Only women can decide whether, and how much, they want to work

Why women’s participation in public life cannot be conditional or negotiable
10 February 2026, 21:10 PM

Ctg port employees to resume indefinite strike from Sunday

CPA move seeking travel bans and asset probes against protesters has derailed talks
6 February 2026, 22:30 PM

Sells like teen spirit? Cobain's 'Nevermind' guitar up for sale

1966 Fender Mustang may sell for up to $5 million, experts say
6 February 2026, 10:27 AM

If you want to talk about Epstein, start here

A hard look at how Bangladesh normalises child sexual abuse through silence, respectability and child marriage
5 February 2026, 21:18 PM

Can data annotation for AI solve the unemployment crisis?

Every model that now excites policymakers and investors learns through millions of small, human decisions called annotation
5 February 2026, 00:00 AM

In this country, even grief has a hierarchy

Some receive protection, others threats
4 February 2026, 21:10 PM

Education must be steered back on track

The quality of education has been the biggest casualty of institutional apathy and misgovernance in Bangladesh.
4 February 2026, 20:07 PM

Dhaka metro rail proves public transport can actually work

Why the metro rail is now Dhaka’s best way to travel
2 February 2026, 15:04 PM

Catherine O'Hara, star of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone,' dies at 71

Among other roles, O'Hara portrayed Kate McCallister, the mother of Macaulay Culkin's character in the movie "Home Alone"
31 January 2026, 01:44 AM

The future of work is not automation; it is supervision

Rather than removing humans from the loop, the next phase of AI adoption may make human judgment more central to professional work.
27 January 2026, 11:40 AM

Can we afford such a steep public-sector pay hike?

The Ninth National Pay Commission formed by the interim government recently recommended a salary increase for government employees in the range of 100-142 percent.
26 January 2026, 23:57 PM

Govt must act against the flood of digital lies

Ongoing trend offers grim glimpse of the future of political disinformation
26 January 2026, 23:49 PM

Chittagong centred and de-centred: A forgotten history

The previous article on Chittagong highlighted its nature as a frontier town in Harikela. The Markandeya Purana, one of the earliest of the major Puranas, validated Chittagong’s marginality from South Asia by locating it within Bhadrasva-varsha as opposed to Bharatavarsa.
26 January 2026, 00:00 AM

We need to rethink how we respond to haor floods

In the haor basin, floods have a way of sneaking up on you.
24 May 2025, 17:00 PM