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Time to fix the foundations of Islamic banking in Bangladesh
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A paralysed Information Commission is undermining citizens’ right to know
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Merge investment agencies, yes, but first fix the system around them
14 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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The elite’s blind spot is deepening our education crisis
14 May 2026, 11:00 AM
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Disconnected trade systems are eroding the gains of digitisation
14 May 2026, 10:00 AM
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Measles outbreak and the politics of convenience
14 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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The banking sector’s dangerous free fall while defaulters thrive
13 May 2026, 10:00 AM
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The Padma barrage must address both water and sediment issues
13 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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West Bengal’s right-wing turn cannot be blamed on Bangladesh
13 May 2026, 12:00 PM
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Unfair policing of opposition making ordinary citizens suffer too
There are too many questions about the policing of the BNP rally in Dhaka.
11 December 2022, 13:00 PM
Our low health literacy needs urgent fixing
To improve adherence to treatment guidelines, patients need to clearly understand health information related to their specific illness or disease
11 December 2022, 08:00 AM
From COP27 to COP28: The tricky road ahead
Attribution Science can play a leading role in figuring out which countries the money should flow to
11 December 2022, 05:33 AM
Neither party is upholding the spirit of the Liberation War
The streets belong to the working class and they are the ones who will decide the future of the country.
10 December 2022, 13:30 PM
When in Qatar, be a Qatari
In the days leading up to the greatest show on earth, miserably apt was the Bangla saying, "Jare dekhte nari, tar cholon banka."
10 December 2022, 13:30 PM
AL's strategy of intimidation may no longer be working
So far, whatever the ruling party has been doing is going in favour of the BNP.
10 December 2022, 10:54 AM
America's Silent Progressive Majority
It is not left-wing extremism to note that the American economy has not been serving most Americans
10 December 2022, 10:00 AM
How do bus strikes ahead of BNP rallies affect transport workers?
Ordinary transport workers have been suffering due to loss of income during these strikes.
10 December 2022, 02:00 AM
Why politicians should study human rights
For human rights advocates, 2022 has been a catastrophic year.
9 December 2022, 18:30 PM
One Year of US Sanctions: Denial and Defiance
The government has not only curtailed freedom of expression and assembly, but it has also used state institutions to silence its critics and political opponents in a brutal manner.
9 December 2022, 18:00 PM
75 years of Partition: A young boy's loss
I belong to a generation that was overtaken by the pestilence called Partition.
9 December 2022, 15:30 PM
On free speech and Milton’s 'Areopagitica'
Milton shows how the erroneous use of censorship laws have hindered progress even in the quest for scientific truth.
9 December 2022, 14:01 PM
Looking at present-day Bangladesh through Rokeya’s mirror
The key message in Rokeya’s writing is the need to ensure justice for all and in all aspects of life that include gender egalitarianism.
9 December 2022, 11:06 AM
COLUMN BY MAHFUZ ANAM: A competition of errors
Is our government so weak that a proposed public meeting threatens it?
8 December 2022, 18:40 PM
Salvage the banking sector, unmask the kingpins
As a result of the game of secrecy of the real beneficiaries, those involved in banking sector corruption and money laundering have hardly been brought to justice.
8 December 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Change laws that undermine women’s position in the family’
Barrister Sara Hossain speaks on where we go next in dealing with violence against women in Bangladesh
8 December 2022, 16:00 PM
How can the land of Hafez, Sa’di, and Rumi be so cruel?
The absolutist, merciless state contradicts Iran’s deep roots in Sufism.
8 December 2022, 12:11 PM
What is the Awami League afraid of?
All these rules, restrictions, and obstructions indicate they may fear the reawakening of the opposition.
8 December 2022, 07:16 AM
China after zero-Covid
The post-Covid era has arrived in China. What now?
8 December 2022, 06:00 AM
The Bhawal story through women’s voices in Aruna Chakravarti’s ‘The Mendicant Prince’
The story of the ailing Bhawal prince, Ramendranarayan Roy, the Mejo Kumar, who while taken to Darjeeling to recuperate, died and was cremated there, under mysterious circumstances, and who then returned years later as a wandering ascetic with partial amnesia!
8 December 2022, 04:00 AM