International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists / A moment for self-reflection
2 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion / Unbridled corruption and a minister’s reckless comment
3 July 2024, 04:00 AM
Civil war in Myanmar: Bangladesh should revisit its national security strategy
26 June 2024, 04:00 AM
Biman’s frustrating legacy of misadventures
15 June 2024, 02:00 AM
FY2024-25 Budget / Whitening black money, raising taxes won’t fix our economic ails
5 June 2024, 12:30 PM
Children must be protected from abuse and torture
27 May 2024, 02:00 AM
How are electrolyte drinks regulated in Bangladesh?
21 May 2024, 04:00 AM
Dhaka's toxic air: An invisible killer on the loose
18 May 2024, 01:00 AM
Women breaking the glass ceiling? Not so much in sports
1 May 2024, 14:00 PM
Israel is rogue, but Iran must demonstrate restraint
22 April 2024, 05:37 AM
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Why is our perspective of human suffering so Eurocentric?
“We’re not talking here about Syrians fleeing the bombing of the Syrian regime backed by Putin; we’re talking about Europeans leaving in cars that look like ours to save their lives,” said Philippe Corbe of BFM TV, a French cable news channel.
1 March 2022, 18:00 PM
The perpetual threat of infernos in Old Dhaka
Riya and Rifat had been married for two years. They were expecting their first child in 2019.
24 February 2022, 18:00 PM
The walls are closing in on the lower-income people
Inflation in Bangladesh, like the nation itself, is on the rise. The per capita income saw an 11 percent rise to USD 2,591, from an estimated USD 2,554 for 2020-21 fiscal year.
16 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Animals in deadly captivity?
Eleven zebras, one lioness and a tiger died within a span of weeks recently at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Where are all the money launderers?
Money laundering has become an all-pervasive problem for Bangladesh, permeating all spheres, strengthening its ever-expanding roots, like a metastatic cancer.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
We must be rational in fighting the new Covid wave
In view of the surging Covid-19 cases across Bangladesh, the government issued new sets of guidelines earlier this week to curb the spread of the virus.
26 January 2022, 18:00 PM
We must nurture a pluralistic culture
On January 12, 2022, the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University should have been swaying to the soulful melodies of Qawwali.
18 January 2022, 18:00 PM
How do we keep Omicron at bay? Together.
With Omicron spreading rapidly across the world, Bangladesh is bracing itself for the battle against a potential third wave of the pandemic.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Making the most of our e-commerce sector
The e-commerce sector of Bangladesh witnessed significant growth since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020.
4 January 2022, 18:00 PM
In the shadows of violence
South Asia is home to about a quarter of the world’s population. Sprawling over eight countries, the region is a vibrant mosaic of various ethnicities, religions, cultures and languages.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM
As Myanmar is shred into pieces, can its people unite to stop the Tatmadaw?
We couldn’t stand to watch it so we kept our heads down, crying . . . We begged them not to do it. They didn’t care.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Supporting the hands that feed our forex reserves
Bangladesh and Malaysia have recently signed an MoU paving the way for Bangladeshi migrant workers to reap the benefits of employment opportunities in Malaysia.
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Why are Rohingya women and girls so unsafe in refugee camps?
One in four Rohingya women and girls in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has suffered gender-based violence (GBV), according to data gathered by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in their centres between July and December 2019.
6 December 2021, 18:00 PM
The time for the world to act in Palestine’s favour is now
Displaced, colonised, marginalised, terrorised, tortured, victimised, killed; these are just some of the many forms of dispossession and ethnic cleansing the Palestinian people have had to endure at the hands of the Zionists and Israelis since the turn of the 20th century.
28 November 2021, 18:00 PM
To be free from gender-based violence, we need empowerment
Gender-based violence has historically permeated across our social mosaic.
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM
We must embrace diversity for inclusive prosperity
The space for tolerance is shrinking in most parts of the world. From major conflicts to the more subtle acts of discrimination, minority groups, refugees and marginalised communities are facing persecution and suppression in many forms, shapes and scales.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Why the lax attitude in bringing traffickers to justice?
Human trafficking continues to plague Bangladesh. As recently as October this year, the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 11 traffickers belonging to two rackets—one of them being “Dance Club.”
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Where to draw the line between free speech and hate speech?
On a cold winter day in February 2020, BJP leader and turncoat politician Kapil Mishra tweeted a video, asking his followers to “prevent another Shaheen Bagh,” referring to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 demonstrations that were being held in Shaheen Bagh of Delhi since December 15, 2019.
2 November 2021, 18:00 PM
To understand communal violence, we must dig deeper
Communal tensions in Bangladesh have recently escalated to an alarming level.
24 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Regional efforts needed to end Afghanistan’s woes
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) is emerging as a major threat to peace in Afghanistan, proving the Taliban’s previous judgement of their capabilities wrong.
18 October 2021, 18:00 PM