How the FY27 budget reinforces an unequal tax structure
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What the 57th border talks refused to say about BSF killings and push-ins
14 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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Who pays for a fossil-free future? Bonn talks must answer the question
14 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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With opposition inputs, the budget debate finally matures, but constraints persist
14 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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How falling real prices threaten Bangladesh’s apparel sector
14 June 2026, 08:00 AM
RMG NOTES
A budget of promises, pressures, and unanswered questions
13 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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As El Niño looms, Bangladesh must brace for extreme heat
13 June 2026, 13:00 PM
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Air pollution: What Beijing got right that Dhaka still hasn't
13 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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Will this be the budget that transforms education?
13 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Opinion
A budget built on recovery and reform, but can it deliver?
12 June 2026, 08:00 AM
MACRO MIRROR
The murder of Shireen Abu Akleh: Another voice for Palestine muted
Occupation forces storm Jenin and besiege a house in the Jabriyat neighbourhood. On the way there, I will bring you news as soon as the picture becomes clear,” emailed Shireen Abu Akleh to Al Jazeera at 6:13 on Wednesday morning.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
A two-stroke thrombosis
One marker for the oft-chanted prophecy of Bangladesh as the Asian Tiger can be explained through the rise and rise of motorcycles.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
How Moscow helped Washington win a strategic battle against China
But it exposes Washington’s desperation, typical of a declining power
13 May 2022, 13:44 PM
Threat of dengue outbreak is ominous
Go all out to control the spread
13 May 2022, 11:44 AM
Time for a fresh look at the UN
On April 24, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine to discuss military aid with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Being a non-VIP at Dhaka airport is no fun
The adviser to the prime minister on private industry and investment, Salman F Rahman, recently expressed his dissatisfaction about the way our airport in Dhaka has been handling passengers, referring to allegations of staff members taking bribes and harassing them.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Don’t normalise living in fear
Bangladesh is a nation that is being carried almost entirely by the labour of its underprivileged and uneducated people, who slave away at garment factories and toil abroad to send back remittances.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Should Bangladesh be worried about debt financing?
Dr Selim Jahan lays out all the facts about Bangladesh's debt financing situation.
12 May 2022, 17:21 PM
When power plants power up corruption
Graft involving land acquisition must be investigated
12 May 2022, 13:13 PM
Shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh was deliberate
All we can now hope for is that Shireen Abu Akleh’s death does not get lost in the crowd of the thousands of Palestinian killings before hers.
12 May 2022, 11:50 AM
100 billion to tackle climate change is a trillion too short
A decade ago, developed countries pledged to provide developing countries with USD 100 billion each year, from 2020 onwards.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
When a head of state becomes a nation’s nightmare
It is not unknown in history that a single ruler was the cause of a nation’s downfall, the obvious case in modern times being Adolf Hitler—an elected leader—one of the best known among a collection of reviled names scattered throughout history as examples of the evil that power can degenerate into.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Everything that’s wrong with Bangladesh Railway
When was the last time we heard of any positive news about Bangladesh Railway (BR)? I don’t remember coming across any in recent years.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Why can’t privately run trains make profits?
It is unfortunate that Bangladesh Railway (BR) has not been able to make much progress when it comes to getting the customer trains
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Whose per capita income?
Almost all other signs point to increasing suffering as a result of high inflation and extremely high income inequality.
11 May 2022, 11:25 AM
Has dominance via hard power run its course?
War games bring financial benefits to arms-makers and peddlers.
11 May 2022, 10:10 AM
Why must female migrant workers return empty-handed?
A new batch of 340 female migrant workers has returned home in the month of April to impart the usual depressing tales of exploitation,
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Fifty years of Nepal-Bangladesh relations: A friendship with much potential
Nepal and Bangladesh celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations on April 8, 2022. Nepal was the seventh country to recognise Bangladesh as an independent country in 1972.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about
Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about are all the things that could’ve saved me.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
A not-so-smart proposal for an offshore smart city
In an unprecedented move, the parliamentary standing committee on housing and public works ministry has directly recommended a major development project—to build an offshore smart city claiming land from the Bay of Bengal—directly to the prime minister.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM