The answer isn’t easy, but it’s vital that we consider all options

Manual toll collection is causing congestion and suffering of commuters

Two concepts related to climate change – Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) – have gained significant momentum over the last couple of years.

The political division regarding how to deal with the attack on the US Capitol Building does not augur well for democracy in the US. What does this tell us about the fate of democracy in the world?

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has revealed its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the period of July-December 2022 at a time when the country, and the world, is going through tough economic challenges.

Country needs a National Household Database that works

Latest survey finding on labour rights in Bangladesh is concerning

People tend to believe in progress. As the decades advance, we become more civilised. We expand important freedoms, like voting rights. Except that time and time again, some events prove otherwise.

The first couple of days of the Padma Bridge’s opening was chaotic, hilarious, tragic and outright ridiculous.

Here’s an image that will likely be seared into our memory forever: a teacher being forced to wear a garland of shoes around his neck.

End early marriage and ensure their safety so they can reach full potential

Government must pay their dues in full and hasten reopening of mills

The recent spate of attacks on teachers by individual students or certain groups make many of us revisit the very notion of respect for teachers.

We are accustomed to having fully developed roads in Dhaka only after all the buildings in an area have been constructed – whereas in developed nations, the roads are built first.

Dipankar Talukdar, member of parliament (MP) from the Parbatya Rangamati (299) constituency, while taking part in the budget discussion during the 18th session of Jatiya Sangsad on June 16, said, “Nowhere is it mentioned in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord that police cannot be deployed at the army-withdrawn camp sites.”

Conditions imposed on state-run agency are unreasonable, unacceptable

There's no room for complacency when it comes to militancy

The fact that Latifur Rahman, Shamim Bhai to us all, is no longer among us still feels unreal.

Latifur Rahman, or “Shamim bhai” as we knew him, is no longer with us today. In his absence, the business community in Bangladesh will never be the same again. His guidance and cool temperament will be greatly missed.

Two years ago today, we lost Mr Latifur Rahman. He was a man of immense integrity and determination. He was an ethical entrepreneur, a champion of the free media, and a family man.