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
When climate change becomes your doctor’s problem too
Let’s talk healthcare, that miraculous thing we keep expecting to work despite treating it like the last kid picked in a game of cricket.
21 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Will Trump’s fast-track and transactional diplomacy lead to Nobel Peace Prize?
The Alaska talks underline both the appeal and the risk of Trump’s approach.
21 August 2025, 05:12 AM
The weight of counterfactuals in Bangladesh’s politics
Counterfactual thinking is not idle speculation but political vigilance.
21 August 2025, 04:00 AM
Beneath headlines and deadlines: Mental health crisis facing female journalists
Journalism is a calling grounded in courage, curiosity, and public duty.
20 August 2025, 11:05 AM
Dogs in Gaza and the conditioning of the Western mind
In a world desensitised to Palestinian torment, the erasure of the dog’s Palestinian companion is not an anomaly.
20 August 2025, 09:00 AM
We need to integrate anticipatory action into disaster management
Anticipatory action upholds dignity by enabling households to take protective measures on their own terms, according to their priorities.
20 August 2025, 05:00 AM
Falling fertility and fading opportunities pushing Bangladesh to a demographic crossroads
The dividend is not automatic—it requires a healthy, educated, and productively employed workforce.
20 August 2025, 04:00 AM
How NGOs can help build a democratic welfare state
NGOs and MFIs can become market actors delivering public-good functions.
20 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Modernising Bangladesh’s defence is a strategic necessity
A robust defence framework enables a state to protect its interests.
19 August 2025, 09:15 AM
The 'six tigers' that drive China's AI geopolitics
China's four dragons—Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance—play a vital role in nurturing the AI startup ecosystem.
19 August 2025, 07:40 AM
The world needs humanitarians more than ever
We have millions of humanitarians worldwide, many of whom stay unseen and unrecognised.
19 August 2025, 06:00 AM
Decentralising the High Court: Between consensus and constitutional constraints
Any reform must survive constitutional scrutiny under the basic structure doctrine as interpreted by our highest courts.
19 August 2025, 04:00 AM
How China rewired global power at the Changsha summit
This gathering marks the forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)’s shift from talk to the engine of South-South solidarity.
18 August 2025, 09:10 AM
The prison system is in urgent need of reform
Thousands are punished without conviction and stripped of their dignity in our prisons, compelling the question: who will reform the prison system?
18 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Ambulance syndicates are holding patients hostage
When emergency services like ambulances are turned into rackets of extortion, it is like the final nail on the coffin.
18 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Bangladesh’s economic performance has been unique post-uprising
Reform by the interim government helped the economy rebound.
18 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Is humanity disintegrating, or is violence simply more visible?
Treat social media platforms as engineered environments, not inevitabilities to endure.
17 August 2025, 10:00 AM
Bangladesh's rising population: A demographic dividend won’t pay off on its own
Rapid population growth is also reducing the availability of capital per person and limiting access to essential services such as housing, sanitation, healthcare, and employment.
17 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Trump’s tariff tsunami drowns global order
At the heart of this strategy is the manipulation of US law.
17 August 2025, 04:00 AM
July Declaration and the challenge of historical reckoning
As it transpires, the national election will precede the “promised” constitutional reform, thereby deferring to the wisdom of an elected parliament.
17 August 2025, 03:00 AM