More LNG is not the answer to Bangladesh's energy crisis
28 August 2026
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Modern-day parenting needs better support
28 August 2026
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We need to prioritise future-ready skills over freelancing
28 August 2026
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The Pink Bus paradox and the price of women's safety
28 August 2026
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Can Invest Bangladesh live up to the expectations?
26 August 2026
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Our health system is better resourced now. Why can’t it still deliver?
26 August 2026
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Why char children need a different education policy
26 August 2026
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20 years after Phulbari: Don't repeat the mistake in the name of energy security
26 August 2026
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Why are humanitarian workers increasingly in the line of fire?
25 August 2026
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Public universities must not become instruments of political power
25 August 2026
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A bitter brew: Climate change and the decline of Sylhet’s tea gardens
Projections by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indicate that tea cultivation areas could shrink by 2050.
23 October 2025
The unfinished revolution for women's political rights
Post-uprising women were expected to play central role in policymaking, which did not happen.
23 October 2025
Ports for private profit or national progress?
After allowing private operators in major ports, India enacted a competition law specifically covering port concessions to prevent monopolistic control by a few global terminal operators.
23 October 2025
New data regulations warrant urgent rethinking
Countries that have embraced data localisation have seen digital markets shrink.
22 October 2025
'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
Women’s physical appearance has once again become a battleground for cultural and political power.
22 October 2025
Uniforms do not outrank the constitution
The claim that soldiers are answerable only to court martial, and that a civilian-style tribunal has no jurisdiction over them, fails both on the text of the constitution and on the relevant statutes.
22 October 2025
‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, professor of civil engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), talks to Monorom Polok of The Daily Star about the role of systemic failures and corruption behind the alarming rate of traffic fatalities in Bangladesh, and the critical structural reforms required to curb it.
22 October 2025
We must rebuild an economy that works well for the youth
The uprising is not supposed to be a passing eruption.
21 October 2025
Why is contraceptive access no longer a national priority?
The government should swiftly restore normal contraceptive supplies and treat this matter as a national priority.
21 October 2025
Clash of barbarisms: Gaza as a metaphor for a fractured world
Are we all pawns in a global game of barbaric chess?
21 October 2025
Bangladesh must shift from investment promotion to facilitation
Despite substantial spending, many digitisation initiatives have turned into opportunities for rent-seeking rather than reform.
21 October 2025
The HSC result debacle exposes long-hidden cracks in our education
For two decades, Bangladesh lived under a comforting numerical, statistical, and sweetly deceptive illusion.
20 October 2025
Gaza's ‘peace’ and the unanswered questions of justice
Even as world leaders celebrate, the truce on the ground is already stained with blood.
20 October 2025
National unity is key to Bangladesh's success
Dr Yunus’s initiative in UNGA achieved much more than diplomatic optics.
20 October 2025
Behind our RMG miracle lies exploited labour
At the heart of the problem lies wage disparity. Economists track this through the wage share of value added—the portion of output that accrues to workers as pay after materials and overhead.
20 October 2025
Constituent power and a pathway for implementing July Charter
July National Charter marks a key step toward democratic renewal.
20 October 2025
An Islamic pension is crucial, but it must be done right
The UPS currently offers four schemes for citizens aged 18 and above: Probash, Progoti, Surakkha, and Samata.
19 October 2025
What Bangladesh’s fake news boom says about our information crisis
When mainstream news loses credibility, counterfeits rush in.
19 October 2025
New data laws put state power above people’s privacy
A study by Tech Global Institute shows that law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies have spent at least $190 million on surveillance technologies and spyware deployed against citizens.
19 October 2025
Algorithm of apathy: 16 deaths that didn’t trend
Mirpur factory fire exposes selective outrage and curated indifference
18 October 2025