The government has a huge task ahead in terms of making its social security programmes effective.

Looking back at 2022, experts on the South Asian political and economic landscape would highlight the ongoing economic crisis for understandable reasons.

It is hard to ignore the growing consensus among economists that the combination of inflation and interest rate hikes alongside tempered Chinese demand and US economic uncertainty could be the perfect storm for a global recession.

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer

Let’s think of some out-of-the-box ways to tackle even the most formidable of problems.

Many things happened in the expansive, sprawling world of tech in 2022 and most were less than desirable.

The world is grieving for Pelé, one of its most gifted sons, who won the universe with his football skills.

Bangladesh has trodden a long path in its journey to ensure financial inclusion of its teeming population.

A “new” type of urban mobility comes to fruition in the month of the country’s emancipation

As an academic, I often share with students my writings that are related to the courses I teach. That was not the case with our educators when I was a student in the Department of English at Dhaka University. The reason was not because there were no writers among our teachers.

The Ukraine war is shaped by Russia’s historical desire to become a Eurasian power.

Can you define 2022 in one word? A word that captures the mood and the mode of a year that’s passed?

Did anyone expect that the ruling party candidate would lose her security deposit or manage to bag only eight percent of the votes?

Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face

There have been some pretty amazing scientific discoveries in 2022.

High-level pledges against corruption continued to be reiterated in 2022, as in the past several years.

This is indeed a risky business.

Throughout 2022, education authorities focused on returning to a “normal” routine, making minimal adjustments mostly in organising public examinations.

Capacity development is an important part of mainstreaming NbS and LLA.

An informed public health professional will argue that public health is half medical and half data. Without data, any health system is effectively blind. Data provides visibility into public health emergencies and non-emergencies alike. It saves lives. It tells us where the government needs to pour its funds and which areas to mobilise resources in. It helps identify gaps in healthcare and measure outcomes. Indeed, data is the eyes and ears of public health.