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
12 July 2026, 12:00 PM
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To build like Shanghai, start with Dhaka's east
12 July 2026, 11:00 AM
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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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Killing the witnesses: To those who still believe in free press
Last month, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee publicly accused al-Sharif of belonging to Hamas’ military wing.
13 August 2025, 08:45 AM
How Tejgaon’s silent runway is choking Dhaka’s future
Since 2011, the CAAB has identified at least 525 illegal high-rises encroaching on approach paths at HSIA and the old Tejgaon Airport runway.
13 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Why is the ICJ silent about the gender aspect of climate justice?
The court does not specify how reparations in case of litigations should meet the distinct needs of women and marginalised communities.
13 August 2025, 05:00 AM
The consensus to keep women out
The project of egalitarianism cannot be subcontracted to the very custodians of inequality.
13 August 2025, 03:09 AM
Journalism in Bangladesh is still fighting for its voice
A year after the uprising, Bangladeshi media is still under political, institutional and psychological pressure.
13 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh’s deified, obscured, and degraded role models
Countries that have their own role models are considered blessed.
12 August 2025, 12:00 PM
No country for our gentle giants
Elephants are not the aggressors. They wander through villages not out of malice, but out of desperation.
12 August 2025, 10:30 AM
Young people need opportunity and mentorship, not token gestures
The struggle to find meaningful employment has become one of the most disheartening realities for young people in Bangladesh.
12 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Mending the line of blood on our border
Three hundred and five. That is the number of Bangladeshis killed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in the last ten years.
12 August 2025, 05:00 AM
NOAB and CA's office: Is press freedom just a promise?
At least 496 journalists faced harassment between August 2024 and July 2025
12 August 2025, 04:56 AM
How Bangladesh has been building a digital police state
The country now possesses the infrastructural capacity to watch more people, more closely, and for more arbitrary reasons.
12 August 2025, 03:04 AM
Scaling climate and development finance for the Global South
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development offers cautious optimism.
12 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Let us in: The world needs uncensored reporting from Gaza now
Despite unbearable conditions, danger, hunger, exhaustion, and grief, Palestinian journalists continue to report with extraordinary courage and professionalism.
11 August 2025, 08:10 AM
When the Rohingya crisis becomes an opportunity for some
While the Myanmar junta escalates its war on ethnic minorities and the world shifts its attention to Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Syria, and Sudan, Rohingya suffering continues in near-total neglect.
11 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Legal enforcement can protect our children from lead poisoning
Bangladesh was identified as the fourth most lead-impacted country globally by UNICEF.
11 August 2025, 05:00 AM
‘Climate finance needs to be demand-driven, not designed in donor capitals’
Climate adaptation must be designed with, not for, local communities.
11 August 2025, 03:00 AM
The anatomy of post-uprising disillusionment
The more things seem to change, the more they seem to remain the same.
11 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Challenges for critical journalism
The consequences of this era of mass insecurity are people having to work harder for less, often several different jobs in a day or week, without weekly or regular leisure, to make ends meet.
10 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Why opinion polls still matter
Opinion polls are, in a sense, a necessary evil. They can often incur the wrath of those in power, or of individuals whose views are not corroborated by, or match, the information provided by a survey.
10 August 2025, 04:00 AM
How law was manoeuvred for human rights violations during July uprising
The complicit role of law in human rights violations was armoured by institutional inability and weakness.
10 August 2025, 02:00 AM