A retail store owner in any part of the country processes dozens of bKash or Nagad transactions an hour, pays suppliers every week by digital transfer, and never misses a utility bill.

More than 40 percent Bangladeshis live in urban areas, 35 percent of whom reside in slums, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ 2022 census.

The numbers from this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations tell a striking story about Bangladesh’s girls.

Bangladesh built its garment industry on scale, competitive labour costs, and the ability to supply large volumes of basic apparel.

The UGC has decided to centralise research grants that were previously allocated directly to public universities, arguing that a single funding mechanism will reduce duplication, improve accountability, and focus on national priorities.

Decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness, persecution, ethnic cleansing, and what numerous international bodies have described as genocidal acts have transformed the Rohingya into one of the world's most vulnerable populations.

Reading the news of Biman Bangladesh Airlines flying engineers and spare parts about 7,000 kilometres from Dhaka to fix a Dreamliner stranded at Rome Fiumicino Airport, one cannot help but wonder: does this make any sense at all?

Bangladesh has recorded another historically weak year in implementing its Annual Development Programme (ADP).

Across workplaces, civic organisations, and notably trade unions, young people contribute actively, yet opportunities to participate in leadership and decision-making mostly remain concentrated among senior leaders.

SSC results day usually reveals two opposing realities: in one, families celebrate, students hug their parents, and social media fills with photographs of GPA-5 achievers.

Hasina’s return threat, Bangladesh’s economic pressures and shifting ties with India are narrowing the government’s room for manoeuvre

Bangladesh’s healthcare sector has long grappled with severe structural limitations.

In Bangladesh, divorce is still too often treated not as a legal ending of a marriage not working as intended, but as a moral failure, especially on the part of a wife.

The move towards Bangla QR in Bangladesh is timely and welcome.

In today’s world, countries do not earn international trust by manufacturing vaccines alone. They earn it by demonstrating that every vaccine is developed, produced and regulated according to the highest scientific standards.

Following an intensive negotiating process spanning about a year, Bangladesh and South Korea signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on August 4, 2026.

Every day, people in Bangladesh leave home expecting to return safely, but for too many, that expectation never comes to pass.

Women breaking out of the patriarchal cage during the struggle against fascism is, for many, like the decorative showpieces we keep in our cupboards at home—taken out when guests arrive and put back on the shelf once they leave.

The BNP-led government is reportedly moving to privatise the import and marketing of refined petroleum products.

Dhaka’s response to the decision to allow Hasina to speak remotely at the FCC-hosted event was both expected and justified, although some argue that an even stronger protest could have been lodged through a more carefully calibrated choice of words.