Why Dhaka can’t fix its roads
9 December 2025, 02:00 AM
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What is the future of the Ganges Waters Treaty?
8 December 2025, 09:00 AM
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Thoughts on press freedom and about a Dhaka weekly that died without a bang
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Music and play keep us human — our schools need them more than ever
3 December 2025, 02:00 AM
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Bangladesh deserves better universities — Not excuses
2 December 2025, 02:00 AM
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A 2,000-year journey through Bengal’s architecture
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Rethinking Bangladesh–India transit relations: The question of reciprocity
27 November 2025, 08:17 AM
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Gold prices and the hidden economy of weddings
26 November 2025, 07:57 AM
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Caretaker government reborn: What challenges lie ahead?
25 November 2025, 08:16 AM
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Why uprisings fail: Lessons from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Why an independent BBS is essential for Bangladesh’s future
In an age where policy decisions must be data-driven and evidence-based, the integrity and independence of national statistics are paramount.
25 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Having their say: Well-being, choice and voice of Bangladeshi women
Development is all about enlarging freedoms for all so that every human being can pursue the choices they value and raise their voices in support of those choices.
18 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Our Disaster, Their Management
Over the past 54 years, Bangladesh has made remarkable strides in disaster management, transforming itself from one of the world’s most vulnerable countries into a global example of resilience and preparedness.
11 July 2025, 18:00 PM
How chhorra guli inflicts social death on protesters
Imagine a weapon so “magical” it allows a regime to crush dissent without creating martyrs.
4 July 2025, 18:00 PM
How you shouldn't study Bangladesh
The education sector needs to stay free of partisan politics as the emotions and violence related to such activity, if taken to an excess, can be detrimental to inquiry and considered thought.
1 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s constitutional journey revisited: A battleground of people’s power and political control
The Constitution of Bangladesh, adopted in 1972 following the nation’s struggle for independence, stands as a testament to the collective aspirations of a people determined to shape their destiny through democratic self-rule and participatory governance.
27 June 2025, 18:00 PM
A Social Vision for Dhaka’s Housing
The promise of shelter is broken in plain sight
20 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Fulfilling Uprising's Aspirations: Correction Before Election?
In recent times, the BNP has demanded an early December 2025 election
19 June 2025, 10:00 AM
Stereotypes, struggle, and survival: Reclaiming the Story Behind Mofiz
For a long time, people have made the derogatory word mofiz synonymous with the residents of the Rangpur region.
13 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Choking waters: The dangerous decline of oxygen in Dhaka’s peripheral rivers
Bangladesh, often described as a land of rivers, is criss-crossed by more than 230 major and minor waterways.
30 May 2025, 18:00 PM
The Kajoli model learning with laughter, growing with joy
“Who will pick up the duck’s photo?”
The moment Rafia Sonamoni posed the question to a group of 26 children, four eager hands shot up, accompanied by excited shouts of, “I will!”
23 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Beyond development paradox & unnayan without democracy
As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Stop software piracy to prevent US tariffs
Trump’s proposed 37 percent tariff on Bangladeshi products would have crippled our economy; fortunately, the rate was reduced to a more manageable 10 percent.
8 May 2025, 11:11 AM
Brains before bridges: Prioritising human capital over infrastructure
A glance at the recent history of the world’s most developed nations reveals a compelling truth: no country has ever achieved sustainable development without first investing in education and research.
29 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Sharing of Ganges water: What looms after 2026?
In 1976, a mass procession led by a nearly 80-year-old peasant leader, Maulana Bhasani, from Dhaka to the Indo-Bangladesh Border drew huge attention from national and international media.
18 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh's new data protection act: brittle shield or blunt sword?
The Government of Bangladesh is drafting a data protection and localisation law (“draft data protection act, DPA” or “the law”), which, once enacted, will be the first of its kind data privacy law in Bangladesh.
12 September 2021, 18:00 PM