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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Bangladesh’s gas crisis is also a logistics crisis
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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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Bangladesh needs life-centred education reform for students
Active learning, moral education, teamwork, and community engagement should be embedded across all subjects.
14 September 2025
Beyond the flames: Nepal’s search for a sovereign path
The Himalayas have always been a place of profound silence and deep truths.
14 September 2025
Navigating pre-election tensions: A plea for common sense
The trend of settling old scores about “who did what” decades ago should be seen as a distraction from the huge challenges facing any incoming government.
14 September 2025
We must professionalise our fight for stolen wealth
Money does not come home on press releases. It comes home case by case, with quiet diplomacy and implacable lawyering.
14 September 2025
My Ducsu voting experience: The good and the bad
The voting process was absolutely seamless.
13 September 2025
Badruddin Umar: A tribute to a genuine scholar and committed activist
Umar is and will be remembered today as a committed and uncompromising icon of the left.
13 September 2025
When campus politics takes the centre stage
The disproportionate attention given to student polls exposes the political vacuum created by the country's eroded electoral culture.
12 September 2025
Trial by fire
The Gen Z movement now has to unite to take the lead in reconstructing the Nepali state.
12 September 2025
Transparency alone won’t modernise Bangladesh’s power sector
One of the key measures in this year’s budget is the repeal of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act, 2010, to enhance transparency.
12 September 2025
Trees can be the cheapest anti-heat, anti-anger infrastructure
In Dhaka, trees are treated as expendable. They are cut down for road-widening with no plan for replacement.
12 September 2025
When the state fails the dead
The body of Nurul Haque was exhumed and set on fire by a mob.
12 September 2025
Nepal’s Gen Z revolt is a mirror Bangladesh should study hard
Nepal’s streets did not wake up one morning and decide to overthrow a government for sport.
12 September 2025
Ducsu election: Identity, strategy, and the politics
Those who won the Ducsu election on Tuesday have set a new precedent.
11 September 2025
The economic cost of delaying the election
The political vacuum that Bangladesh finds itself in is not just a constitutional or moral problem.
11 September 2025
Remembering Badruddin Umar: An inspiring scholar
He was a true scholar, a delightful conversationalist, and an uncompromising social activist.
11 September 2025
Returning after 33 years, what difference will Jucsu make?
Jucsu is expected to break a 33-year-long silence at Jahangirnagar University.
10 September 2025
The job no one claps for
Women’s unpaid household and care work sustains the nation, yet remains invisible
10 September 2025
Between death and desire to live: A suicide survivor’s account
Sometimes survival is the most radical act we can perform.
10 September 2025
Digital wages can unlock women’s economic power in Bangladesh
Among account owners, women’s adoption of digital payments lags behind men’s across the region by 15 percentage points.
10 September 2025
Inflation and inequality fuelling a geography of despair in Bangladesh
An economy cannot thrive on the optimism of a few while the majority remain weighed down by despair.
10 September 2025