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
Transforming education beyond words and tokenism
Bangladesh is lagging behind its neighbours with smaller GDP sizes when it comes to education spending.
8 September 2022, 16:00 PM
What future do our youth face?
What are the government’s plans with this huge population segment that is our youth, who are supposed to take the reins of our country in the future?
8 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Should student politics extend into private universities?
Yes, but not through Chhatra League
8 September 2022, 11:45 AM
Is civilisation in decline, clashing or rejuvenating?
Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely
8 September 2022, 08:28 AM
How can Dhaka solve its traffic problem?
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that “traffic was particularly bad today,” I could have retired already
7 September 2022, 16:00 PM
PM Hasina’s India visit 2022: Will India ever reciprocate our favour?
This time also, there is no major gain from PM Hasina's visit.
7 September 2022, 14:27 PM
Too many adversities await new UK PM
Given the enormity of the UK’s economic woes, the challenges she faces are multilayered and daunting.
7 September 2022, 12:30 PM
The Mirage of Teesta Treaty
It is necessary to be aware of the real and unvarnished truth regarding the sharing of common rivers between Bangladesh and India.
6 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Have we forgotten about dignity?
If people in a country with so much development and progress can’t even expect to have a dignified life, or death, then what was it all for?
6 September 2022, 13:00 PM
The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific
Most of the 2.1-billion-strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, healthcare and social protection.
6 September 2022, 11:44 AM
Excessive force against protesters can’t be justified
Our police are supposed to be neutral and sincere in maintaining peace and order, but their actions and inactions these days could not be more partisan.
5 September 2022, 14:00 PM
‘Bangladesh can’t wait forever to resolve the Teesta issue’
The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
5 September 2022, 13:41 PM
Rohingya crisis and the need for political unity
The process of building a political community – veritably a nation in the case of the Rohingya – is a long one.
5 September 2022, 08:52 AM
Endgame in Ukraine: Reflections on Kissinger's disequilibrium
Despite the controversy, Kissinger’s statement on disequilibrium should be reckoned with.
4 September 2022, 14:30 PM
Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?
Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.
3 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Ensuring climate justice for the urban poor
It is estimated that Bangladesh may see 13 million internal climate migrants by 2050.
3 September 2022, 11:43 AM
Why so many delayed flights this year?
I must concede that personality-wise, I am somewhat neurotic about delays, long queues, immigration desks, lost luggage, and the other woes that accompany aeroplane travels.
3 September 2022, 10:37 AM
Peace, stability in the Taiwan Strait balanced on a razor’s edge
Why would the US, which has spent so much time and effort creating this intricate strategic ambiguity, suddenly become so unambiguous in its support for Taiwan?
2 September 2022, 17:30 PM
The devastating shades of intimacy after assault
On my worst days, any type of physical intimacy ends in hellish claustrophobia; I’m buried under layers of shame, wrapped in an endless cycle of revulsion at my body, and I can’t escape.
1 September 2022, 15:00 PM
Upskilling youth can speed up digital transformation
Bangladesh is currently in an advantageous situation as the country could realise the potential of its demographic dividend.
31 August 2022, 16:58 PM