Bangladesh’s poverty rate declined from approximately half of the population in the 1990s to one-fifth by 2019.

Students need to read the public pulse.

In the 18th century, the “enclosure movement” swept across Europe. Powerful landlords fenced off common lands, pastures and forests that communities had used collectively for generations.

Somewhere between the headline and the comment section, Bangladeshi women were recently told a right had been snatched away.

The world today has changed the fundamental premises and contours of global politics from what was established and has guided international relations since the end of World War II.

Grievance is often spoken of as excess these days—too emotional, too resistant to pragmatism. In political life, it is frequently treated as something to be managed or simply waited out.

A total of 3,407 aspirants collected nomination papers after the schedule for the 13th national election and the July Charter referendum was announced.

The world has felt the tremor. In a move ripped from a darker, forgotten chapter of history, the United States under President Donald Trump invaded Venezuela, abducting its leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

While 2025 was a year marked by despair over the paralysis of Bangladesh’s right to information (RTI) regime, the beginning of 2026 has brought a welcome note of resistance and resolve.

It has been 17 months since the interim government assumed office.

Bangladesh’s constitution promises equal legal protection for all, yet millions of citizens, especially in the rural areas, are left out of the justice process due to distance, delay, and exploitation.

Human life is not a calm, still lake; rather, it is a vast and often storm-tossed sea. In this sea, favourable winds sometimes blow, while at other times sudden cyclones disrupt everything and throw life off course.

As the World Bank’s sector director for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM), I worked very closely on the reform programme in Bangladesh led by former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia in 2001-06.

People are increasingly weary and frustrated with the pace of improvement in law and order. This is reasonable given the little visible remission in nationwide crime, with gun shootings, knife killings, beatings with sticks and rods, street clashes, and mob attacks continuing to punctuate public life.

Earlier last week, the Trump administration carried out a military assault on Venezuela, abducting President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and taking them to New York.

Across the world, women are underrepresented. Globally, fewer than one in four parliamentarians are women.

When the new chief justice (CJ) took oath on December 28, 2025, he did so at a moment of acute constitutional importance.

The upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled for February 12, is of exceptional political and economic significance for Bangladesh.

Iran’s newest wave of unrest began because of money.

On January 7, President Donald Trump withdrew the US from 66 international organisations, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).