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
‘Higher education is slave-generating’
It is time to hold the education industry accountable.
24 September 2022, 02:00 AM
The 77th UNGA and Rohingya Crisis
The current session needs to build up on previous discussions and resolutions on the Rohingya crisis over the last few years.
23 September 2022, 13:00 PM
The futility of oppression in Iran
Despite knowing that they may be arrested, beaten, or killed the way 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed by the Morality Police on September 16, Iran's women are protesting valiantly.
23 September 2022, 11:30 AM
How Bangladesh can achieve universal health coverage
Investment in healthcare is necessary for sustainable development
22 September 2022, 19:41 PM
What does AL gain from unleashing violence on BNP?
In the current environment, it is the ruling party that has been seen in the offensive.
22 September 2022, 18:30 PM
Bollywood, sex education, and teaching consent
I found out last Sunday that Ajay Devgn taught my husband about consent.
22 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Brands must learn the 'language' of content
Do they speak the market's language? Or just talk to them for the sake of talking?
22 September 2022, 11:12 AM
Burn less fuel, build better cities
Imagine for a moment our city without cars, but with high-quality public transport, people zipping by on bicycles, others on foot.
21 September 2022, 18:30 PM
We must make all diplomatic efforts to avoid direct conflict
Current tensions along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border must be resolved peacefully and diplomatically
21 September 2022, 14:00 PM
How can we prevent suicides among the youth?
There needs to be a concerted effort to decrease the burden on our youth and listen to their problems intently
21 September 2022, 11:34 AM
How can graduates in Bangladesh become more employable?
Lack of graduate employability has become a critical issue among higher education providers and employers in many places around the world.
21 September 2022, 02:00 AM
It’s time now for sports to stop seeing gender
Why do female sportspeople have to prove themselves “worthy” of the support their male counterparts can take for granted?
20 September 2022, 10:35 AM
If opinions can be changed, who says the poll results won’t be?
ECs in Bangladesh have historically faced controversies
19 September 2022, 18:00 PM
When it’s the BNP, you never know
With yet another general election coming up, BNP is trying to warm up its ranks.
18 September 2022, 17:00 PM
Bangladesh cricket is in shambles, and BCB must answer for it
The administration and management of Bangladesh cricket at the hands of BCB is symptomatic of an unprofessional sport management system.
18 September 2022, 16:00 PM
‘Expatriate Diplomacy’ and ‘Mercenary Columnists’
Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.
17 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Climate change is all about ‘power’
Instead of effectively tackling the issues related to climate change, world leaders have politicised it over the last 30 years.
17 September 2022, 14:00 PM
We need to recognise the diversity of the urban poor
When we think of urban poor, we typically think of people living in slums.It’s not quite as simple.
17 September 2022, 12:00 PM
Are you 'satisfied' with our diplomacy?
It is particularly disheartening and a cause for grave concern as the standard of our diplomacy has been questioned by domestic as well as foreign media.
16 September 2022, 15:00 PM
China unlikely to make a rash move over Taiwan
Neither the US nor China would prefer a war just now because Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, essential for both, will be among the first casualties of a conflict.
16 September 2022, 14:00 PM