The government has a huge task ahead in terms of making its social security programmes effective.

It is hard to ignore the growing consensus among economists that the combination of inflation and interest rate hikes alongside tempered Chinese demand and US economic uncertainty could be the perfect storm for a global recession.

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer

Many things happened in the expansive, sprawling world of tech in 2022 and most were less than desirable.

Bangladesh has trodden a long path in its journey to ensure financial inclusion of its teeming population.

The Ukraine war is shaped by Russia’s historical desire to become a Eurasian power.

Did anyone expect that the ruling party candidate would lose her security deposit or manage to bag only eight percent of the votes?

Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face

There have been some pretty amazing scientific discoveries in 2022.

High-level pledges against corruption continued to be reiterated in 2022, as in the past several years.

Capacity development is an important part of mainstreaming NbS and LLA.

An informed public health professional will argue that public health is half medical and half data. Without data, any health system is effectively blind. Data provides visibility into public health emergencies and non-emergencies alike. It saves lives. It tells us where the government needs to pour its funds and which areas to mobilise resources in. It helps identify gaps in healthcare and measure outcomes. Indeed, data is the eyes and ears of public health.

Considerable debate exists over the effectiveness of economic sanctions.

The first cry, the first giggle, the first half-pronounced words, or the first steps – all these precious moments of “firsts” make up for beautiful memories to be treasured throughout a lifetime.

As of September 2022, NPLs have soared over Tk 134,000 crores.

COP27 marked significant progress by officially recognising, for the first time, that young people can be effective agents of change.

The political culture that has been bred in the country by the ruling party is one of impunity, where party members are, directly or indirectly, encouraged to violently suppress dissenting voices. The slapping of Inamul Haque is merely a result of that attitude.

The limited launch of the metro tomorrow is unlikely to make any real dent in Dhaka's traffic problem

Are we willing to pay this pet tax? Absolutely not.

The current revolution in Iran is one that will go down in history as evidence that human beings have indomitable spirits and aren’t just mere sheep-like, “docile” bodies that abide by the laws of an all-seeing authoritarian shepherd.