Column by Mahfuz Anam / Yunus, Charter, and Our Future
23 October 2025, 18:30 PM
Can Trump’s Gaza ceasefire redefine peace in Middle East?
23 October 2025, 14:00 PM
The dilemma triangle of our tertiary education
23 October 2025, 07:00 AM
MIND THE GAP / A bitter brew: Climate change and the decline of Sylhet’s tea gardens
23 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Ports for private profit or national progress?
23 October 2025, 03:00 AM
New data regulations warrant urgent rethinking
22 October 2025, 06:29 AM
Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
22 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion / Uniforms do not outrank the constitution
22 October 2025, 04:00 AM
National Road Safety Day / ‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
22 October 2025, 03:00 AM
The unfinished revolution for women's political rights
23 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh needs better education infrastructure to prevent primary dropouts
Physical infrastructure is a major challenge in ensuring a safe and child-friendly learning environment.
4 September 2025, 05:00 AM
Evolving Myanmar situation calls for a new Rohingya policy
Should Bangladesh rethink its Rohingya policy and strategy?
4 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Provost to nightguard: Different faces, same disregard for women
The widespread unrest at Chittagong University and adjacent villages where students and villagers clashed with each other for the better part of a day, had begun with a nightguard assaulting a female student who had returned to her mess, reportedly at 11:00pm
3 September 2025, 13:24 PM
E-payments are making us lose control of our finances
When we see others spending, we feel pressured to do the same.
3 September 2025, 09:30 AM
Lessons to be learnt from the CU violence
The violence was first triggered by the alleged assault of a female student by a security guard at her private mess.
3 September 2025, 07:00 AM
COP30 must deliver tangible outcomes for the vulnerable
COP30 will be a crucial test for climate justice and Bangladesh.
3 September 2025, 06:00 AM
How to keep cancer drugs affordable after LDC graduation
Without urgent action, thousands may find lifesaving drugs suddenly priced out of reach.
3 September 2025, 03:00 AM
From force to service: Rethinking policing in Bangladesh
Reform requires transforming the very meaning of policing in a democratic republic from an authoritarian order.
3 September 2025, 02:00 AM
From tragedy to reform: Rethinking democracy and public ethics in Indonesia
The protests, while legitimate, also revealed vulnerabilities.
2 September 2025, 10:00 AM
Faith-led messaging can mitigate plastic pollution
In Dhaka city alone, we generate around 646 tonnes of plastic waste daily, much of which remains unmanaged.
2 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Hope and despair cloud the prospect of February polls
Bangladesh appears to be getting pulled in opposite directions by two political currents.
2 September 2025, 05:00 AM
Where do Indigenous peoples belong in the new Bangladesh?
The Oraon, Chakma, Marma, Santal, Garo, Mro, Bawm, and other Indigenous peoples carry histories older than this state.
2 September 2025, 03:00 AM
A ‘pawsitive’ step: Using gene testing to improve cats’ health
We often forget that, like us, they too carry an invisible blueprint of genes that influences their health and well-being.
1 September 2025, 10:45 AM
How to elevate Bangladesh’s public universities in global rankings
Public universities must develop their own fund management systems and strengthen their reserves.
1 September 2025, 07:00 AM
How poor are the poor? A dive beyond the line
It may feel reassuring that poverty depth remains “low.” But in Bangladesh today, that is not a comfort; it is a warning.
1 September 2025, 04:00 AM
February election: Democracy’s burning test
The February election is the one remaining bridge between the sacrifice of July and the promise of tomorrow.
1 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign press corps
Israel will find killing members of the foreign press corps in numbers a more trying prospect.
31 August 2025, 11:30 AM
US tariffs on India: A rare opportunity Bangladesh cannot miss
If India is required to pay this increased tariff, Bangladesh will enjoy a relative tariff advantage.
31 August 2025, 11:00 AM
The generational mismatch of wealth
The truth is simpler: one generation inherited scarcity and turned it into prosperity. The next inherited prosperity and turned it into anxiety.
31 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Teenage gangs and a failing social order
What’s fuelling this surge in teenage crime?
31 August 2025, 06:00 AM