How toxic digital spaces are grooming angry young men
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How the proposed budget reinforces an unequal tax structure
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Opinion
Before adding a third language, fix students' foundational learning crisis
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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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A record health budget, but the challenge, as always, is execution
7 hour(s) ago
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Persistent delay in restoring the Information Commission is unacceptable
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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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Why can't police let go of Tentultala playground?
Save Tentultala playground, pay heed to public demand
26 April 2022, 11:48 AM
Asking for public open space is no crime
While it’s not uncommon for open spaces to be encroached by influential people, the recent incident involving a playground in Dhaka’s
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Applying the Covid blueprint to cholera
While the coronavirus has posed unique challenges at a time of deep global interconnectedness, pandemics are nothing new.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Who are the helmet bahini?
They come wearing helmets, brandishing machetes and sticks; they vandalise, they kill, and then they are gone, even beyond the long arms of the law.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Fresh Churn for the Muslims of Assam
The complex web of religious and linguistic fault lines in the northeastern state of Assam in India is once again set for fresh churn, with implications for the Muslim population there.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
We need a robust national emergency service
At a time when everyone is talking about making the national emergency helpline service more efficient—so that more people can get
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh needs fundamental reforms of law enforcement
US sanctions on Rab are damaging our country’s image
25 April 2022, 11:25 AM
Invest in education to reduce inequality
Quality education is urgently needed in Bangladesh as the country is progressing at a fast pace.
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM
More security doesn’t mean fewer rights
Laws are supposed to protect our rights and security against abuses committed by other people, by organisations, and by the government
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Wasa water everywhere, not a drop to drink
Dhaka residents are scorched by a hot sun above their heads, their throats feeling like dry wood, and there is plenty of murky, smelly water all around, but alas!
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM
S Arabia targets a more Republican Washington
Rather than push for an immediate improvement of strained relations with the United States, Saudi Arabia appears to be looking forward to a
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM
For real change, listen to RMG suppliers
We’ve spent so many years going round in circles on various issues impacting garment supply chains.
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Brutality at its worst, on full display
Nahid’s gruesome murder should be a wake-up call for the ruling party
24 April 2022, 11:10 AM
Helmet cannot hide identity
We have become so heartless that we can now watch video of Nahid Mia getting beaten to death – without any hesitation. Once, we identify the "Helmet Gang" as killers, we reach the decision that nothing will happen to them.
24 April 2022, 10:13 AM
Why Bangladesh should worry about its economy
Given the gloomy global macro-economic outlook, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s assessment that Bangladesh’s macroeconomic stability is not at risk over the Russia-Ukraine crisis is questionable.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
The Ukraine conflict is much more serious than you think
The war in Ukraine is, in reality, a proxy war being fought between the West and Russia. Unlike its portrayal in the Western media, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was neither unprovoked nor unpredictable.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
How fares the opposition in Bangladesh?
The prime minister had made a very profound and significant remark at the beginning of this month on the state of the opposition in the country.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
State must give protection to Rabiul’s family
The shocking death of 26-year-old Rabiul Islam, after being beaten by a team of policemen in the Kazir Chawra area of Lalmonirhat on April
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Timely inoculation a must to check cholera outbreak
The cholera outbreak continues to be a headache for residents in certain areas of Dhaka as well as hospitals, doctors and public health
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Shakespeare—Our Contemporary in the Time of Coronavirus?
The question was already raised by some: Did Shakespeare write mainly for children? So-called "pop" Shakespeare criticism answered that question in the affirmative.
22 April 2022, 18:02 PM