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
Something’s rotten in Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment in Kuala Lumpur
No one should ignore the suffering of the poor migrant workers just for national revenue.
24 April 2023, 16:00 PM
Mind your busyness
Have you noticed how more and more people say they don’t have time to do anything because of their busy – sometimes crazy – schedules?
24 April 2023, 13:00 PM
What’s driving the conflict in Sudan
The tragedy of the Sudanese marginalised is that the man who is posing as their champion is the ruthless leader of a band of vagabonds, who has been supremely skilful in playing the transnational military marketplace.
24 April 2023, 12:00 PM
My love-hate relationship with Eid natoks
Are you aware of the "Valentine's Day on Eid" phenomenon? Eid natoks and overall Bangladeshi natoks have gone through a strange trajectory.
24 April 2023, 09:20 AM
Vincent's last recourse
It was only after his early death that van Gogh’s profound influence on Western art became apparent.
23 April 2023, 15:30 PM
A peculiar series of fire incidents
The possibility of sabotage, as suspected by some quarters, cannot be ruled out entirely.
23 April 2023, 13:00 PM
This Eid, I pray for an awakening
So this Eid, I pray for a fresh pair of eyes, and a reason to hope. Or at the very least (once the festivities are over and we return to life as it is) be able to hope for and demand better realities than the ones we’ve been dealt.
22 April 2023, 05:25 AM
Vilification of a well-known scholar is a threat to us all
The lack of protest against this undemocratic move is also concerning.
20 April 2023, 16:00 PM
How will our climate budget look post-NAP2050?
Since the government is now preparing its annual national budget for FY2023-24, what changes can we expect to see in the climate-relevant allocations, post-NAP2050?
20 April 2023, 10:49 AM
Dhaka repaying Moscow in yuan: Is dollar hegemony on shaky ground?
Bangladesh's decision to utilise Chinese yuan is not an isolated incident.
20 April 2023, 09:00 AM
Is renewable deployment suffering from fossil fuel lock-in?
Technological lock-in refers to the situation of persistent failure to switch to a new technology.
19 April 2023, 17:00 PM
We, as humans, must stop adapting to the unbearable
We complain endlessly about problems, but are adamant in our belief that nothing better is possible.
19 April 2023, 14:30 PM
Educators are in need of ethical guidelines
For teaching to be considered a noble profession, Bangladesh needs a strong and ethically driven education system today.
19 April 2023, 02:00 AM
Heatwave: Inside the boiling pot of inequality
Do we all feel this heat similarly? The answer is no. It is no secret that if you are among the well-off in this not-so-well-off nation, you are better equipped to deal with this heatwave. There is a deep running inequality as to how the heat affects people.
18 April 2023, 10:35 AM
How reliable is government data on unemployment?
In many cases, BBS data cannot be correlated with other data sets.
18 April 2023, 03:00 AM
Is the US really happy with our election plan?
Foreign Minister Momen’s meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony J Blinken was understandably a delicate one.
17 April 2023, 17:00 PM
Bolster healthcare with better data connectivity
Health systems should be at the front and centre of data connectivity because they must provide the best patient outcomes, and without data, they can offer only substandard care.
17 April 2023, 14:31 PM
The rollout of COP28
The soft limits to some human adaptation and hard limits to ecosystems have been reached. There is increased evidence of maladaptation locking in vulnerability and increasing exposure risks. With sufficient global capital to close the mitigation investment gap, COP28 can be the enabler.
17 April 2023, 11:51 AM
Fiscal policies that could tackle air pollution and climate change
Environmental degradation and climate change impacts create externalities that can be reduced through appropriate pricing mechanisms.
17 April 2023, 02:00 AM
A poverty, inequality, and growth puzzle
The poverty trend emerging from valid comparisons with the previous rounds of HIES may or may not be different.
16 April 2023, 17:00 PM