Our health system is better resourced now. Why can’t it still deliver?
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Why char children need a different education policy
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Public universities must not become instruments of political power
25 August 2026
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Men must do more to curb violence against women
25 August 2026
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Opinion
We need energy security, not just a fix for the current crisis
25 August 2026
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The Rohingya cannot be left waiting for history to change
25 August 2026
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The new NHRC law should widen access to justice, not restrict it
25 August 2026
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Opinion
Rohingya settlement: A ‘town’ we still call a camp
24 August 2026
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How AI is changing the pharmaceuticals landscape
24 August 2026
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Are we ignoring what Gen Alpha needs?
How is a traditional teacher going to compete with the audiovisual stimulation today’s children receive from digital devices? And how to create a learning experience that technology alone can never provide?
3 August 2026
Restore Askar Dighi, revive Chattogram’s ecological memory
In any civilised society, a historic reservoir such as Askar Dighi would have been protected as a public heritage asset. What can we do today?
3 August 2026
The Rucsu model cannot be the future of post-uprising student politics
Retaliation is not justice. A student union is not a mobile court. Its elected representatives are not police officers, prosecutors, or executioners.
3 August 2026
Waterway decline demands a smarter logistics strategy, not just dredging
Dredging creates navigation capacity, not logistics demand. Cargo moves because industries produce, farmers harvest, ports generate trade, and consumers create demand. Rivers merely provide one transport corridor within a much larger logistics ecosystem.
3 August 2026
Can AI address the shortage of speech therapists in Bangladesh?
While global rates of communication disorders increase, Bangladesh faces a critical shortage, with only a few hundred qualified SLTs registered with the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Council (BRC). Into this gap comes artificial intelligence.
2 August 2026
Blaming the youth is easy. We must rethink how we support parents
Over the last two years, there have been many reports of young people attacking someone or engaging in violent acts in public places, educational institutions, or even at government offices.
2 August 2026
How Bangladesh can build a more powerful passport
A passport may seem like a simple travel document, but at a foreign border it also represents the credibility of the state that issued it. Immigration authorities assess not only the individual traveller, but also the reliability of the country’s identity records, document security, migration management and willingness to accept responsibility when citizens violate immigration rules.
2 August 2026
What kind of president does Bangladesh need?
Mohammed Shahabuddin’s less-than-ceremonious exit from the presidency allows the ruling BNP to draw a line under months of ambiguity over two issues.
2 August 2026
Property reform for parents: A step in the right direction, but mind the gaps
On July 30, 2026, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman stated that the government is considering amending the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 to allow parents to retain the right to possess and enjoy property during their lifetime even after transferring ownership to their children.
2 August 2026
We must count the cost of growing climate anxiety
“It’s unbearably hot today,” “The roads are underwater again,” and “The crops didn’t survive”—these lines have become so familiar that they no longer sound alarming.
1 August 2026
Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake
A 2024 study on India’s electricity distribution system challenges the claim that private electricity distribution is inherently more efficient than public management.
1 August 2026
When waiting in line for subsidised food turns deadly
Because they could not step away from death, death stepped in for them (apologies to Emily Dickinson)
1 August 2026
How patriarchy's female foot soldiers can be liberated
For many brides in Bangladesh, it is seldom a surprise that in their new household, they are entitled to neither respect nor their own choices; rather, they are treated as someone who needs permission to move, smile, or even breathe.
31 July 2026
Is Bangladesh ready to build semiconductor chips?
Bangladesh already possesses some of the components needed to participate in chip manufacturing.
31 July 2026
Higher electricity tariffs should accelerate our clean energy transition
With domestic gas production declining rapidly, imported fossil fuels have accounted for an increasing share in Bangladesh’s energy system over the years, making energy significantly costlier.
31 July 2026
Fixing public hospitals could start with making leaders rely on them
Why do so many people still choose to seek treatment abroad?
31 July 2026
The industrialisation of human cognition
Every criminal economy borrows its methods from whatever technology defines its era.
30 July 2026
Time for a rethink of how the government communicates
Disruptions in essential public services are a familiar aspect of life in Dhaka. Electricity might remain unavailable in a particular area for several hours.
30 July 2026
Why Bangladesh’s low ecological footprint is not a climate advantage
The country contributes relatively little to global ecological degradation through consumption but pays heavily for its consequences.
30 July 2026
Are we reversing course on the UN-backed post-uprising reforms?
Although the interim government introduced certain legal and institutional reforms, some have since been reversed, while the impact of the others remains uncertain.
30 July 2026