Column by Mahfuz Anam / Yunus, Charter, and Our Future
23 October 2025, 18:30 PM
Opinion
Can Trump’s Gaza ceasefire redefine peace in Middle East?
23 October 2025, 14:00 PM
Opinion
The dilemma triangle of our tertiary education
23 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Opinion
MIND THE GAP / A bitter brew: Climate change and the decline of Sylhet’s tea gardens
23 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion
Ports for private profit or national progress?
23 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
New data regulations warrant urgent rethinking
22 October 2025, 06:29 AM
Opinion
Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
22 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion
Opinion / Uniforms do not outrank the constitution
22 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
National Road Safety Day / ‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
22 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Opinion
The unfinished revolution for women's political rights
23 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion
When you have Opinion Fatigue Syndrome
It is as if I must have the information and facts to pass a comment or give an opinion on every issue under the sky;
21 September 2023, 06:15 AM
Gender equality is the investment we need to make
It is evident we are doing even worse than we realised on gender equality.
21 September 2023, 02:47 AM
Pathway for Bangladesh’s energy transition
The energy and power sector of Bangladesh can be said to have entered its third phase of development.
21 September 2023, 02:00 AM
What does Bangladesh’s space research organisation really do?
Bangladesh’s Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO) came under scathing criticism from netizens.
20 September 2023, 13:00 PM
Karma is Novak Djokovic
He reads his opponents like a book and then translates the lessons onto the court.
20 September 2023, 03:00 AM
Correcting the dollar’s price is the only medicine we need
A single, sensible policy can make a motley of weird prescriptions totally redundant.
19 September 2023, 14:13 PM
Over 99 percent of Bangladeshis hold at least one bias against women
What are the costs and consequences of such biases?
19 September 2023, 03:00 AM
Rising tides, sinking chalkboards: How climate change threatens Bangladesh's primary education
Climate change affects children and their education through several channels.
19 September 2023, 02:00 AM
I am. We are.
The protective line around my existence, my Lakshmana rekha, is not just myth.
19 September 2023, 01:15 AM
The media must do more to protest oppressive laws like the CSA
The timing of the Cyber Security Act, in the run-up to the elections, was hardly surprising
18 September 2023, 14:30 PM
Our cities need animals
When you put “development” against nature, it’s always “development” that wins.
18 September 2023, 04:06 AM
What if an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits Dhaka?
Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?
18 September 2023, 02:00 AM
Odhikar duo’s convictions are regrettable
Odhikar has been diligently documenting all kinds of violations of human rights by both state agencies and non-state actors since 1994.
17 September 2023, 13:00 PM
Why do villagers bear the brunt of loadshedding?
Strangely enough, although the government is unable to meet power needs, it pays thousands of crores to government and private power plants as fixed charges or capacity charges every month with taxpayers’ money.
17 September 2023, 03:00 AM
The major economic concerns ahead of the election
Bangladesh’s next national election is only a few months away, and the market is already very hot.
17 September 2023, 00:06 AM
Do we really need digital banks?
The banking sector in Bangladesh is at risk, given its huge amounts of distressed assets.
16 September 2023, 14:00 PM
School choice: Celebrating, not eliminating, variety
We rarely think about the fact that individuals studying under different education streams may have different perceptions of what being educated means and may have different educational goals and aspirations.
16 September 2023, 12:03 PM
One year of Mahsa Amini's death: What has changed?
The movement after Mahsa’s death had forced Iran’s morality police off the streets until recently.
16 September 2023, 12:00 PM
From lead poisoning to cardiac deaths
If left unaddressed, lead poisoning will substantially strain Bangladesh's already challenged healthcare system.
16 September 2023, 01:00 AM
No country for women and girls
What codes of safety and protection can ensure women’s right to, well, exist?
15 September 2023, 16:00 PM