Bangladesh needs to invest in home-based childcare
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It is time to make menstrual leave a reality in Bangladesh
1 HOUR(s)
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Opinion
Nine years on, the Rohingya still don't have a safe road home
4 HOUR(s)
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Blowin’ in the Wind
Bangladesh’s gas crisis is also a logistics crisis
3 HOUR(s)
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Views
More LNG is not the answer to Bangladesh's energy crisis
28 August 2026
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Views
Modern-day parenting needs better support
28 August 2026
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Views
We need to prioritise future-ready skills over freelancing
28 August 2026
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Views
The Pink Bus paradox and the price of women's safety
28 August 2026
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Views
Can Invest Bangladesh live up to the expectations?
26 August 2026
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Views
Our health system is better resourced now. Why can’t it still deliver?
26 August 2026
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Views
How poor are the poor? A dive beyond the line
It may feel reassuring that poverty depth remains “low.” But in Bangladesh today, that is not a comfort; it is a warning.
1 September 2025
February election: Democracy’s burning test
The February election is the one remaining bridge between the sacrifice of July and the promise of tomorrow.
1 September 2025
Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign press corps
Israel will find killing members of the foreign press corps in numbers a more trying prospect.
31 August 2025
US tariffs on India: A rare opportunity Bangladesh cannot miss
If India is required to pay this increased tariff, Bangladesh will enjoy a relative tariff advantage.
31 August 2025
The generational mismatch of wealth
The truth is simpler: one generation inherited scarcity and turned it into prosperity. The next inherited prosperity and turned it into anxiety.
31 August 2025
Teenage gangs and a failing social order
What’s fuelling this surge in teenage crime?
31 August 2025
The need to share responsibility for Rohingya refugees
Today, half a million Rohingya children born into statelessness live in camps: citizens of no country, dependent on foreign assistance for food, water, shelter, and nearly everything else.
31 August 2025
A workable path to enforce the July Charter
July Charter’s attempt to oust judicial review is not legally sustainable.
31 August 2025
We must do better in mainstreaming health into climate action
Bangladesh is not doing well in taking strong climate action in the health sector.
30 August 2025
Transforming Bangladesh's agricultural policies for future economic success
Bangladesh's agricultural policies have shown predictions about upcoming storms, but are not strong and integrated enough to remain resilient.
30 August 2025
Why are BSc and diploma engineers at war?
There is another underlying issue: a serious scarcity of professional jobs and a mismatch between higher education and the labour market demands.
30 August 2025
When will there be justice for enforced disappearances?
The interim government should have made some headway by now.
30 August 2025
Global warming is winning while we are smiling
Humans have altered the climate in a way that will significantly change our planet.
29 August 2025
Elections belong to the people, not the politicians
An election that reflects people’s choices and an elected government that carries out their mandate will show whether the hope created by the uprising will be turned into meaningful change.
29 August 2025
A dangerous suggestion
No provision in the constitution should be outside the purview of the judiciary
28 August 2025
Will Bangla speakers ever be culturally united?
Language is not limited to communication alone; it also affects or shapes power structures and sociocultural identity.
28 August 2025
The hidden struggles of single mothers in Dhaka
One mother explained how neighbours stopped allowing their children to play with hers once her relationship status became known.
28 August 2025
Rising child sexual abuse: What are we missing?
The bigger question is, why is this happening? What is turning men and boys to commit such acts of depravity?
28 August 2025
Amid rising poverty, what we can learn from China’s experience
Bangladesh can learn from China’s remarkable success in lifting 800 million people out of poverty.
28 August 2025
There is no middle ground on Gaza genocide
Israel plans to force one million civilians from the north into a concentration camp, euphemistically called a “humanitarian (tent) city” in the south.
27 August 2025