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24 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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UGC’s centralised research funding must not undermine academic independence
24 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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Padma Barrage: Reviving one region, risking another?
24 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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The Commonwealth's greatest prize lies beyond the Games
23 July 2026, 16:13 PM
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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
23 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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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 minimise 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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As civil order crumbles in Myanmar, Bangladesh should be alert
If Myanmar’s civil war continues on its current course, there could be ripple effects on Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries.
18 January 2024, 00:00 AM
Who can help utilise our development budget?
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
17 January 2024, 03:00 AM
Structural killings, not road ‘accidents’
Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.
17 January 2024, 02:00 AM
To be treated as equals to the West, the Global South must decolonise its minds
In an over-crowded planet, the system is inherently unstable when we attempt to resolve differences via conflict and war
17 January 2024, 01:00 AM
A country drifting into political paralysis
Ali Riaz sadly observes that the country is fast drifting into a political paralysis and descending into the abyss of authoritarianism, while maintaining a democratic facade.
16 January 2024, 14:00 PM
The biggest risks facing our world in 2024
The findings of the WEF’s latest Global Risks Report are quite relevant to Bangladesh
16 January 2024, 01:00 AM
'Genocide’s Claim' by Shahidul Alam
In Gaza's streets, where shadows loom, // Apartheid's legacy casts heavy gloom.
15 January 2024, 03:00 AM
The end of human rights and the last child in Gaza
Against the backdrop of the current crisis, we ought to conduct a critical interrogation of the relevance of the overarching international human rights law framework itself.
15 January 2024, 02:00 AM
RTI can help our new government fulfil its election pledges
The Right to Information Act, 2009 specifies a mechanism for citizens to access all information—with few exceptions—available to the government and many other public authorities.
15 January 2024, 02:00 AM
Education needs resolute leadership of new ministers
The education that a child can acquire is currently a matter of how much his/her family can pay.
14 January 2024, 14:00 PM
‘Animal’ and the cultural politics of Muslim demonisation in Bollywood
Since 9/11, Indian cinema has played a strong role in normalising anti-Islam sentiments with repeated portrayals of Islamic terrorism
14 January 2024, 03:00 AM
‘The right to fear-free democratic opposition must be ensured’
Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
14 January 2024, 02:00 AM
The real challenge is taming inflation fast
Inflation, which is the equivalent of a regressive tax on the poor, accentuates income inequality to make the situation worse.
14 January 2024, 01:00 AM
Attacks on Yemen could open Middle East’s pandora’s box
The US and UK strikes in Yemen have only aggravated the possibility of large-scale conflict in the already volatile Middle East.
14 January 2024, 00:00 AM
Myanmar’s military junta is losing power
The junta appears more vulnerable than ever. The formerly 500,000-strong military currently stands at around 150,000 troops or fewer and is severely overstretched.
13 January 2024, 04:00 AM
All the ‘skill talk’ in university education
What skills? Who decides what is relevant for our education system?
13 January 2024, 01:00 AM
A prelude to tomorrow
Sometimes, our lust for power brings hell to earth. We let the fire burn and kill humanity.
12 January 2024, 13:59 PM
Creating safe public spaces for women: A collective responsibility
Creating safe and empowering public spaces demands a multidimensional approach, the first step of which is initiating table conversations.
12 January 2024, 06:30 AM
Business should look past gender
Women-led businesses are catalysts for social progress
12 January 2024, 05:00 AM
Word of the Election Year: Dummy
Politicians provided a steady supply of obnoxious, potentially title-winning examples
12 January 2024, 01:00 AM