Why the International Crimes Tribunal’s mandate must be protected
12 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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Build physical spaces for children before banning virtual ones
10 hour(s) ago
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To build like Shanghai, start with Dhaka's east
11 hour(s) ago
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Bangladesh just passed a law against hill-cutting. Why does it skip the Chittagong Hill Tracts?
12 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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Rethinking how we teach political science
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Bangladesh must hold its own amid changing geopolitics
11 July 2026, 09:00 AM
Blowin’ in the Wind
World Population Day / Time is running out for our demographic dividend
11 July 2026, 10:00 AM
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Column by Mahfuz Anam / 250 years of US independence: Do Americans know or care about their founding principles?
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
THE THIRD VIEW
Bangladesh needs a new rulebook for the evolving Rohingya crisis
10 July 2026, 09:00 AM
Editorial
Bangladesh's next strategic test isn't choosing sides
10 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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Rohingya crisis: Refugees without a country, a world without excuse
Hosting over one million Rohingya refugees is not a bilateral matter.
25 September 2025, 20:40 PM
Let our children sing and dance
Children are born with rhythm. Studies show that even six-month-old babies instinctively sway or kick to a beat.
25 September 2025, 09:00 AM
Bangladesh must uphold its secular heritage
Far-right movements in Bangladesh have often been influenced or fueled by external forces.
25 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Riyadh-Islamabad axis can reshape the geopolitical chessboard
For Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, a chilling realisation dawned: their decades-old security guarantees from the US were conditional.
25 September 2025, 06:10 AM
Rucsu in chains: How a university scripted its own crisis
Teachers, staff still holding up the polls, and Rucsu still in their grip
25 September 2025, 05:27 AM
New York protesters harming image of all Bangladeshi immigrants
Such hooliganism could prompt the US to cancel visas for Bangladeshi student and immigrant
25 September 2025, 04:03 AM
How much has Bangladesh achieved from BRI?
The year 2026 marks a decade of Bangladesh's involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
25 September 2025, 04:00 AM
Palestine’s recognition is not a reward to Hamas
Western media's coverage of Palestine's recognition is anything but an unbelievably shameful dehumanisation of the Palestinian people.
25 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Trump at UN: Bluster over balance
For his part, Trump did not disappoint
24 September 2025, 12:16 PM
Bangladesh’s cities need more than master plans to survive
If unplanned urbanisation persists, the situation will deteriorate further.
24 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Saudi-Pakistan pact redraws strategic lines in a shifting region
This pact marks a turning point in a partnership that has spanned nearly eight decades.
24 September 2025, 05:00 AM
Democracy can’t endure without fair delivery of justice
The path forward requires not only outrage but reform: structural, cultural, and legal.
24 September 2025, 04:00 AM
Why women in Bangladesh are leaving the workforce
Male participation in the labour force held essentially steady, while female participation plummeted from 2.53 crore to 2.37 crore.
24 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Advisory opinions put climate justice on legal map for Global South
Although advisory in nature and not legally binding, these rulings carry immense normative weight.
23 September 2025, 10:20 AM
Social protection is a necessity in Asia and the Pacific
Social protection for individuals and households must be recognised not just as a safety net, but as an economically and socially empowering instrument.
23 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Lessons for Global South as a sinking Indonesian island sues climate polluters
The Pulau Pari case thus serves as a wake-up call for countries like Bangladesh to seek climate justice.
23 September 2025, 06:00 AM
Why we need a water allocation plan
Understandably, the overall amount of usable freshwater has been shrinking under a rising, uncontrolled demand.
23 September 2025, 04:00 AM
Just transition is key to Bangladesh's pledge to cut emissions
A fair transition would ensure that climate action benefits are broadly shared.
23 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Don’t pit women against each other
This is how patriarchy stays alive, not just through men who benefit from it, but through women who enforce it.
22 September 2025, 10:00 AM
The missing morality in modern climate policy
We have been witnessing a de-emphasis of public responsibility in the post-Paris years and a re-emphasis on financing by the private sector.
22 September 2025, 06:00 AM