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Gazi Nazrul’s case raises bigger questions for parliament
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Chattogram port’s empty-container problem needs more than quick fixes
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Our digital evidence framework must evolve with AI
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We need stronger digital systems to seize the China-plus-one opportunity
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Our forestry policy must be rooted in local evidence
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Citizens have already answered the ‘amendment or reform’ question
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Interview / ‘Every child has the right to be taught by a properly trained teacher’
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Mangroves, livelihoods, and Bangladesh’s economic future
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Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?
Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”
12 January 2023, 18:17 PM
Graduate unemployment: Who's to blame?
The populist remedies for youth and educated unemployment will not work without a coherent and coordinated plan from the government.
12 January 2023, 18:00 PM
America's missing ambassador to India
Given India’s strategic importance, why has the White House left the ambassador position vacant for two years?
12 January 2023, 13:47 PM
Three literary walks: Nilanjana Roy, Shehan Karunatilaka, Daisy Rockwell
With a Books page you're creating a running history of the ideas and the parallel history or the imagination of a country.
12 January 2023, 11:07 AM
Swami Vivekananda’s universal humanism continues to be relevant today
His philosophy focused on the greatness that man can discover within himself
12 January 2023, 09:24 AM
Which path do we want to be on?
It is imperative to bring voters to conversations pertaining to the 2023 general elections.
11 January 2023, 18:53 PM
What's so great about English education anyway?
Over-expenditure in English education has led to under-expenditure for other subjects, particularly Bangla and STEM subjects.
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Russian Muppets or American Puppets?
Where academics and strategists have failed, perhaps the denizens of Sesame Street might succeed
11 January 2023, 11:45 AM
What's eating away at AL's bedrock?
An embarrassing stage collapse could well be an ominous sign of the party’s bedrock caving in.
11 January 2023, 11:20 AM
A lion-hearted pioneer
Justice Murshed shook the bar out of its lethargy and modernised it as far as possible.
10 January 2023, 19:12 PM
Hefazat’s politics and the government’s policies
As we approach another general election, the utmost thing of worry is that such appeasement will only intensify.
10 January 2023, 17:00 PM
An energy sector on steroids
Why should we pay for the government’s questionable policies?
10 January 2023, 13:20 PM
Bangladeshi youth gunned down in the US: Lawmakers or lawbreakers?
Numerous figures demonstrate the disturbing rise in gun-related violence, including extrajudicial executions and hate crimes, in the US.
10 January 2023, 11:30 AM
Overcoming looming economic challenges in 2023
The core problems of our economy are rooted in the very nature of the country’s governance, which has long been neglected.
9 January 2023, 17:41 PM
How much longer will RMG workers have to shoulder losses, but not profits?
Behind the scenes of ‘Made in Bangladesh’
9 January 2023, 17:00 PM
The rhetoric of 'it happens' and whataboutism in political apologia
To use previous incidents of human rights violations to condone those of the present is hypocrisy and a macabre mockery of the past and present victims.
9 January 2023, 15:30 PM
When too many crowd, the stage breaks down
The stage-breaking incident shows us that too many slogans, too much shouting, and even too much strength can be a bad thing.
9 January 2023, 12:11 PM
What Price McCarthy?
The extremists have won in the race for the US Speaker of the House
9 January 2023, 10:42 AM
Talk of banning textile waste raises key questions for Bangladesh
In theory, this sounds like a good idea, but it is not so straightforward.
8 January 2023, 19:41 PM
Why hasn’t the UN recognised the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide yet?
UN recognition of the 1971 East Pakistan genocide is not only important for the global body to regain its credibility and effectiveness, but also to expose a military institution which is seen as of strategic value to the West.
8 January 2023, 17:10 PM