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
What role should universities play in innovation and start-up culture?
The role of universities in creating innovation is vital. However, universities in our country are yet to play their due role in innovation.
31 August 2022, 15:00 PM
The Taiwan Question: China-US battle for semiconductor supremacy
Taiwanese fabrication plants dominate the semiconductor fabrication or foundry market, earning over 60 percent of global revenue.
31 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Mahbub Talukdar: A Lonely Sherpa
When Mahbub joined the Election Commission, he knew his days were numbered.
30 August 2022, 16:00 PM
What does the media’s framing of the Rohingya tell us?
We have to understand that these are displaced people living in a perpetual state of uncertainty.
30 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Gender violence cases: Can courts decide what a woman must wear?
A woman's constitutional rights are violated when she is harmed while exercising the personal liberty granted to her by the Supreme Law of the Land: the Constitution.
30 August 2022, 08:37 AM
The politicisation of police
Police have been used regularly to muzzle the opposition in Bangladesh
29 August 2022, 15:00 PM
Malaysia’s government system under pressure in wake of Najib verdict
Will the disgraced former premier receive a pardon?
28 August 2022, 16:30 PM
Our film censorship law needs amendment
Bangladesh censor board must assign appropriate ratings to films
28 August 2022, 16:00 PM
How to better connect Padma Bridge with south, southwestern Bangladesh
Improving road and railway connectivity is crucial for reaping the benefits of Padma Bridge.
28 August 2022, 13:05 PM
Why we need to rethink the Press Council
The Bangladesh Press Council is fully dependent on government funding. As a result, its independence to act as a self-regulatory body remains susceptible to government interference.
28 August 2022, 12:06 PM
Increased cost of irrigation: What about food security in Bangladesh?
One may note that farmers have to buy diesel and fertilisers at a higher rate at retail level than the government-fixed prices.
27 August 2022, 14:00 PM
What’s next for the James Webb Space Telescope?
The recently launched telescope has expanded the horizon by piercing through the hitherto “dark curtain” of the early universe and presented us with a treasure trove of information.
27 August 2022, 08:00 AM
HC on Narsingdi assault: A country for the ‘civilised’?
The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
26 August 2022, 15:00 PM
IMF Loan Talks: Here's how we need to prepare
The economy needs firm handling to ensure the situation doesn't turn into a crisis.
25 August 2022, 16:00 PM
Making migrant worker recruitment ethical
The 9th meeting of Thematic Area Working Group of the Colombo Process on ethical recruitment took place in Bangladesh from August 24 to 25, 2022.
25 August 2022, 13:00 PM
Fake DU student: A backdated system or an immature mindset?
Sajid Ul Kabir got detained for attending classes at Dhaka University (DU) for three years without ever being enrolled in the university.
25 August 2022, 10:02 AM
The Rohingyas are running out of time
The Rohingya crisis has reached a tipping point.
24 August 2022, 17:59 PM
Andrew Tate: The man, the misogynist, the bigot
Now an idol for underachieving men, Tate went on to rage his war against every minority one can think of.
24 August 2022, 17:00 PM
Where do the subsidies in the power sector really go?
There is a lack of clarity and transparency when it comes to how much subsidy is being provided to the power sector, why the government is providing it, and in fact, who they are subsidising.
24 August 2022, 09:13 AM
Who is responsible for Abdul Momen?
The government does not want to take responsibility for his public statements. Nor does the ruling party.
23 August 2022, 15:00 PM