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
Mending the line of blood on our border
Three hundred and five. That is the number of Bangladeshis killed by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in the last ten years.
12 August 2025, 05:00 AM
NOAB and CA's office: Is press freedom just a promise?
At least 496 journalists faced harassment between August 2024 and July 2025
12 August 2025, 04:56 AM
How Bangladesh has been building a digital police state
The country now possesses the infrastructural capacity to watch more people, more closely, and for more arbitrary reasons.
12 August 2025, 03:04 AM
Let us in: The world needs uncensored reporting from Gaza now
Despite unbearable conditions, danger, hunger, exhaustion, and grief, Palestinian journalists continue to report with extraordinary courage and professionalism.
11 August 2025, 08:10 AM
When the Rohingya crisis becomes an opportunity for some
While the Myanmar junta escalates its war on ethnic minorities and the world shifts its attention to Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Syria, and Sudan, Rohingya suffering continues in near-total neglect.
11 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Legal enforcement can protect our children from lead poisoning
Bangladesh was identified as the fourth most lead-impacted country globally by UNICEF.
11 August 2025, 05:00 AM
The anatomy of post-uprising disillusionment
The more things seem to change, the more they seem to remain the same.
11 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Challenges for critical journalism
The consequences of this era of mass insecurity are people having to work harder for less, often several different jobs in a day or week, without weekly or regular leisure, to make ends meet.
10 August 2025, 07:00 AM
Why opinion polls still matter
Opinion polls are, in a sense, a necessary evil. They can often incur the wrath of those in power, or of individuals whose views are not corroborated by, or match, the information provided by a survey.
10 August 2025, 04:00 AM
How law was manoeuvred for human rights violations during July uprising
The complicit role of law in human rights violations was armoured by institutional inability and weakness.
10 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Land rights can ensure the overall rights of indigenous peoples
The framework of special governance for the CHT region lies in the proper implementation of the CHT Accord.
9 August 2025, 09:15 AM
Occupation and slaughter: Netanyahu and taking over Gaza
The Israeli prime minister received a majority approval from his cabinet colleagues to take over Gaza City on August 8, 2025.
9 August 2025, 09:00 AM
A renewed commitment to Bangladesh's future
We will continue to work closely with Bangladesh to expand ties into new areas to take our countries to greater heights.
9 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Protecting indigenous knowledge in the age of AI
AI can play a crucial role in the development of indigenous knowledge.
9 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Symbolism isn’t enough: What Bangladesh can and must do now
One of the biggest failures, several observers agreed, was the IG’s inability to deliver a clear, timely, and actionable agenda.
8 August 2025, 06:00 AM
Democratising the economy for all
What the economy needs more than emergency repair is democratisation.
8 August 2025, 05:53 AM
Who pays when the roads are blocked?
The irony is that even when there is no political unrest, the culture of blocking roads for rallies and commemorations has the same suffocating effect on commuters, small business owners, and informal workers.
8 August 2025, 05:00 AM
Realism isn’t dead in global politics, it just isn’t tweetable
In 2025, countries compete more than they cooperate.
7 August 2025, 11:33 AM
Digital progress becomes a threat without cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is not merely a technical issue—it is a question of social responsibility and political commitment.
7 August 2025, 07:00 AM
How aggressive drug marketing can be curbed
The National Drug Policy of 1982 enabled Bangladesh to achieve self-sufficiency in pharmaceutical production.
7 August 2025, 04:00 AM