Right to Information in Bangladesh: Are we on the right track?

To obtain the full potentials of the law, we must go beyond such perfunctory rituals and focus more on strategies to go ahead.
15 September 2022, 03:00 AM

How I became Tamijer Baap in ‘Khowabnama’

I found myself looking for him beyond the pages of Elias's novel, among the old men who beg on the streets of Dhaka, or in the madman lying on the footpath, trying to say something  in a huff or lost in a hallucination on the open road.
14 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Akbar Ali Khan: the “Learned” and self-critical scholar

He intended to break down the jargon of economics, history, politics, and the theories behind it and make them palatable to the everyday readers. He inspired people to take part in shaping the tools and mechanisms that drive the governance of the state.
14 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Democracy facing an existential struggle

It is a matter of great misfortune, as well as of disappointment and uncertainty, that democracy in Bangladesh is practically absent now.
14 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.
14 September 2022, 14:16 PM

The Little Mermaid: Has Disney sanitised our expectations from fairytales?

Thanks to 2023's The Little Mermaid, Black and brown girls can finally see themselves as princesses in a film where the protagonist's skin colour is not as instrumental to the story as the princesses' heritage was in Aladdin, Mulan, and The Princess and the Frog.
14 September 2022, 13:24 PM

Charting the middle-income journey

Bangladesh needs proper macroeconomic management to avoid middle income trap
13 September 2022, 15:00 PM

Bangladesh can be the global lab for climate solutions

In the coming years, we have to deal with a new major global emergency called human-induced climate change, which will cause severe stress to our development investments.
13 September 2022, 14:00 PM

When the state defeats its people

The draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) strikes again, and most worryingly, in collusion with communal bigotry.
13 September 2022, 12:11 PM

The Queen’s demise and a throwback to our dark history

Queen Elizabeth II's death has sparked many conversations on her legacy, which includes British colonialism and its dark past.
13 September 2022, 12:00 PM

Plastic waste mismanagement is killing our environment

Private sector companies who daily contribute to plastic pollution must come up with ways to manage it.
12 September 2022, 18:39 PM

Is education another commodity in the market?

The important issue that must be discussed is whether school education should continue to be another commodity subject to the vagaries of the market.
12 September 2022, 16:00 PM

Upskilling, financial access can boost women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

Several indicators show that women in Bangladesh, especially the youth, have a low participation rate in the labour force.
12 September 2022, 15:30 PM

‘Sisters In The Mirror’ deconstructs the concept of "oppressed Muslim women"

"While the book is based on academic research, I've tried to write it for the 'interested educated reader'".
12 September 2022, 12:45 PM

Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women

Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.
12 September 2022, 11:11 AM

The Queen is not my feminist icon

Is Elizabeth a feminist icon? I would have to go with a hard no.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM

The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption

The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.
11 September 2022, 16:00 PM

Bangladesh needs a new vision for social protection

Bangladesh’s social protection, a key policy instrument in the country, has had a history of innovation evolved around crises
11 September 2022, 15:30 PM

The bill for climate change impacts should be shared

Climate change is a problem which was (largely) made in the West, but we are feeling its impacts in countries like ours more than ever.
11 September 2022, 14:30 PM

Anyone can be a hero: Why I love ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians’

From mental health struggles to characters with different racial and LGBTQ+ backgrounds, the series shines a light on people—and heroes—of diverse identities.
11 September 2022, 13:00 PM