Budget 2026-2027: A structurally old yet inspirationally new budget
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Justice for the weak, immunity for the powerful
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Are our laws doing enough to address gambling?
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Why Bangladesh’s small producers struggle to scale, and how to help them
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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How to restore the moral compass of corporate banking
20 June 2026, 12:00 PM
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We cannot avoid the moral questions behind the measles and Ad-din crises
20 June 2026, 10:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Can the climate budget be just if resilience is ‘subsidised’ by women’s unpaid care work?
20 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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Does the government really want an independent NHRC?
20 June 2026, 09:00 AM
Opinion
What the FY2026-27 budget reveals about Bangladesh’s climate priorities
19 June 2026, 11:00 AM
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In planting 25 crore trees, we must not lose sight of the bigger picture
19 June 2026, 10:00 AM
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Returnee female migrants need help to bounce back in life
There is hardly any positive news about our female migrant workers employed in the Middle East or those who have returned home from there.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM
High time to diversify our export basket
We second the prime minister’s call to private entrepreneurs on Tuesday to try and diversify Bangladesh’s export items. For far too long, we
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Our Common Agenda and the Road to 2023
Not since World War II has the international community confronted as monumental a test as the intertwined crises of Covid-19 and climate change, and the profound social and economic inequalities they have exposed.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM
What can we learn from London’s radical move to curb air pollution?
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has done something daring to tackle air pollution in his city. First, he experimented with an Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), with an area designated as a congestion charging area about 25 years ago.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Enough with the project irregularities
The need of the hour is accountability, and that will not come out of writing endless reports
27 October 2021, 15:01 PM
What to look for if you want to follow COP26
The two-week-long 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scheduled to begin in Glasgow, Scotland on October 31.
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Politically linked individuals behind communal violence?
So far, hundreds have been arrested and around 85 cases have been lodged against thousands in relation to the communal attacks that took
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Police constables deserve better
Many have this image of a police constable as someone wielding his baton, chasing after peaceful bystanders, unnecessarily harassing the
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
A leader, NAM, some concerns and optimism
Josip Broz Tito was one of the founding leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
No more violence in the name of religion
I grew up in a mixed family—my father was a practising Hindu and my mother was a practising Muslim.
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Bleak Prospects for Least Developed Countries
“The outlook for LDCs is grim.”—the latest United Nations (UN) assessment of the prospects for the least developed countries (LDCs) notes recent setbacks without finding any silver lining on the horizon.
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Female returnee migrants deserve a respectable life
Words are not enough to express our frustration about the way our female returnee migrant workers are being treated by their families and
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Why be ashamed, why not protest?
Till 1990, we lived mostly under military ruling, apart from a brief period of three and a half years at the beginning.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Some lessons from the untimely Teesta flood
An untimely flood wreaked havoc on the Teesta basin in Bangladesh, beginning on the night of Wednesday, October 20. A sudden onrush of Teesta water flooded the area to a level that has not been witnessed since 1968.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM
How hard is it for two ministries to get along?
The instruction to unify the two offices first came from the prime minister in 2010.
25 October 2021, 14:40 PM
China’s 50 years in UN: Epitomising advocacy of multilateralism towards sustainable peace
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the lawful seat of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the United Nations, a historic event that will be solemnly commemorated by the PRC.
24 October 2021, 18:04 PM
To understand communal violence, we must dig deeper
Communal tensions in Bangladesh have recently escalated to an alarming level.
24 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Child marriage must end
Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Studies have shown that the more a girl is educated, the lower the
24 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Concentrate on producing vaccines locally
According to Dr Firdausi Qadri, winner of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, Bangladesh needs to attain self-sufficiency in vaccine supply
24 October 2021, 18:00 PM
A requiem for a freedom fighter
On August 21, 2021, I lost a course mate, a fellow freedom fighter and a dear friend of mine, Major Muqtadir Ali, which was shocking to me, as he had always maintained a healthy lifestyle.
24 October 2021, 18:00 PM