Registration-based fuel rationing can ease long lines at filling stations
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As mob violence persists, we must confront the roots of impunity
3 hour(s) ago
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Back, again, to the cycle of broken promises?
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From degrees to jobs: Rethinking higher education in Bangladesh
18 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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The fiscal burden of interest-free car loans for bureaucrats
18 April 2026, 13:00 PM
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Interview / ‘We still hope a solution on the reforms will arise out of parliament’
18 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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Cox’s Bazar at the crossroads of beauty without design
18 April 2026, 11:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Reinstating a weaker NHRC is a dangerous regression
17 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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Even if dormant, the RTI Act’s promise remains powerful
17 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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Opening the door for owners of looted banks poses a serious risk
17 April 2026, 11:00 AM
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How do we clear this economic mess?
Decision makers need to be very cautious regarding who they put up to dispassionately clear the mess.
8 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The movement of tomorrow
The youth's stance against vandalism and violence after the fall of Hasina shows that this is the movement of tomorrow.
7 August 2024, 09:56 AM
This is not the Bangladesh we stood in the line of fire for
It is time for us to be vigilant on all fronts, it’s so much harder to protect freedom than to achieve it.
7 August 2024, 05:00 AM
We must never let such an environment of fear reign again
Fear cannot ever lead to forgetting.
7 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The cadences of a people’s victory
This victory has come at the cost of hundreds of lives of overwhelmingly young people, mostly students.
7 August 2024, 03:00 AM
Injustice must not beget injustice
Attacks on minorities, lootings and lynching must stop
7 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Does the crushing fall of Awami League augur true victory of the people?
Whether the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime will eventually lead to a sufficiently robust democratic transition remains to be seen.
6 August 2024, 15:00 PM
A new breath of life?
A joyous feeling overshadowed by waves of destruction, then revived by the hope of a new tomorrow.
6 August 2024, 10:40 AM
Victory and vandalism: Why do we never learn?
We were celebrating the end of difficult times after all, but is this really over?
6 August 2024, 09:55 AM
Voices from Shahbagh
Comments from Shahbhag on August 5, 2024.
6 August 2024, 05:08 AM
How will the interim government shape up?
As long as the demands of the quota reform movement are not fully implemented, the protesters should remain alert.
6 August 2024, 04:00 AM
The cheapening of life and the struggle for the state
Either we finally build a people’s republic or we condemn ourselves to repeat this “legacy of blood”.
6 August 2024, 02:00 AM
A walk through free (?) Dhaka
Bangladesh has gone through a day of historical proportions, and the people on the streets seem to know this.
5 August 2024, 14:30 PM
The collective spirit must not be lost
In the past, we have faced disappointment; we don't want to return to a state where politicians work for their own benefit.
5 August 2024, 13:16 PM
That thing on your neck
The ill sensation you already feel is compounded by the reactions of the government
5 August 2024, 04:00 AM
Why cancel prisoners’ right to visitation?
It is unacceptable that prisoners are being denied visitations from their families for over two weeks.
5 August 2024, 02:00 AM
We must step back from the precipice
If the ruling party leaders don’t understand or pretend not to understand why students are not staying back at home (their campuses and dormitories remain shuttered), we are in much deeper trouble than one could imagine
4 August 2024, 13:26 PM
Violence against students: A tribute to our little John Hampdens
Students who were shot dead and injured were simply exercising their democratic rights and posed no threat to anybody.
4 August 2024, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh’s growth story lacks justice and humanity
The problems are economic, social and political in nature.
4 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Holding to account the perpetrators of crimes against protesters
The July massacre has brought the credibility of this regime into question.
3 August 2024, 14:00 PM