Our anti-corruption capacity is hostage to power

Positions of power acquired through various means have long been allowed to be treated as a licence for self-enrichment through various illicit means.
5 March 2023, 17:00 PM

AI and the Global South

Unprecedentedly powerful predictive tools will strengthen authoritarian regimes’ surveillance capacity.
5 March 2023, 15:30 PM

Legends Never Die

We have lost not only a great man and a charismatic person, but also a real guardian and a visionary business leader.
5 March 2023, 12:30 PM

Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo: An inspiration for future (and all) generations

Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo, a Bangladeshi scholar of international repute, has left his legacy for many generations to come.
5 March 2023, 03:00 AM

What we learnt about SRHR from our work with landless groups

How can a development organisation in Bangladesh truly reach the grassroots?
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Role of developmental propaganda in politics

Because of the importance given to debt-funded infrastructure-based development, the country’s economy is being burdened by increasing unsustainable foreign debt and import dependence.
4 March 2023, 16:00 PM

How to not ‘be a woman’ on Bangladeshi public buses

How can women travel on public transport without feeling like sub-humans?
4 March 2023, 14:00 PM

‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ adaptation hits all the right notes

The streaming adaptation retains the flash-forward tell-all interview framing device through an on-screen documentary.
4 March 2023, 13:00 PM

Shrinkflation: Downsizing in the time of inflation

How do we address the silent famine that is looming large?
4 March 2023, 03:00 AM

What makes a good teacher in the 21st century?

Today, the question of being a 'good teacher' generates a new vernacular.
3 March 2023, 16:30 PM

Make education accessible for children with disabilities

Keeping them away from mainstream education means hindering their connection to the real world
3 March 2023, 14:00 PM

Securing the safety of ordinary students

The real culprit is the BCL's sense of entitlement.
2 March 2023, 18:05 PM

A Licence to Kill

Why is it possible to manufacture and advertise a car that goes faster than the maximum allowable speed?
2 March 2023, 14:00 PM

Could the President have done more during his tenure?

Despite his limited authority, President Hamid had the opportunities to do certain things and say certain things, but he did not.
2 March 2023, 13:00 PM

World Wildlife Day: Conversations with conservationists

Bangladesh supports nearly 1.7 percent of the world's wildlife. How is that wildlife doing? Why does the chirping of birds no longer wake us? When was the last time a frog just showed up in our bathrooms?
2 March 2023, 04:01 AM

Do we really know how hundi works?

A more comprehensive analysis is needed to gather a complete picture of the hundi business.
2 March 2023, 03:00 AM

Let me speak my mind

Mushtaq might have been the worst victim of the DSA, but he was not the only one.
1 March 2023, 16:00 PM

Making Khulna a green and fair climate city

We can make the southwestern part of Bangladesh one of the world's foremost places to implement nature-based solutions (NbS).
1 March 2023, 14:00 PM

How emerging economies are reshaping the international financial system

The ascent of several emerging economies has seen their contributions to the multilateral finance system that supports development rise significantly.
1 March 2023, 10:59 AM

Samrat-Khaled-Mominul should be behind bars

Criminals like Samrat, Khaled and Mominul should be miles away from the political scene.
1 March 2023, 03:00 AM