Plagued with a huge amount of non-performing loans (NPLs), capital deficiency, provision shortfall, management inefficiency, and other issues, Bangladesh’s banking sector is indeed in an extremely vulnerable state.

As the Padma Barrage Project is placed before the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval this week, an idea that has evolved since the 1960s may finally become a reality.

When one crore handwritten Family Cards were verified with NIDs, a single exercise in duplicate removal resulted in the cancellation of 43 lakh cards.

To figure out why Chattogram gets flooded every year, you have to understand the unique nature of this city. It is not flat. It is not far from the sea. And its rivers are not like any other rivers.

Considering the country’s vast population, the number of trained nurses remains far below the standard number recommended by the World Health Organization: there are only 0.7 nurses per 1,000 people in the country, according to 2023 World Bank estimates.

On May 2, 28-year-old Md Riyad Rashid from Kishoreganj was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack near the Russia-Ukraine border while serving with Russian forces. His friend Limon Dutta, who was injured in the same attack, informed the family and said another Bangladeshi had died beside him.

Many of the new ideas being put forward, such as expanding technical education, introducing a third language, reducing high-stakes exams, and promoting skill-based learning, are not intrinsically flawed.

More than 22,000 women and 16,000 girls have been killed in Gaza in this genocide with two women and girls dying every hour.

The energy crisis born of the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has revealed a critical reality: Bangladesh has never been adequately prepared to deal with such external shocks.

Student satisfaction is still one of the most widely used indicators of education quality, shaping expectations for what effective teaching must deliver.

Bangladesh’s digital child protection policy still rests on a dangerously comforting illusion: that harmful online content can be managed by blocking websites.

In a repeat of past experiences, India’s ties with Bangladesh, its immediate neighbour and strategic partner, are now entering another phase of recalibration.

When a person asks a chatbot how to apologise to a partner, how to reply to a painful message, how to survive loneliness at night, or whether someone still loves them, AI is no longer simply helping with “tasks.” It is entering the emotional sphere of life.

Bangladesh has built a considerable rural credit system. Each year, tens of thousands of crores are supplied to the countryside.

Often in urban Bangladesh, footpaths are cleared of street vendors so that pedestrians can move about comfortably.

While smart technologies can make classrooms more engaging, they cannot replace skilled teachers or structured instruction. Traditional teaching allows for a slower, more gradual learning experience that helps students engage with ideas while also fostering direct, face-to-face interaction with teachers.

In a previous article, I argued that Bangladesh must rethink its reliance on a road-based transport system along the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor and move towards a more energy-efficient model.

Despite the existence of laws and policies, due to a lack of implementation, bureaucratic complexities, and structural limitations, visually impaired individuals are still unable to enter the mainstream workforce.

A weaver in Narayanganj spends months creating a single Jamdani saree. Each motif is placed by hand, each thread carrying generations of knowledge.

For 75 years, West Bengal told itself a story: we are the land of Tagore and Vivekananda, of Bankim and Bose, of Amartya Sen and Abhijit Banerjee, of coffee house Marxists and high-minded bhadralok secularism. We are too refined for the politics of mandir and masjid.