Bangladeshi youth's solidarity with Palestine will be remembered

On April 7, 2025, Bangladeshis marched in response to a global strike, “The World Stops For Gaza."
7 April 2025

Taking China-Bangladesh relations to a new height

The relationship between China and Bangladesh is not directed towards third parties.
7 April 2025

Reassessing our southern defense strategy

The evolving security landscape now demands a shift in strategic focus.
7 April 2025

A diplomatic reset wrapped in contradiction

The Yunus-Modi meeting is less about conviction and more about pragmatism.
7 April 2025

Political expediency and the narratives of our liberation

It was evident on March 26 how political parties do not dither to propagate alternative narratives of our independence and the 1971 Liberation War purely for expediency.
7 April 2025

World Physical Activity Day: Be active for health and well-being

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated this day in 2002 to promote physical activity and its role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
6 April 2025

Dhaka's traffic through a visitor's eyes

Slowness aside, what baffled her most was the complete unpredictability of Dhaka's vehicular movement.
6 April 2025

The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh

The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh has been an intellectual adventure.
6 April 2025

Trump's tariff war: How Bangladesh can mitigate its economic impact

Since taking oath in January, US President Donald Trump has made raising tariffs on foreign goods a cornerstone of his foreign policy.
6 April 2025

An unfinished struggle: Democracy, identity and reform

The interview explores the evolving narrative of democracy in Bangladesh since 1971.
6 April 2025

CAAB’s monopoly is a barrier to aviation growth

CAAB has yet to succeed in building a healthy aviation sector.
5 April 2025

The pervasive curse of toxic masculinity

The real issue here is power and control over women’s bodies and space.
5 April 2025

Rebuilding trust in global trade: The case for multilateralism in the Trump era

If Bangladesh exports fabric to a country assembling garments for the US, American tariffs on those final products can sharply reduce demand for Bangladeshi inputs.
5 April 2025

Are we trading away our privacy for comfort?

Perhaps the question is not whether we can live without privacy, but whether we are willing to.
5 April 2025

Dhaka's urban planning must balance growth and conservation

As Dhaka’s skyline rises, its agricultural lands and waterbodies are sinking under relentless urban sprawl.
4 April 2025

To combat poverty, we need to revamp social protection

Poverty in Bangladesh remains high, with climate change and inflation deepening hardships.
4 April 2025

The urgent need for a worker database

In the last one and a half decades, “digital Bangladesh” was probably one of the most uttered terms that is now found useless because of the absence of a digital information storage and management system in most sectors.
4 April 2025

Nation branding can bring out Bangladesh's global potential

Nation branding is a powerful strategy for harnessing untapped potentials in an interconnected disruptive economic landscape.
3 April 2025

We must adopt climate-smart urea management

Nitrogen runoff from excessive urea application contributes to water pollution and eutrophication
3 April 2025

Are we ready to heed Mother Nature’s warning in time?

Let’s panic while we still have time. Because the only thing worse than an earthquake is realising it could’ve been survivable if we’d done something.
3 April 2025