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What India’s ‘cockroach’ protest tells us about South Asia’s generation of discontent
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How Islamic bank depositors can minimise sharing losses
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Rethinking Bangladesh's health sector reform after SWAp
22 July 2026, 08:00 AM
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The world in the eyes of Palestinian children
Many of the surviving children in Palestine, especially those in Gaza, have no idea why they have been attacked and killed day in and day out.
28 February 2024, 03:00 AM
Preserving the uncharted
Laleng, an Indigenous tongue, is attributed to the Patro community who inhabit the culturally rich environs of Sylhet Sadar, Jaintiapur, and Gowainghat areas within the geographical boundaries of Bangladesh.
28 February 2024, 02:00 AM
How can Bangladesh enhance its energy security?
Continuous gas exploration and exploitation of renewable energy should be the two pillars of energy security in the country.
27 February 2024, 14:00 PM
The fallacious policy on exporting internet to India
Once approved, this will forever strengthen India’s grip on monopolising regional international internet bandwidth.
27 February 2024, 03:11 AM
Roadmap for banking reforms: Old wine in a new bottle?
In February 2019, the central bank lowered the timeframe to three years from five years. And what has that achieved?
27 February 2024, 00:00 AM
Whose interest is Hamas serving?
During his 14-year rule over the past 15 years, Netanyahu did everything possible to keep Hamas in power in Gaza.
25 February 2024, 16:00 PM
Why is Bangladesh Railway struggling despite huge investment?
Despite thousands of crores of taka being invested in various infrastructure development projects in the railway sector, the crisis of Bangladesh Railway (BR) doesn’t seem to end.
25 February 2024, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh isn’t doing enough to cash in on its demographic dividend
The growth in Bangladesh's share of employment in industry is below the growth of other Asian economies at similar stages.
24 February 2024, 14:00 PM
Voices in captivity
To justify the restrictions, governments run a fear factory.
24 February 2024, 04:00 AM
How are guerillas in Myanmar raising their funds?
Since Myanmar's guerrilla groups are not listed as “terrorist” organisations in Europe and the US, supporters are facing no problems in raising public funds
24 February 2024, 03:00 AM
Liberating domestic workers for equity and dignity
The prevailing practice of employing domestic workers, at disproportionately low wages, underscores systemic inequalities.
24 February 2024, 00:00 AM
The grave irony of medical negligence causing deaths
Instances of medical malpractice are not uncommon in Bangladesh
23 February 2024, 04:00 AM
How many Indigenous authors can you name?
There is a lack of recognition for Indigenous writers and publishers at national events like the Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
23 February 2024, 03:00 AM
What democracy indices say about Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s declining score in the EIU Democracy Index should provide an opportunity to discuss not only how EIU has rated Bangladesh, but also how others have characterised the country’s state of democracy—or lack thereof.
23 February 2024, 01:00 AM
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Another veto prolongs genocide in Gaza
The goal of the genocide in Gaza is to take over what's left of Palestinian land.
22 February 2024, 18:15 PM
Hybrid rule 3.0 in Pakistan?
Notwithstanding the alleged manipulations, the elections have changed the country’s political dynamics.
22 February 2024, 03:00 AM
Evidence to policy. Truth to power.
"Policy" as an institutional process is a nebulous mixture of concepts, thinking, ideology, values, pragmatism, interests and, hopefully, evidence: prior, during, and afterwards.
22 February 2024, 02:00 AM
For a brighter tomorrow, put an end to corruption today
The intricate connection between politics and corruption in Bangladesh raises profound concerns that demand immediate attention.
21 February 2024, 04:00 AM
Preeti Urang and our myopic laws
These are not isolated incidents, but part of a larger pattern that makes us look critically into the legal regime for workers toiling in the informal sector
21 February 2024, 02:00 AM
Italicisation policing, penning with a colonised mind
When a foreign word—one that isn’t part of the language in which the text is being written—is highlighted in italics in a work of literature, it becomes “other.”
21 February 2024, 01:00 AM