Bangladesh’s gold paradox: From a shadow market to an export industry
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Anu Muhammad speaks / Why Bangladesh’s energy crisis keeps coming back
19 September 2026
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The $5 billion opportunity Bangladesh is failing to see
18 September 2026
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How Bangladesh is failing its Qawmi graduates
17 September 2026
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Why is water-rich Bangladesh running short of water?
16 September 2026
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Bangladesh's education crisis: The future has already begun
14 September 2026
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The global injustice behind Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry
13 September 2026
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How to make essential medicines affordable and accessible in Bangladesh
12 September 2026
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Can Bangladesh make its plastic waste policy work?
10 September 2026
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Dhaka accidentally built the city planners now want. Can we make it liveable?
9 September 2026
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Pay now or pay forever: What should Bangladesh's energy budget priorities be?
Bangladesh must prioritise domestic gas exploration and renewable energy transition over costly LNG imports to achieve energy sovereignty.
7 June 2026
How Islamic is Islamic banking?
Why Islamic banks often mirror commercial interest rates, and the need for true risk-sharing in Islamic finance.
7 June 2026
Can Bangladesh achieve energy sovereignty? A new perspective
Bangladesh stands at a critical developmental crossroads, paralysed by an acute and systemic energy crisis. Recent global shortages in fossil fuels have exposed the severe vulnerabilities of the nation’s energy architecture.
6 June 2026
Will we learn from the Khan Jahan Ali crocodile tragedy?
Following Khan Jahan Ali crocodile tragedy, questions emerge about wildlife management, safety, and institutional reform in Bangladesh.
5 June 2026
Who will answer for Bangladesh’s ecological wounds?
Unplanned development and corporate pollution drive Bangladesh's severe ecological destruction, demanding urgent political accountability and climate justice.
5 June 2026
Where Chittagong meets Makkah
Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in Saudi Arabia drive the pilgrimage economy through regional networks and inherited occupations.
3 June 2026
Are Bangladesh’s Biharis truly equal citizens?
Citizenship rights are human rights, and the basic needs of the Biharis, including housing, education, health, employment, and security, are not adequately protected in Bangladesh.
3 June 2026
Why is it so hot? Inside South Asia’s dangerous heat wave
A brutal heatwave is gripping South Asia, exposing how climate change is making extreme heat deadlier.
2 June 2026
Will the Padma Barrage repeat Farakka's mistake?
As South Asia’s rivers become battlegrounds for competing dam projects, Bangladesh faces a critical water dilemma.
1 June 2026
Who will safeguard Bangladesh’s cultural future?
Safeguarding Bangladesh’s cultural heritage now demands an urgent shift towards institutionalised crisis preparedness and robust cultural resilience.
30 May 2026
Trust has returned, but has the state changed?
A review of the BNP government’s first hundred days, examining early gains, challenges, and reform uncertainties.
29 May 2026
We learn English for years, but learn too little. Why?
Bangladesh's English education system relies on outdated grammar-translation methods, hindering communicative fluency and deepening systemic class inequality.
29 May 2026
How AI became an authority in our classrooms
As AI rapidly enters education, it risks shifting from a supportive tool to an unquestioned classroom authority.
28 May 2026
Bangladesh in a world of impossible choices
Bangladesh suffers unavoidable economic consequences from global geopolitical rivalries, highlighting the profound vulnerability of developing nations today.
27 May 2026
Bangladesh is still trapped in a cycle of injustice
Despite the 2024 mass uprising, Bangladesh’s flawed political transition continues perpetuating human rights abuses and systemic injustice.
27 May 2026
Why Bangladesh must pivot to renewable energy now
Bangladesh must urgently transition from imported fossil fuels to renewable energy to resolve its severe energy crisis.
26 May 2026
The stolen haq of Qurbani hides
As leather profits grow, Bangladesh’s Qurbani hide market leaves the poor with shrinking returns and lost rights.
24 May 2026
Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
In conversation with Sahana Ghosh, author of A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the India-Bangladesh Borderlands and assistant professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore.
23 May 2026
Can Bangladesh save its haor food bowl?
Safeguarding Bangladesh’s food security against devastating Haor Basin flash floods demands an urgent transition to climate-smart agriculture.
22 May 2026
The great Bangladeshi cattle reality show
From viral names to inflated prices, how social media has turned the Qurbani cattle market into a dramatic theatre.
22 May 2026