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
How will Zelensky’s US visit affect the war in Ukraine?
Wearing olive green battlefield attire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the US joint session of the Congress on December 21, 2022.
26 December 2022, 13:00 PM
Can AL rely on its old guard to counter new challenges?
The question is whether the AL, as a ruling party, is capable of countering the opposition camp’s campaign and preparing for the upcoming election at the same time, with its old faithfuls.
26 December 2022, 10:34 AM
Devaluing women's unpaid care work is costing us all
Women in Bangladesh spend about 25 percent of their time daily on unpaid care work while men spend 3.3 percent of their time on the same.
26 December 2022, 01:00 AM
An uncompassionate act on a compassionate ground
Why can't Bangladesh ditch the inhumane colonial practice of arbitrary fettering?
25 December 2022, 21:00 PM
Nuclear fusion: A big step towards clean, limitless energy
Within the context of climate change, nuclear fusion is an attractive alternative because it does not produce greenhouse gases (GHG).
25 December 2022, 14:01 PM
Without good teachers, any education reform agenda is futile
The solution to this problem lies in generating more opportunities for the employment of our graduates – at home and abroad.
25 December 2022, 12:00 PM
DAP: The high stakes of high-rise buildings
Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city
25 December 2022, 05:05 AM
Tagore, the climate crisis, and compassionate development
Rabindranath Tagore saw World War I as the West literally turning its guns on itself, using its very worst traits to cannibalise itself
24 December 2022, 14:00 PM
How will the latest BERC amendment affect energy prices?
The reason for the amendment given by the government – pointing to subsidies and time-consumption – does not stand scrutiny.
24 December 2022, 13:07 PM
Crossing the Padma
Here was a river that was larger than life, larger than anything I had encountered before. Flowing gloriously and indifferently, the river presented a mythic scale against which I felt terribly puny.
23 December 2022, 18:00 PM
What contributes to the development of Bangladesh?
One could say the success story of Bangladesh’s economic development has been spectacular.
23 December 2022, 15:00 PM
Who is eligible to be a Supreme Court judge?
The requirements are specified in the Bangladesh Constitution.
23 December 2022, 11:30 AM
US' myopic tactics vs China's long-term strategy
Riyadh is no longer locked in a monogamous marriage to Washington.
22 December 2022, 13:00 PM
Can BNP stick to its proposals for state reform?
The proposals are surely good and substantive in theory, but rather challenging for any political party to implement in practice.
22 December 2022, 03:32 AM
How do we protect workers’ rights in the age of 4IR?
Introduction of robots may lead to job loss and salary reduction of the existing workers.
21 December 2022, 18:41 PM
Why we need spatial database on loss and damage
A major concern in the distribution of funds for loss and damage for developing countries, especially Bangladesh, is the lack of archived data, data generation and management on the spatial scale.
21 December 2022, 10:06 AM
A letter from Argentina: Thank you, Bangladesh, for so much passion
A letter from Argentina, acknowledging the connection between the two distant nations via football.
21 December 2022, 09:30 AM
How do we overcome spatial inequality in Bangladesh?
Geographic inequalities can bring political tensions between local government leaders and national level policymakers and politicians.
20 December 2022, 15:00 PM
World Cup revealed our media's vulnerability to fake news
Fact-checkers in Bangladesh debunked at least 10 different fake or misleading news stories, eight of which are related to the football tournament, in top newspapers and TV channels.
20 December 2022, 14:28 PM
Rohingya Repatriation: Waiting for Godot?
the world must look onto effective measures to hold Myanmar accountable on repatriation.
20 December 2022, 14:00 PM