.
22 June 2025
What Bangladesh can learn from Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew understood that if you want efficiency, you must first reward competence and enforce accountability.
22 June 2025
Myanmar’s new realities demand a new Rohingya strategy
When we look at the current situation in Myanmar, it’s important to understand how complicated things have become.
21 June 2025
USAID fund cuts: Reintegrate the ‘forgotten workforce’
The government can survey the number of unemployed workforce due to the fund cuts, followed by an economic impact assessment.
21 June 2025
An accurate forecast of global warming made 112 years ago
The buildup of carbon dioxide and other GHGs in the atmosphere has elevated global temperatures to perilously high levels.
21 June 2025
Understanding the university ranking mismatch
We need to change our mindset and up our game to improve our universities’ standing.
21 June 2025
We're witnessing the barbaric face of a global (dis)order
It is the duty of every individual across the world, to speak out, to resist, the Israeli-US war machine.
21 June 2025
Will our remittance warriors get government support to fulfil their entrepreneurial dreams?
Development means a responsible administration at the grassroots.
20 June 2025
Israel’s nuclear deception: Flagrant lies and brazen hypocrisy
In the mid-1950s, with the aid of France, Israel secretly began the construction of a large nuclear reactor in the Negev desert.
20 June 2025
A reflection on Eid, grief, and quiet compassion
For many, it was a time of joy and ritual—of family, food, and faith. But for some of us, it was quieter.
20 June 2025
Yunus in London: Who bears responsibility for the diplomatic misstep?
The foreign ministry should not be credited for Yunus's engagements in London with politicians, business leaders, academics, and leading diaspora figures.
20 June 2025
The locked archive: How bureaucracy silences Bengal’s poetic soul
The Dhanshiri still flows past the locked archive. It remembers young Jibanananda boarding steamers to Khulna, scribbling verses in the damp air.
19 June 2025
From livestream genocide in Gaza to the war on Iran
Rather than condemning Israel’s dangerous escalation, the G7 resorts to vague calls for “de-escalation.”
19 June 2025
Can Bangladesh forge its own 'economic miracle'?
Still struggling after five decades, Bangladesh has turned into a development paradox.
19 June 2025
What is paedophilia and why Bangladesh should be concerned
In Bangladesh, nearly nine out of every 10 rapes in the first four months of this year involved children.
19 June 2025
Are we looking at a new era of nuclear proliferation?
To imagine the future, one must be prepared to accept a probable scenario where the number of nuclear-capable states grows.
19 June 2025
Do we need a foreign operator for terminal management?
Without proper oversight, even foreign operators fail to deliver.
19 June 2025
Iran-Israel conflict: Russia isn’t just watching, it’s playing the long game
Moscow’s moves these days aren’t meant to draw headlines. They’re designed for the long haul
18 June 2025