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

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

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

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

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

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

The digital space, which should have unsettled hierarchies, has instead operationalised them.

Bangladesh’s roads are killing fields not by accident, but by design.

There are physical and political hurdles to the renewal of the GWT.

For an aspiring journalist like myself, there could not have been a better training ground than the East Bengal Times.

Bangladesh should not make a move which will further deteriorate the quality of public school education

The true purpose of a university is to pursue knowledge, cultivate critical thinking, and serve society. Rankings only have meaning when they strengthen these intellectual and humanistic values — not when they distort them.

Architecture is never neutral, it is the most visible, permanent, and symbolic tool through which politics announces itself.

If India’s new transit regime prioritises its internal market over regional commitments, Bangladesh must adopt a similarly clear-eyed approach

Behind the glitter of bridal jewellery lies an invisible economy, one that thrives on social pressure, consumerism, and gender inequality.

What was once a settled chapter has been reopened with constitutional force and political consequence.

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal reveal the same pattern in different sequences.

Recognise education as a fundamental human right in the constitution instead of a basic principle.

The government's failure to develop a cohesive modernisation plan and to support existing mills transformed them into unprofitable.

My own experience, however, is that most people take too negative a view of the disease.