Bangladesh’s LDC graduation: Why readiness is the best strategy

In recent times, the discourse around Bangladesh’s upcoming LDC graduation has primarily hovered around the issues of deferment.
21 January 2026, 00:37 AM

Cold waves in Bangladesh: Public health risks and preparedness imperatives

Cold waves are a recurring winter phenomenon in Bangladesh and pose serious public health risks.
18 January 2026, 13:09 PM

Eroding edges, emerging lands: Mapping the Meghna Estuary

Beyond its shifting shores, the Meghna Estuary is a treasure trove of ecology and economy.
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Transboundary rivers treaty: Crucial for our future

The Ganges Treaty does not have a guarantee clause to ensure the discharge of the agreed-upon amount of water at Farakka Barrage to Bangladesh.
15 January 2026, 14:40 PM

Our 'demographic dividend' at risk: Help the NEET generation urgently

When Rina finished secondary school in a small town near Khulna, she expected her education would open doors. It did not.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Key challenges to attaining the first demographic dividend

The demographic dividend is the accelerated economic growth resulting from declines in fertility and mortality and the subsequent change in the age structure of a country’s population.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Rural lives on the move: Why Bangladesh must rethink rural–urban migration

Since independence, rural–urban migration has shaped the socioeconomic landscape of Bangladesh.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Managing water is like managing life: Time to rethink urgently

The popular notion has been that we have surplus water. But Bangladesh presents a paradoxical situation.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Bangladesh’s ‘miracle’ running out of time?

For nearly 50 years, Bangladesh has been one of the world’s favourite outliers. Born in the trauma of 1971 with a shattered economy and a population of 75 million, the country was summarily dismissed as a “basket case.”
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Fail to save rivers, and we fail to save ourselves

Our country is a riverine land. Rivers are deeply intertwined with the very formation of this land. Yet, even today, the definition of a river has not been finalised in Bangladesh.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

No river, no dream

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf (KKA): River-realm or river-sphere, or, in a technical sense, river ecology, has been a recurring topic in our many conversations.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Towards a 'just transition' in the labour market: Rights, gender and environment

The labour market worldwide is going through major transformations driven by climate change.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

From siltation to toxic pollution: Coastal water problems

The rivers and canals of Bangladesh are being made to die. Bangladesh is a country of water, where land and water are entwined and ever shifting.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Gender violence and Bangladesh's future

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains prevalent and significant in Bangladesh, deeply rooted in our patriarchal norms, despite notable progress in overall economic and political participation over the decades since our liberation.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows of Japanese hiragana.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Can the Barind Tract survive its own agricultural success?

Stand in the middle of the High Barind in late April, and you are standing on one of the most geologically distinct surfaces in Bangladesh.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

National sovereignty in the climatic age

In the recent reform efforts initiated by the interim government, significant attention has been paid to elections, electoral politics, and fundamental rights, yet a critical question remains largely unaddressed:
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM

The age of billionaires and the future global political order

If neofeudal capitalism continues its expansion, the question is not whether democracies will survive, but what kind of political order they will transform into.
14 January 2026, 16:59 PM

Why Bangladesh needs a coherent maritime policy

Strategically positioned along the northern edge of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh exercises jurisdiction over roughly 118,813 square kilometres of maritime space.
10 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Why Bangladesh's veterinarians matter more than we think

Strengthening the veterinary sector is not a technocratic afterthought; it is a strategic imperative.
7 January 2026, 09:20 AM