Before Bangladesh adds a third language, it needs the right language policy
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Blowin’ in the Wind
Time to build an EV conversion ecosystem at scale
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Why Bangladesh's population planning must factor in climate-driven mobility
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An uncomfortable question facing Bangladesh's universities
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome
24 July 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
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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Why would anyone want to repeat December 10?
It is quite perplexing why the government seems set to repeat the measures that led to horrifying consequences between December 7 and 11 in 2022.
24 October 2023, 02:00 AM
Integrating Bangladeshi diaspora into Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi diasporas’ diverse human, social, cultural, and economic capital represents new assets for national development in a connected world
24 October 2023, 00:00 AM
Is there a prospect of peace under Netanyahu’s extremist government?
The prospects of peaceful resolution are far unless Israel is robbed off its fallback options.
23 October 2023, 14:00 PM
The British roots of the conflict in Palestine
This isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism
23 October 2023, 08:30 AM
How can we bring our canals back from the dead?
Terrains that once birthed and nourished the city have now mutated into sullied, ominous urban risks.
23 October 2023, 04:00 AM
How standing committees can keep upazila parishads responsible
Utilising standing committees to their fullest potential is a crucial step towards enhancing democratic institutions.
23 October 2023, 03:06 AM
The Election Commission’s credibility problem
A number of controversial decisions, actions and statements of the EC itself has put it in this situation.
22 October 2023, 14:53 PM
Gaza bleeds: We must feel the pain
Today, we dedicate our opinion page to shed light on the ongoing tragedy that has befallen the people of Gaza. It is a plea for the world to bear witness to this devastating crisis and to recognize the urgent need for empathy, understanding, and assistance. The suffering of Gaza is not just a regional concern; it is a call to the collective conscience of humanity.
22 October 2023, 10:09 AM
Myth of Israeli invincibility
Those claiming to be the heirs of the victims of the Holocaust, continue to rain death, pain and destruction on the Palestinian civilians
22 October 2023, 04:00 AM
Road crash victims deserve a better compensation scheme
Questions have been raised by road safety activists as to whether a human life can be valued at only Tk 5 lakh.
22 October 2023, 01:00 AM
Is urbanisation in Bangladesh doomed?
Major cities, including metropolises like Dhaka and Chattogram, consistently rank among the world's least liveable urban areas.
22 October 2023, 00:00 AM
Gaza siege: Western media bias and crumbling public trust
There is little possibility of people buying self-censored, biassed and curated content.
21 October 2023, 12:19 PM
How stable is the global financial system really?
The global financial system looks stable, because central banks have shifted more and more debt onto their books.
21 October 2023, 10:00 AM
Why we should care about the WGA strike
This strike came about because writers wanted fairer compensations, proper residuals, regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), better working standards, and anti-discrimination measures.
21 October 2023, 04:00 AM
Why the delay in declaring minimum wage for RMG workers?
Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?
21 October 2023, 03:00 AM
The war on error
Israel’s occupation of territories and desire to parcel all Palestinians as Arabs to the neighbouring countries have become blatantly clear.
21 October 2023, 02:00 AM
Who buys property abroad, and who pays for it?
These cases of illegal property purchase abroad are not the main acts of corruption – these are the symptoms.
20 October 2023, 14:00 PM
To fight fast fashion, we must not throw our clothes away
Fixing instead of ditching clothing is gaining momentum.
20 October 2023, 10:29 AM
Is the youth losing interest in political participation online?
And if they are online so much, do they find political engagement on social media to be safe and useful?
20 October 2023, 05:36 AM
Lessons we can learn from the recent Teesta disaster
We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.
20 October 2023, 02:00 AM