What’s in a girls’ toilet at a rural school?

There was a likelihood of infection if the rags were not clean. Now, they get a pad free of cost from the school.
19 May 2023, 02:00 AM

Column by Mahfuz Anam: The middle income ‘intellectual’ trap

The intellectual trap refers to a country’s policymakers’ inability to ensure crucial intellectual freedom.
18 May 2023, 18:10 PM

Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi

Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.
18 May 2023, 13:00 PM

Let the world not forget Nakba

History would show the degree of betrayal by the key players involved with the Palestinian question
18 May 2023, 12:00 PM

Flesh in ruins

It is the disease that maintains the upper hand in the plot. A jarring voice of its own, the toxins spilling across the pages in bold, chaotic words.
18 May 2023, 07:33 AM

Bangladesh can become a semiconductor packaging hub

Bangladesh can position itself to be an active player, particularly in semiconductor packaging.
18 May 2023, 02:00 AM

Why the DSA should be scrapped

A major weakness of the law is its inconsistency with the other existing laws.
17 May 2023, 17:00 PM

UN’s commemoration of Nakba and the West’s complicity

This moment serves as a reflection, and a reminder, of the Western complicity in perpetuating the injustice against Palestinians.
17 May 2023, 14:35 PM

Bangladesh should put the Commonwealth at the centre of its thinking

The Commonwealth is the perfect forum through which Bangladesh can exert influence on the world’s established players.
17 May 2023, 06:00 AM

Recovery from Mocha: Restoring and building resilience

Now that the immediate threat has passed, attention must be paid to determine how much damage Cyclone Mocha has caused. It is crucial to guarantee that people who have been staying in the shelters can safely return home.
17 May 2023, 03:00 AM

Biman never fails to disappoint

It is a well-known and generally accepted fact that Biman is a cesspool of corruption and mismanagement.
16 May 2023, 17:00 PM

Role of MPs in tackling climate change

A set of parliamentarians from the most vulnerable constituencies could form a special group to get more deeply involved regarding the climate actions needed at the local level in their constituencies.
16 May 2023, 14:30 PM

Money makes the world go round – and development succeed

The key to economic development and ending poverty is investment.
16 May 2023, 10:55 AM

Why the US dollar is an optimal reserve currency for Bangladesh

The proposition that Bangladesh will move away from the US dollar-based payment settlement to a new international payment settlement is of no economic substance.
16 May 2023, 02:15 AM

What Bangladesh's new budget should offer to common people

The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.
15 May 2023, 16:10 PM

It's time we talked about menopause

Until recently, we as a society were not mindful of a woman’s hormonal fluctuations that she deals with daily.
15 May 2023, 14:15 PM

Motherhood, martyrdom and the spirit of female resistance in 1971

Ekattorer Dinguli forces one to acknowledge the dire reality of ethnic and religious violence, and the harsh legacy of colonial oppression and divide that has ruptured the fabric of the South Asian subcontinent since 1947.
15 May 2023, 12:56 PM

In Pakistan, a mass reckoning remains unlikely

The lack of issue-based mobilisation is a reflection of Pakistan’s paucity of issue-based politics.
15 May 2023, 11:00 AM

A glimpse of the Istanbul we don’t know

Here was a woman who was but a dot amidst the throngs of people who watched the Bosphorus Bridge being opened in October 1973, as fireworks erupted over a Turkey that now seamed Asia to Europe.
15 May 2023, 08:55 AM

Does RTI have a future in Bangladesh?

Can public officials ever become transparent in their work and feel accountable to citizens?
15 May 2023, 02:00 AM