How toxic digital spaces are grooming angry young men
8 hour(s) ago
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How the proposed budget reinforces an unequal tax structure
15 June 2026, 08:00 AM
Opinion
Before adding a third language, fix students' foundational learning crisis
10 hour(s) ago
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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
15 June 2026, 09:00 AM
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Persistent delay in restoring the Information Commission is unacceptable
11 hour(s) ago
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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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Teep or Hijab: Why not both?
Are teeps truly a Hindu religious symbol?
5 April 2022, 16:23 PM
Shocking state of private primary schools
Govt must critically assess and provide assistance to those in need
5 April 2022, 11:41 AM
Ensure equal opportunities for hijras
People of the third gender, known as hijra, are one of the most discriminated against and vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. In our society,
4 April 2022, 18:00 PM
A real tragedy is unfolding in Sri Lanka
We are heartbroken by what is happening in Sri Lanka. Years of mismanagement and nepotism, followed by the Covid-19 pandemic and
4 April 2022, 18:00 PM
A travesty of democracy
Facing the ignominy of being voted out, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken an unprecedented step—advising the president for dissolution of the National Assembly and calling for early elections.
4 April 2022, 18:00 PM
How can we stop migrant workers’ deaths abroad?
Shobuj, a young man from Tangail, in his late twenties, was reluctant to comply with his supervisor’s instruction to enter a sewage pipe for maintenance work without an oxygen cylinder.
4 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Why should we need to demand safe roads?
What hope is there for a country—soon to become a middle-income one—to be a safe one for its citizens if people are being killed on roads daily, with little intervention from authorities besides what’s on paper?
4 April 2022, 16:47 PM
Make emergency helpline service more efficient
Install automatic location identification system, address manpower crisis
4 April 2022, 10:50 AM
How to make the Universal Pension Scheme successful
The Bangladesh government recently announced a move to roll out a pension plan, initially named the Universal Pension Scheme (UPS), during the 2022-23 fiscal year.
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Deliver on road safety promises
It is outrageous that the government has still not framed a new action plan for road safety, even though the tenure of the last one expired two
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
PR is the missing link in RMG sector
“Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.” This quote is from Sir Richard Branson,
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Where is our independent prosecution service?
Although we frequently hear calls for justice whenever a grievous crime takes place, the role of public prosecutors, i.e. the very individuals who conduct criminal cases in court on behalf of the state, is seldom—if ever—discussed.
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
War or Peace, Barbarism or Hope?
The spectre of “stagflation” threatens the world once again. This time, the risk is the direct consequence of political provocations and war.
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Muzaffar Ahmad’s Unexpected Turn in Life
Muzaffar Ahmad (1889-1973), one of the earliest communists in India, became the representative figure of a socialist and communist circle in Bengal during 1921-22.
3 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Where are those ‘DB’ men who beat a bus driver to death?
Police should not soft-pedal this issue
3 April 2022, 11:06 AM
Recycling plastic bottles to make garments
It has been reported that a number of businesses are trying to recycle plastic bottles and turn them into activewear, outwear, padding and other
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM
SCBA election stalemate must end
What is happening surrounding the declaration of results of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has crossed the bounds of
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Reawakening
I begin with an apology to my readers for my long absence. Covid played havoc with our lifestyle and livelihoods. Even then, we could make choices still within limited parameters.
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine invasion and the dystopian US political landscape
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, one of the strangest spectacles is a bunch of video clips of Fox News Channel’s conservative
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM
An ordinary person’s guide to dangerous online regulations
Two dangerous policy drafts regulating our online presence have been prepared right in front of our noses, and except for a few usual suspects crying wolf, there has been little public outrage over it.
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM