Rape culture: What can be done?

Rape culture refers to a societal environment where sexual violence is normalised, excused, or trivialised.
28 April 2025

Biochar: A climate solution from the ground up

Biochar is a durable, carbon-rich substance created via pyrolysis.
28 April 2025

Bangladesh must diversify its trade infrastructure after India's ban

Bangladesh must rethink its diplomatic and industrial strategies.
28 April 2025

Rising gas prices threaten our investment prospects

The previous government not only turned the country into a net importer of energy, but also initiated a process to make it an import-dependent.
28 April 2025

The unspoken trauma of journalists

Journalists live through trauma, violence, and suffering while covering news.
28 April 2025

The symphony of grass and grace: Liverpool’s resurrection under a new maestro

A meditation on faith, flesh, and football, through the eyes of a pope, a poet, and a people.
27 April 2025

What the educated elite are getting wrong

A new danger is emerging from within the very segment of society that should know better.
27 April 2025

India’s transshipment revocation should be a wake-up call

India's revocation of the transshipment facility should be seen as an opportunity.
27 April 2025

The ‘woman question’ and the legacy of colonial patriarchy

The roots of patriarchy lies in the hegemonic colonial masculinity.
27 April 2025

The dark economy of child beggars

Across South Asia, children are trafficked, crippled, and discarded—all so someone can pocket loose change from your car window.
27 April 2025

Are we witnessing the death of foreign aid?

What is the future of foreign aid and what happens to people and countries dependent on it?
26 April 2025

How remittances shape labour market dynamics

Bangladesh is among the world's top recipients of remittances.
26 April 2025

Lessons from history: Will Trump’s tariffs shake up world leadership?

Bangladesh’s cardinal lesson is to do what the US did in 1934.
26 April 2025

KUET protests and the evolving student-university relations

KUET has exposed systemic weakness in conflict resolution.
26 April 2025

Electoral reform in Bangladesh: A blueprint for change or a power play?

Electoral Reform Commission’s report falls short of addressing the fundamental issues related to Bangladesh’s existing electoral system.
25 April 2025

A legal notice that proves the need for what it seeks to ban

Sex education is not vulgarity. It is survival
25 April 2025

Is economics a science?

Economics, the subject, and its application make it both a science and art.
25 April 2025

A mirror needs no monument: The irony of India’s lecture on minorities

India’s moral posturing becomes all the more risible when juxtaposed with data from Bangladesh.
25 April 2025

The elephant in the room no one is talking about

Reform of political parties is of urgent need
24 April 2025

Democracy in the digital age: Lessons from Bangladesh and beyond

The internet, once a mere repository of information, has evolved into the most formidable arena for political engagement.
24 April 2025