Who will safeguard Bangladesh’s cultural future?
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100 days of the BNP government / Trust has returned, but has the state changed?
29 May 2026, 15:42 PM
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We learn English for years, but learn too little. Why?
29 May 2026, 09:30 AM
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How AI became an authority in our classrooms
28 May 2026, 11:30 AM
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100 days of the BNP government / Bangladesh is still trapped in a cycle of injustice
27 May 2026, 08:30 AM
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Bangladesh in a world of impossible choices
27 May 2026, 09:30 AM
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Why Bangladesh must pivot to renewable energy now
26 May 2026, 08:30 AM
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The stolen haq of Qurbani hides
24 May 2026, 10:30 AM
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Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Can Bangladesh save its haor food bowl?
22 May 2026, 09:56 AM
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Choking waters: The dangerous decline of oxygen in Dhaka’s peripheral rivers
Bangladesh, often described as a land of rivers, is criss-crossed by more than 230 major and minor waterways.
30 May 2025, 18:00 PM
The Kajoli model learning with laughter, growing with joy
“Who will pick up the duck’s photo?”
The moment Rafia Sonamoni posed the question to a group of 26 children, four eager hands shot up, accompanied by excited shouts of, “I will!”
23 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Beyond development paradox & unnayan without democracy
As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Stop software piracy to prevent US tariffs
Trump’s proposed 37 percent tariff on Bangladeshi products would have crippled our economy; fortunately, the rate was reduced to a more manageable 10 percent.
8 May 2025, 11:11 AM
Dhaka's deadly air: What we know and what we can do
Dhaka's air is a stew of brick kiln soot, exhaust fumes, construction dust, and factory emissions
16 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Brains before bridges: Prioritising human capital over infrastructure
A glance at the recent history of the world’s most developed nations reveals a compelling truth: no country has ever achieved sustainable development without first investing in education and research.
29 December 2024, 18:00 PM
The Faces behind ‘Made in Bangladesh’
In a conversation with Lamia Karim, professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon, Eugene, about her research on Bangladesh's RMG workers.
24 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Sharing of Ganges water: What looms after 2026?
In 1976, a mass procession led by a nearly 80-year-old peasant leader, Maulana Bhasani, from Dhaka to the Indo-Bangladesh Border drew huge attention from national and international media.
18 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh's new data protection act: brittle shield or blunt sword?
The Government of Bangladesh is drafting a data protection and localisation law (“draft data protection act, DPA” or “the law”), which, once enacted, will be the first of its kind data privacy law in Bangladesh.
12 September 2021, 18:00 PM