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11 dead over the World Cup: The real problem is not football
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Our climate budget must prioritise the displaced
13 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Why the International Crimes Tribunal’s mandate must be protected
12 July 2026, 09:00 AM
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How long must we ask the same questions about education?
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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
A polymath with a melodious voice
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, the musicologist, singer, scholar, and prolific writer, passed away on May 10.
18 May 2025, 05:00 AM
The case for cultural pluralism in urban spaces
Cultural pluralism is becoming increasingly relevant in Bangladesh.
18 May 2025, 03:00 AM
Unpacking the proposed reforms to our revenue system
The primary logic behind the separation of revenue tasks at issue is to inject an element of operational independence into the proposed bodies.
18 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Why fundamental reforms should precede elections
A robust democracy never emerges out of broken institutions.
17 May 2025, 08:30 AM
Underinvestment threatens Bangladesh's demographic dividend
The major challenge lies in prioritisation of the policies and the lack of consistent follow-up mechanisms.
17 May 2025, 06:05 AM
JnU crisis exposes the rot in our higher education system
Central to the JnU crisis is a list of broken promises.
17 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Men’s fear and women's 'just rights'
Number of families where men provide for women is rapidly decreasing.
17 May 2025, 04:00 AM
Time to forge a strategic consensus on national interests
To honour the spirit of the July uprising, all political parties must commit to defining and institutionalising national interests.
17 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Jamie Miller exists in real life, we just don’t want to admit it
"Adolescence" asks us a very uncomfortable question.
16 May 2025, 10:00 AM
Finding the men in pink
There are men in pink or men who support women’s rights.
16 May 2025, 06:00 AM
New amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act can be used to assault free speech
The interim government amended the anti-terrorism law to temporarily suspend AL.
16 May 2025, 04:00 AM
What are we building after dismantling the AL regime?
Democracy does not seem to be our focus today. Because if it were, then shouldn’t we have been talking about elections more?
15 May 2025, 18:05 PM
Challenging gender equality disempowers women
The expansion of animosity and prejudice is rooted in toxic patriarchy.
15 May 2025, 10:22 AM
No more silence, speak up, act for all women and girls
The declaration recommits member states to eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls.
15 May 2025, 06:00 AM
How to use RTI when there are no information commissioners
The interim government should encourage all public officials to respond diligently to the citizens’ RTI requests.
15 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Banks should open their doors to the urban poor
The poor are still reliant on informal credit markets, which can be exceedingly exploitative.
15 May 2025, 03:00 AM
India, Myanmar, and the weight of regional instability on Bangladesh
Situation across our borders is reason for concern.
15 May 2025, 02:00 AM
The repackaged feminism and hidden cost of ‘having it all’
For much of Bangladesh's history, women have been relegated to domestic roles, where their duties defined their worth as wives and mothers.
14 May 2025, 10:30 AM
After 32 years, arsenic still threatens rural Bangladesh
A new national-scale survey of tube wells is urgently needed.
14 May 2025, 05:00 AM
We must reduce deficit for sound budget management
Bangladesh experiences a deficit budget due to limited fiscal resources mobilisation.
14 May 2025, 02:00 AM