Let's uplift the women who build Dhaka brick by brick

Let us not only recognise these women's labour, but uplift it through dignity, safety, and opportunity.
6 December 2025, 06:00 AM

‘Air pollution does not discriminate; it impacts everyone’

At the household level, many families still lack access to clean cooking energy.
6 December 2025, 03:00 AM

Primary teachers’ strike is a mirror held up to Bangladesh

The assistant teachers of 65,000-plus government primary schools have been pressing for a three-point demand.
6 December 2025, 02:00 AM

Trump’s Venezuela problem is not about cocaine, but oil

History repeats itself too often in Latin America.
5 December 2025, 07:00 AM

Can’t we all just get along?

How can we do better? First, we should cultivate the art of listening.
5 December 2025, 07:00 AM

Dear mothers, stop coddling your sons

If we want decent men, we must start by raising decent boys.
5 December 2025, 03:00 AM

An independent judiciary seems near at hand, but can still slip away

Judicial independence is formally guaranteed; its actual implementation will require moral courage from judges themselves.
4 December 2025, 18:30 PM

The prerequisites to creating sustainable banking system in Bangladesh

To attain viability, banks must manage the various risks they encounter in this process of intermediation.
4 December 2025, 07:00 AM

Slum fires, inequality and Dhaka’s invisible residents

Slum fires are not accidents but a predictable by-product of inequality and policy failure.
4 December 2025, 06:00 AM

There's no neutral observer in digital violence

Silence tells women that even when men see the harm, they will not intervene.
4 December 2025, 04:00 AM

COP30 brings both hope and letdowns for vulnerable countries

COP30 could not deliver concrete actions to phase out fossil fuels and advance climate finance, but some new opportunities were created for vulnerable countries.
4 December 2025, 02:00 AM

Bay of Bengal’s slow death threatens our future

Marine fish populations have plummeted at a rate scientists describe as catastrophic.
3 December 2025, 06:00 AM

Caretaker by court and by charter: Are we headed for a collision?

Bangladesh is now running two projects of constitutional legitimacy on the issue of caretaker government.
3 December 2025, 05:00 AM

How Bangladesh continues to abandon its disabled citizens

The paradox of disability in Bangladesh is stark: we are a country that legislates compassion on paper but constructs hostility in concrete.
3 December 2025, 04:00 AM

How NEIR exposed our lazy journalism

Why would a group of journalists organise a seminar on NEIR without questioning its risks or relevance?
3 December 2025, 02:00 AM

Laldia deal, a missed opportunity to set an example

The deal started as an unsolicited bid from Maersk Group, the parent company of APM Terminals, in 2023.
2 December 2025, 07:00 AM

Packaging the patriarchal gaze as 'relatable' content

Because these posts and memes normalise a specific emotional image of women— impulsive, dramatic, unstable, and self-absorbed.
2 December 2025, 06:00 AM

Why we should prioritise Matarbari over Bay Terminal development

Bangladesh's port congestion has long shaped the popular perception that our maritime gateways are straining under unmanageable pressure.
2 December 2025, 04:00 AM

Has our ADP governance gone backwards?

In this context of heightened public expectation, it is important to recall how the ADP evolved under the previous government.
2 December 2025, 02:00 AM

COP30: A meagre outcome with major consequences

For Bangladesh, the inadequacy of COP30 is not a distant diplomatic concern but an immediate existential issue.
1 December 2025, 06:00 AM