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How Islamic bank depositors can avoid sharing losses
22 July 2026, 16:45 PM
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Rethinking Bangladesh's health sector reform after SWAp
22 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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Why death penalty won't end the drug menace in Bangladesh
22 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Good governance, not just incentives, will improve Bangladesh’s investment climate
22 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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To make e-buses work, Dhaka needs transport reform
22 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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To protect our children from sexual abuse, we must first know its true scale
21 July 2026, 16:57 PM
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The caretaker system can’t be left vulnerable to majority control
21 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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Why is managing banks’ liquidity risks so important?
Without ensuring good governance in the banking sector, liquidity management strategies will not function properly in Bangladesh’s banks.
30 May 2024, 10:00 AM
Time to exploit the potential of local partners and products
It is important to encourage all development players to invest money and energy to maximise their contributions towards the GDP growth.
30 May 2024, 06:00 AM
Citizens must use RTI Act to its full potential
The use of the RTI Act is not merely to focus on government work, but to operationalise good governance too.
30 May 2024, 02:00 AM
Could a better transmission system ease power outages following Cyclone Remal?
Bangladesh has long suffered from weak power transmission infrastructure.
29 May 2024, 11:00 AM
Crushing dissent in Pakistan
Crushing dissent has a long history going right back to the period after Pakistan’s birth in 1947
29 May 2024, 10:05 AM
Foreign fighters in Myanmar: Implications for the region
In almost all conflict zones mercenaries actively aid one side or the other
29 May 2024, 04:00 AM
How to bridge the rural-urban education divide in Bangladesh
The rural-urban education divide is evidently increasing in Bangladesh.
29 May 2024, 04:00 AM
Cyclone survivors are not just numbers
When we report about natural disasters, these individual people and their stories often become statistics.
28 May 2024, 09:45 AM
Bangladesh’s reputation as a freelancing powerhouse is on the line
The most important issue with our online labour force is skill gap.
28 May 2024, 06:00 AM
An ode to our senior citizens
The notion of community upliftment will fade with the passing of Bangladesh's current cohort of senior citizens.
28 May 2024, 04:19 AM
An IGP’s eye-watering corruption takes the lid off patronage politics
Many of Benazir Ahmed's public statements since assuming high office aligned more with the ruling party's political stance than with the neutral stance expected of a civil servant.
28 May 2024, 02:00 AM
Coming to terms with the dire state of Bangladesh men's cricket
We distance ourselves from the sport, stop watching the games, and wish that the news of the results doesn’t reach us. But to remain unaffected is not a choice we can make.
27 May 2024, 08:48 AM
Citizen data server? More like a data supermarket
It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups
27 May 2024, 06:00 AM
Why are IMF policies failing to stabilise our economy?
Why does macroeconomic instability continue to plague Bangladesh even after partnering with the IMF?
27 May 2024, 05:00 AM
We must abandon our ecocidal mindset
The relentless deforestation happening across Bangladesh persists unchecked
27 May 2024, 04:00 AM
Children must be protected from abuse and torture
We have become a society in which children have become a tool to satiate the filthy desires of the stronger
27 May 2024, 02:00 AM
What’s giving rise to more nuclear families in rural Bangladesh?
The culture of living in the extended family in this region has changed over time.
26 May 2024, 09:15 AM
How we can mitigate the effects of rising inequality
Economic inequality is the primary driver of civil unrest, with global, regional and national issues contributing to instability.
26 May 2024, 06:00 AM
In a parliament of businessmen, conflicts of interest reign supreme
With a parliament dominated by businessmen and their interests, who is going to hold them to account?
26 May 2024, 04:00 AM
We need a universal school education programme
Two observations are pertinent here. Primary education up to class VIII as a compulsory and universal stage of education is a 50-year-old idea broached first in 1974 Qudrat-e-Khuda Commission report and reiterated in Education Policy 2010.
26 May 2024, 02:00 AM