Bangladesh needs to invest in home-based childcare
29 August 2026
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Views
It is time to make menstrual leave a reality in Bangladesh
29 August 2026
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Opinion
Nine years on, the Rohingya still don't have a safe road home
29 August 2026
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Blowin’ in the Wind
Bangladesh’s gas crisis is also a logistics crisis
29 August 2026
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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
Why shy away from prioritising culture?
Just as healthcare keeps the body well and politics energises society, culture gives life its rhythm and soul.
3 June 2025
Can we ensure road safety this Eid?
Road safety requires unified action, sustained funding, and political will.
3 June 2025
Can the consensus commission break the deadlock?
A collective dialogue should streamline the process and accelerate resolutions
3 June 2025
A conservative budget for FY2026
Here’s to hoping that the interim government initiates targeted and critical reforms in FY2026 to improve budget implementation
3 June 2025
In the absence of sanity
What we are living through is the quiet deterioration of a society.
2 June 2025
Upcoming budget must address inequality
Per capita income is a statistical average, which tells us the size of the economic pie, but not how it’s divided.
2 June 2025
Our real emergency isn’t political, it’s environmental
In Bangladesh, climate adaptation can support economic development.
2 June 2025
Tackling joblessness requires thinking out of the box
The issue of joblessness should be at the centre of the growth strategy.
2 June 2025
Interim govt losing sight of public mandate
We demand actionable measures from the interim government.
2 June 2025
Two questions, two ironies the budget must address
In the forthcoming 2025-26 budget, two pressing questions warrant urgent attention.
2 June 2025
We must reclaim justice from mobocracy
In any democratic society, justice is a basic right.
1 June 2025
‘Only competent leadership, not repressive laws, can fix public administration’
New public service ordinance contains many linguistic and legal flaws
1 June 2025
What we expect from a people-centric health budget
We must strongly advocate for a people-centric health budget.
1 June 2025
The case for a prompt election in Bangladesh
There is an urgent need for an announcement on a deadline for the election.
1 June 2025
How is the NCP's 'new political settlement' faring?
By invoking the idea of a new political settlement, the NCP has generated high expectations.
1 June 2025
Jamaat leader’s apology and the bigger question
Jamaat members still hero-worship their past leaders, who stood against Bangladesh.
1 June 2025
Rising crime, institutional failure, and the bystander effect
The collective numbness contradicts the spirit with which the masses stormed the streets in July last year.
31 May 2025
Don’t let Israel forcefully deport Palestinians
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has now been going on for over 600 days.
31 May 2025
The right way to reform the public administration
Bangladesh needs a bureaucracy that serves its citizens with professionalism and integrity, not one driven by blind obedience.
31 May 2025
Farewell, Nadal: Words from the heart at the final chapter of a legend
On Sunday, we witnessed the farewell of a tennis legend: Rafael Nadal, “King of Clay” and a symbol of inspiration.
30 May 2025