Towards a 'just transition' in the labour market: Rights, gender and environment

The labour market worldwide is going through major transformations driven by climate change.
15 January 2026

From siltation to toxic pollution: Coastal water problems

The rivers and canals of Bangladesh are being made to die. Bangladesh is a country of water, where land and water are entwined and ever shifting.
15 January 2026

Gender violence and Bangladesh's future

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains prevalent and significant in Bangladesh, deeply rooted in our patriarchal norms, despite notable progress in overall economic and political participation over the decades since our liberation.
15 January 2026

Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows of Japanese hiragana.
15 January 2026

Can the Barind Tract survive its own agricultural success?

Stand in the middle of the High Barind in late April, and you are standing on one of the most geologically distinct surfaces in Bangladesh.
15 January 2026

National sovereignty in the climatic age

In the recent reform efforts initiated by the interim government, significant attention has been paid to elections, electoral politics, and fundamental rights, yet a critical question remains largely unaddressed:
15 January 2026

Our 'demographic dividend' at risk: Help the NEET generation urgently

When Rina finished secondary school in a small town near Khulna, she expected her education would open doors. It did not.
15 January 2026

Key challenges to attaining the first demographic dividend

The demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth resulting from declines in fertility and mortality and the subsequent change in the age structure of a country’s population.
15 January 2026

Rural lives on the move: Why Bangladesh must rethink rural–urban migration

Since independence, rural–urban migration has shaped the socioeconomic landscape of Bangladesh.
15 January 2026

Ten tasks for future Bangladesh

Bangladesh has turned a page in its political history and a new phase of political governments is about to start.
15 January 2026

Managing water is like managing life: Time to rethink urgently

The popular notion has been that we have surplus water. But Bangladesh presents a paradoxical situation.
15 January 2026

The age of billionaires and the future global political order

If neofeudal capitalism continues its expansion, the question is not whether democracies will survive, but what kind of political order they will transform into.
14 January 2026

Why Bangladesh needs a coherent maritime policy

Strategically positioned along the northern edge of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh exercises jurisdiction over roughly 118,813 square kilometres of maritime space.
10 January 2026

Why Bangladesh's veterinarians matter more than we think

Strengthening the veterinary sector is not a technocratic afterthought; it is a strategic imperative.
7 January 2026

Why mob violence is rising across South Asia

In South Asia, the mob has evolved into a calculated tool for political mobilisation and social policing.
5 January 2026

Why the Ganges Treaty and shared rivers demand a new imagination

Teesta has led to the collapse of traditional livelihoods in fishing and agriculture.
2 January 2026

Breathing death: What Bangladesh must do to tackle air pollution

One widespread belief is that the worst air is outdoors, and that by staying inside, individuals can avoid its harms.
26 December 2025

The Narsingdi earthquake shook us—are we listening?

The entire Indo-Burma Ranges are being squeezed, potentially building stress on the megathrust that will be released in a large earthquake.
19 December 2025

Saint Martin’s Island is dying — Can we still save it?

A landscape where the natural defences that once protected the island are now dismantled.
13 December 2025

Separate Supreme Court secretariat: A welcome step, but the hard work begins now

Historic move expected to reshape court governance and restore public trust in justice delivery.
11 December 2025