Not your average BMW: Decoding Dhaka's rickshaw kings

The true kings of Dhaka's roads aren't the buses, cars, or traditional rickshaws—they're the battery-powered rickshaws.
19 May 2025

Bangladesh’s strategic tightrope in Rakhine

The proposal for a Bangladesh-Myanmar aid channel is rooted in a decade of failed diplomacy.
19 May 2025

Bangladesh needs a free trade agreement with the UK, like India

UK-India's FTA highlights the urgency for Bangladesh to pursue similar trade agreements.
19 May 2025

Global trade war puts climate action under threat

Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.
19 May 2025

This country belongs to women too

Moitree Jatra was not a gathering of any political banner or one social cause.
19 May 2025

The bold move to a flexible exchange rate regime

With the central bank agreeing to go for a flexible exchange rate, the IMF will disburse the fourth and fifth instalments in June this year.
19 May 2025

Data-driven lending solution for Bangladeshi banks

The process of securing a loan from most banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) feels like a maze.
18 May 2025

Confronting Dhaka’s battery-run rickshaw dilemma

One of the more recent manifestations of informal urban expansion is the proliferation of battery-run rickshaws.
18 May 2025

A polymath with a melodious voice

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, the musicologist, singer, scholar, and prolific writer, passed away on May 10.
18 May 2025

The case for cultural pluralism in urban spaces

Cultural pluralism is becoming increasingly relevant in Bangladesh.
18 May 2025

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

Why fundamental reforms should precede elections

A robust democracy never emerges out of broken institutions.
17 May 2025

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

JnU crisis exposes the rot in our higher education system

Central to the JnU crisis is a list of broken promises.
17 May 2025

Men’s fear and women's 'just rights'

Number of families where men provide for women is rapidly decreasing.
17 May 2025

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

Jamie Miller exists in real life, we just don’t want to admit it

"Adolescence" asks us a very uncomfortable question.
16 May 2025

Finding the men in pink

There are men in pink or men who support women’s rights.
16 May 2025

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

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