Nine years on, the Rohingya still don't have a safe road home
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Blowin’ in the Wind
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
International pressure for the freedom of Palestine must be raised
The world has come to see that the US veto is used as a weapon to green light and even partner in the Gaza genocide.
22 September 2025
Cities for people… or cars?
Imagine that you were a car, not a person. How different would life be for you in Dhaka?
22 September 2025
Without song, the soul is a desert
To argue that music causes moral decay is not only baseless—it’s dangerous.
22 September 2025
At 80, and in an increasingly divided world, the UN is fighting for relevance
As with any enterprise, public or private, the UN’s reworking begins with finances.
21 September 2025
Myanmar’s Kachin State: The new geopolitical flashpoint in China’s backyard
The timing could hardly be worse for China. Beijing has spent billions building oil and gas pipelines from Myanmar’s ports to mitigate the risk of shipping through the Malacca Strait.
21 September 2025
Can the July Charter override the constitution?
The BNP has rejected the new proposal, warning that it could create “constitutional disorder.”
21 September 2025
The government must respect the court’s ruling on Hatirjheel and Panthakunja
It must remember that its duty is to listen to the people, not the other way round.
21 September 2025
Defiance in tongue and spirit
What looks like linguistic chaos is in fact linguistic vitality.
20 September 2025
Universal, not targeted, social protection is the path forward
The existing social protection framework is fundamentally broken.
20 September 2025
It’s time to dismantle Bangladesh’s shadow quotas
Bangladesh’s shadow pervasive quota system is more rigid than any formal reservation.
19 September 2025
Clear conclusions: A UN commission finds Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza
Such bountiful material has yet to convince the Israeli authorities to pause their efforts in Gaza.
19 September 2025
Why the Global South should rewrite AI’s colonial code
By dangling open models while monopolising compute and data, Big Tech turns Global South innovators into outsourced R&D departments.
19 September 2025
How to rescue banks without creating more risk
Burdened with massive NPLs, many banks have been facing a serious crisis, failing to carry out their daily operations.
19 September 2025
Can justice be dispensed in an unjust manner?
We must never forget for a moment that rule of law must be practised in its totality, and not through convenient segments.
18 September 2025