The Commonwealth's greatest prize lies beyond the Games
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‘Textbooks should not undermine girls' confidence or reinforce the beauty myth’
23 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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Plan well before introducing separate question sets for DU admission
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How can we protect our children from being preyed on?
23 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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What India’s ‘cockroach’ protest tells us about South Asia’s generation of discontent
23 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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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 Dhaka’s future, balance urbanisation with greenscapes
The city's destiny hinges on all urbanites’ collective commitment to sustainable urbanisation.
27 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Why is Bangladesh in the grip of a sizzling heatwave?
We should prepare ourselves for future heatwaves and help the most vulnerable people enduring the ongoing blistering heat.
26 April 2024, 15:00 PM
A solid base of intellectual property rights will drive innovation
IP rights protection can encourage innovation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm on a large scale
26 April 2024, 07:48 AM
The contradiction of comfort
How comfortable is it to not have clean air to breathe?
26 April 2024, 06:00 AM
EU law offers hope, challenges for labour rights in Bangladesh
But why is it that Bangladesh can’t independently create a legal framework that protects workers' rights?
26 April 2024, 01:00 AM
EVMs, the EC, and waste of public money
Why did the EVM experiment fall on its face?
25 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Before COP29, let’s get our priorities in line
To get money from the L&D Fund, we need to prove that the losses and damages we face are due to climate change.
25 April 2024, 03:00 AM
Israel’s sense of moral immunity needs breaking
How much of the global outrage for Gaza will impact Washington’s attitude and its policy of blind and unconditional support for Israel?
25 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Our civil society needs to do more to challenge power structures
Over the last year, human rights defenders, demonstrators, and dissenters have been met with harassment, physical aggression, detainment, and maltreatment by the authorities.
25 April 2024, 01:00 AM
What the Rana Plaza tragedy means in 2024
Let’s visit this discussion on three levels of analysis on the local, national, and global scenarios and impacts.
24 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Abu Saeed Khan: A Champion of Connectivity
We celebrate a life well lived and mourn the loss of a valued friend and colleague
23 April 2024, 16:09 PM
US aid to Israel: Twenty-three billion dollars to slaughter women and children
The US has decided to generously reward Israel $1 billion per thousand women and children that Israel has killed in the Gaza Strip.
23 April 2024, 15:00 PM
China’s competitiveness and American badmouthing
The US approach to China is based on a mix of arrogance, nastiness, and naiveté.
23 April 2024, 09:00 AM
Fifty years of learning from rises and slips in the Bangladesh economy
We are hubristically living through our ecological implosion.
23 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Should social media be our new public square?
Aside from posting, social media has become the go-to place for many to get their news, views and overall information, and for communicating them.
22 April 2024, 13:00 PM
Give us back the old Chattogram
Chattogram city has thousands of years of political and cultural heritage. But there are essentially no measures in place to preserve heritage.
22 April 2024, 12:00 PM
Trade deal with Japan will boost Bangladesh's post-LDC success
For the first time, there will be an Economic Partnership Agreement with a country with a major economy.
22 April 2024, 06:00 AM
Israel is rogue, but Iran must demonstrate restraint
It remains to be seen what Israel does with its replenished weapons inventory.
22 April 2024, 05:37 AM
We need to know more about Shein’s $9 jeans
First, is any of this even ethical? Second, how is Shein retailing clothing so cheaply?
22 April 2024, 04:00 AM
Ban on student politics: Will Buet protesters’ campaign see success?
One cannot help but note the irony of a united campaign protesting against student politics when it is obvious that student politics is very much alive on the Buet campus
22 April 2024, 02:00 AM