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
Dhaka, a victim of poor governance
If government officials were held responsible and accountable for every incident, things would have been corrected much earlier.
12 March 2023, 16:00 PM
The counterproductivity of 'productivity paranoia'
Employees may lose their sense of autonomy and control over their work when they believe that their supervisors are observing and judging everything they do.
12 March 2023, 14:00 PM
Navigating a world of uncertainties
Bangladesh should brace for the upcoming complex challenges and take precautions accordingly.
12 March 2023, 03:00 AM
How can Bangladesh avoid a middle-income trap?
Regulators must be willing to adopt a vision for Bangladesh that is more technology and productivity based.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Student evaluation is necessary to improve our public universities
The lack of a policy for student evaluation affects students substantially.
11 March 2023, 15:00 PM
Deciphering the student-learner
What makes a good student? A definitive answer to this question is difficult.
11 March 2023, 03:00 AM
Banking the last mile through savings groups
In Bangladesh, savings groups have been uplifting thousands of women from poverty.
11 March 2023, 02:00 AM
The attempt to poison Iran's schoolgirls into silence
As an Iranian woman living in Bangladesh, I weep for girls and women in Iran on International Women’s Day this year.
10 March 2023, 01:00 AM
Let us live, or we leave
In Dhaka, we do not live; we survive.
9 March 2023, 17:00 PM
Business: A Harmonising Force in a Polarised Asia
The consensus across the board is that business is seen as being more ethical and competent than other institutions
9 March 2023, 17:00 PM
To women who 'must' do it all
Being a good wife is one of the primary teachings a girl receives in our society, but being a good husband, sadly, is not something boys are taught.
9 March 2023, 01:00 AM
300 years needed to reach full gender equality
UN chief stresses the importance of having women's contribution in technology and innovation.
7 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Using innovation and technology for gender equality
Digital transformation holds immense potential for accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment.
7 March 2023, 06:00 AM
Why every woman must ask for more
Every Women’s Day, I suffer from this ambivalent feeling of euphoria and despair.
7 March 2023, 04:00 AM
The fiery call for freedom
Bangabandhu did not encourage a military conflict, nor did he push the country to the brink of war in his speech.
6 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Lit Fest and Boi Mela: A linguistic, cultural apartheid?
Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.
6 March 2023, 14:00 PM
Our anti-corruption capacity is hostage to power
Positions of power acquired through various means have long been allowed to be treated as a licence for self-enrichment through various illicit means.
5 March 2023, 17:00 PM
Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo: An inspiration for future (and all) generations
Shabbir Ahmed Shuvo, a Bangladeshi scholar of international repute, has left his legacy for many generations to come.
5 March 2023, 03:00 AM
Role of developmental propaganda in politics
Because of the importance given to debt-funded infrastructure-based development, the country’s economy is being burdened by increasing unsustainable foreign debt and import dependence.
4 March 2023, 16:00 PM
How to not ‘be a woman’ on Bangladeshi public buses
How can women travel on public transport without feeling like sub-humans?
4 March 2023, 14:00 PM