The proposed budget for FY2026-27 indicates a welcome shift in language to back up the government’s electoral promise to gradually increase public investment in education.

Budgets often reveal more through their tensions than through their promises. The proposed budget for FY2026-27 is no exception.

Despite progress in some parts of the world, child labour remains a stark reality for millions of children globally.

The work of French philosophers Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser remains useful to understand how the modern state governs.

The proposed national budget for FY2026-27 comes at a time when the economy is seeking not only growth but also stability, confidence and direction.

The desire to defeat ageing has remained a myth throughout human history and the myth might just become a reality soon

The deaths of six newborn babies at Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar, Dhaka last month are being treated as a crisis when they are, in fact, a symptom of a healthcare system structurally configured to let incidents like this happen.

The world is facing growing economic uncertainty. Rising energy prices and supply shortages are pushing up costs and straining economies.

The UNDP has been present in Bangladesh since its independence, and our work has evolved alongside the country’s needs.

Today, the Tarique Rahman government will present its first budget plan. Meanwhile, the first budget session of the newly formed parliament began on June 7.

Women comprise 58 percent of Bangladesh’s agricultural workforce, but are rarely recognised as farmers in official classifications or extension services.

In the early hours of May 27, the day before Eid-ul-Azha, six newborns died at the same hospital where they had been born hours before.

On May 14 this year, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic energy cooperation with the US Department of Energy.

Bangladesh’s capital market remains one of the weakest components in its financial architecture. After independence, formal trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started in 1976.

The spike in mob violence did not start out of nowhere. It emerged more prominently during the tenure of the interim government, when public institutions were weaker and law enforcement agencies were struggling to regain their footing due to their activities during the mass uprising.

Can a civilised criminal justice system function if accused persons are denied legal defense?

Expedited justice cannot mean punishment in one famous case and paralysis in the rest.

The FY2026-27 budget should move beyond symbolic climate commitments and place stronger emphasis on increasing climate investment, in line with the country’s growing adaptation and resilience demands.

The National Identity (NID) Card is the primary document of identification that Bangladeshis use to access an array of essential services every day.

The country can revive growth through banking reforms, private investment, export diversification, and stronger human capital development.