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20 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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20 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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We need a stronger lightning policy, and fast
20 April 2026, 11:00 AM
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19 April 2026, 12:00 PM
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As mob violence persists, we must confront the roots of impunity
19 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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Can we expect some accountability from the government?
Last week’s political violence in Bangladesh was by far the worst I have seen since I first visited and fell in love with this country 15 years ago.
27 July 2024, 05:00 AM
A generation's fight in the shadows of quota
The movement was no longer about quotas; it was about justice.
27 July 2024, 04:00 AM
How can the rulers erase so much bloodstain?
Why did the situation escalate last week, resulting in so many deaths and injuries?
27 July 2024, 01:00 AM
IMF’s assessment and the real risks for Bangladesh’s economy
Risk assessments of the kind done by the IMF are not usually done by the government, although it would have been desirable.
26 July 2024, 05:00 AM
The shifting political field and the price of permanent war
Is it not easier to defeat your enemies in parliament than to be permanently on the warpath against some shapeshifting enemy?
26 July 2024, 04:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Are we going to learn from our mistakes or keep repeating them?
What is said by the power and what is believed by the people may not be the same.
25 July 2024, 18:30 PM
I will not call them protesters
The infiltrators were handed the opportunity on a silver platter the moment BCL ensured that violence took over the movement.
25 July 2024, 06:24 AM
A man-made disaster and the major economic losses it caused
While the micro and messo levels of losses are immediate and short term, macro level losses would be medium to long term.
25 July 2024, 06:00 AM
The government should take responsibility for its mistakes
The government wasted time while the violence continued.
25 July 2024, 05:11 AM
The irresponsible remarks of our responsible persons
History and ordinary people in general will remember very well what happened over the last week or so.
25 July 2024, 04:00 AM
An independent Bangladesh is enough for me
As a grandchild of a freedom fighter, I would have felt ashamed to use the quota after so many lost their lives over this issue.
24 July 2024, 11:48 AM
Bring those who ordered the excessive use of force to account
It is critical that there should be proper accounting for who authorised this kind of use of force, which has been excessive and disproportionate
24 July 2024, 11:28 AM
Are we educated merely to continue the cycle?
The vigour of youth emerges because they have not been disillusioned into accepting the deficiencies of the present.
24 July 2024, 10:26 AM
Whom do information blackouts during protests ultimately benefit?
Internet shutdown is one of the major aspects of control that the Awami League government has exercised to curb the protests.
24 July 2024, 09:05 AM
Road safety and a nation’s betrayal of its youth
Since 2019, a staggering 5,619 students have lost their lives on our roads
24 July 2024, 09:00 AM
What are the implications of revised export figures?
Since FY2022, actual export earnings emerging from the banking sector data were significantly lower than the figures reported by the EPB.
24 July 2024, 08:47 AM
Preparing for a Future of Extreme Heat Waves
As climate change accelerates, heat waves are expected to become increasingly frequent and intense
24 July 2024, 08:17 AM
When a quick buck reigns supreme
The cloud of dystopia thickens as public perception connects the dotted line between pervasive corruption, greed, inefficiency and ineptitude.
24 July 2024, 08:00 AM
A historic decision, but can Kamala Harris beat Trump?
Dropping out of the US election race, Biden endorsed his Vice-President Kamala Harris, who has risen more to the spotlight in the last year
24 July 2024, 07:51 AM
What lies ahead for the nation
The students’ awakening was unsurprising for those with some political sensibility left.
24 July 2024, 07:07 AM