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
Change the way you use plastic products
Bangladesh, with a population of nearly 170 million, boasts of a vast maritime boundary along the Bay of Bengal. Much like other oceans, the Bay of Bengal is also plagued by unprecedented levels of plastic pollution.
5 June 2023, 09:54 AM
The time to beat plastic pollution is now or never
Plastics have become an integral part of our life. The world purchases around one million plastic bottles every minute and uses one billion plastic bags every hour.
5 June 2023, 02:00 AM
Three perils unaddressed in the new budget
It is not clear how the money needed to implement this ambitious budget will be sourced.
4 June 2023, 14:00 PM
World Financial System: Is disintegration imminent?
Much like 1944, the raging Russia-Ukraine War has put humanity in deep trouble.
4 June 2023, 10:30 AM
Ushering AI in Bangladesh
Bangladesh stands at the threshold of a paradigm shift in technological development as it is poised to change gear into a faster mode of economic development, and realising its vision of becoming a developed nation by 2041.
4 June 2023, 02:00 AM
Whom is the budget supposed to serve?
The budget is only an account of the government's income and expenditure, one can’t expect it to make any fundamental changes to the economic structure.
3 June 2023, 17:00 PM
How to correct global imbalances?
The global economy and planetary system are hugely imbalanced because of climate warming and widening social inequities.
3 June 2023, 15:30 PM
More roads are not the answer to Bangladesh’s traffic problem
The more roads you build, the more cars there will be to fill them up. I am no expert, but the numbers don’t lie.
3 June 2023, 04:10 AM
Education lags again in funding and action
The new budget has not displayed cognisance of the need for post-pandemic recovery and remedial actions.
2 June 2023, 17:00 PM
Misinterpreting threats of visa ban won’t do us any good
Misleading analyses can help propagate a narrative for immediate damage control, but are not helpful to overcome the real crisis.
2 June 2023, 04:00 AM
The war in Ukraine was not ‘unprovoked’
There is no fairy tale end to the war in Ukraine, in which Ukraine defeats Russia on the battlefield and then joins Nato.
2 June 2023, 02:00 AM
Is Dhaka Wasa personal property after all?
What reasons do we have to believe that Wasa is anything but the MD’s personal property?
1 June 2023, 13:42 PM
Three questions for the new budget
Since the budget is a political process, the rules of the budgetary game are set within that continuum.
1 June 2023, 02:00 AM
The fascinating orchid: Yesterday and today
Uprooting the native orchids is a regular event in the developing countries where these plants are not adequately protected by the relevant authorities.
31 May 2023, 15:00 PM
Can a city be smart without adequate finance?
Although Dhaka and Kolkata, two major South Asian cities, are just 240 kilometres apart and share a common history and culture, not many comparative studies on these cities have been undertaken so far.
31 May 2023, 13:12 PM
Utilise the demographic dividend as an asset, before it becomes a liability
To fully benefit from its demographic dividend, Bangladesh needs to prioritise improvement in education, healthcare and job opportunities for the youth, while ensuring social welfare and healthcare for the growing elderly population.
31 May 2023, 02:00 AM
The Erdogan era lives on, as does the power of populism
A deep dive into Erdogan's tenure reveals rather bloodthirsty politics, but people consume the surface he puts out: that he's all for Turkiye and the oppressed and whatnot.
30 May 2023, 11:21 AM
Was the US visa policy against undemocratic actors necessary?
The message between the lines is that the US is keeping a very close eye on Bangladesh at the moment.
30 May 2023, 03:00 AM
Time for AL to do some soul-searching
Infighting within the party has grown over the years, leading to the Awami League becoming its own rival at the grassroots level.
29 May 2023, 17:00 PM
AI, democracy, and the global order
Future historians may well mark the second half of March 2023 as the moment when the era of artificial intelligence truly began.
29 May 2023, 14:00 PM