Dhaka’s rooftops could feed the city, but law keeps getting in the way

Even when rooftop farms are operational, they are not recognised as valid food sources.
10 July 2025

The digital strip search: How America’s visa edicts redraw colonial borders in cyberspace

The irony? The US condemns China’s "social credit system" while implementing behavioural vetting via visa forms.
10 July 2025

Challenging the Fifteenth Amendment through legal doctrine

As with questions of constitutionality and legitimacy, the tenure of the current government has sparked ongoing debate
10 July 2025

Bangladesh’s development model is failing its people

True progress is not measured by GDP alone, but by how fairly growth benefits are shared.
10 July 2025

Dhaka’s drains, dengue, and denial

During monsoon, Dhaka becomes a soggy simulation.
10 July 2025

When likes shape the message

Communication strategy is now a content calendar.
9 July 2025

Lessons we must learn before aspiring to be like Singapore

Unfortunately, much of our development narrative is undermined by corruption, nepotism, lack of law enforcement, and policy inconsistency.
9 July 2025

How we could broaden our export base

Diversifying Bangladesh’s export basket has been a high-priority policy objective for many years.
9 July 2025

The untold stories behind student deaths abroad

This week, a Bangladeshi student was found dead in an apartment in Japan
8 July 2025

Reversing the decline of Dhaka's canals

Any flood flow and sub-flood flow zones must be protected.
8 July 2025

Bangladesh's growth depends on women's economic empowerment

There are three major aspects of women’s empowerment—social, political and economic.
8 July 2025

Who is sponsoring bribery in Bangladesh?

Why do people offer bribes in the first place?
8 July 2025

Remand redecorated: Same torture, new curtains?

Let’s be clear: no law in Bangladesh is safe from abuse when power is unaccountable. Our track record speaks for itself.
8 July 2025

We can’t afford another discredited election

Shamsul Huda’s legacy is a lesson—integrity, transparency, and independence are not optional. Not this time…
7 July 2025

In Dhaka, relaxation comes with a bill

Dhaka offers less than 1.5 m² of formal open space per resident.
7 July 2025

A viral photo, a lesson for BNP

Today, the real fight is not just in speeches or rallies, but in what people see and believe on social media platforms
7 July 2025

How Mamdani toppled a titan and redefined American politics

As a Muslim of Indian-Ugandan descent, Mamdani's identity invited scrutiny.
6 July 2025

The future of indigenous recognition in Bangladesh

The state must realise that acknowledging and empowering its indigenous peoples is not a concession; it is a constitutional and moral obligation.
6 July 2025

Was the Bonn climate talk promising for the upcoming COP30?

The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.
6 July 2025

One year after July: A nation waits in uncertainty

There was, for a brief interval last month, the hope of reaching consensus, of returning to democratic nation-building in earnest.
6 July 2025