Column by Mahfuz Anam / Yunus, Charter, and Our Future
23 October 2025, 18:30 PM
Can Trump’s Gaza ceasefire redefine peace in Middle East?
23 October 2025, 14:00 PM
The dilemma triangle of our tertiary education
23 October 2025, 07:00 AM
MIND THE GAP / A bitter brew: Climate change and the decline of Sylhet’s tea gardens
23 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Ports for private profit or national progress?
23 October 2025, 03:00 AM
New data regulations warrant urgent rethinking
22 October 2025, 06:29 AM
Opinion / 'Apnar Orna Koi?': How identity politics targets women
22 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Opinion / Uniforms do not outrank the constitution
22 October 2025, 04:00 AM
National Road Safety Day / ‘Road deaths cannot be reduced without BRTA reform’
22 October 2025, 03:00 AM
The unfinished revolution for women's political rights
23 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Students who didn't pass SSC exams deserve a way forward
There is a simple fix to this problem. We can easily allow students who have failed in one or two subjects to begin college studies on a conditional basis.
20 July 2025, 03:00 AM
July uprising and the rise of collective power
Through this movement, the people of Bangladesh expressed their protest using a language shaped by long-standing discontent.
20 July 2025, 02:00 AM
How AI can forecast rice market shocks in Bangladesh
Ai can be used to anticipate and manage rice price surge better.
19 July 2025, 10:41 AM
The energy politics in recent wars
Fossil fuels, particularly oil and gas, lie at the heart of the contemporary global economic system.
19 July 2025, 07:00 AM
Scaling up nature-based solutions requires policy commitment
Humanitarian agencies are fighting climate change and building community resilience by adopting NbS, which will, in turn, improve local biodiversity and ecosystem services.
19 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Looking at the July uprising through Actor-Network Theory
The July uprising was a networked event, a convergence of actors both familiar and unexpected.
19 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Why is urban local government reform necessary?
To democratise the municipalities and city corporations, major changes will have to be made in the current structure.
18 July 2025, 10:40 AM
Remembering Mugdho: A life full of warmth and courage
I remember some pivotal memories that can offer a glimpse of the extraordinary individual Mugdho was.
18 July 2025, 07:28 AM
How Iran's authoritarian rule became its greatest vulnerability
The regime's brutality towards its people has created a reservoir of resentment that foreign powers can exploit.
18 July 2025, 07:00 AM
Bangladesh faces a legal void on climate-induced migration
How prepared are urban spaces to deal with the ongoing influx of those who autonomously relocate or are forcibly displaced?
18 July 2025, 03:00 AM
National consensus cannot be built without youth voices
Do political parties genuinely speak for the youth?
18 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Youth unemployment is a growing concern for South Asia
The world's greatest untapped resource is not oil, data, or capital—it's the energy and the potential of the youth.
17 July 2025, 12:13 PM
A call to fill up Bangladesh's empty transparency chairs
There is a persistent disconnect between the RTI law and the people it intends to serve.
17 July 2025, 07:00 AM
The silent exclusion of women in white-collar workplaces
Women are often made invisible, not through overt confrontation but through subtle, everyday behaviours that leave them feeling unseen.
17 July 2025, 05:00 AM
From oligarchy to citizen's republic: Reforming Bangladesh's executive branch
The tripartite patronage of business, politics, and bureaucracy forms the bedrock of the oligarchic structure, where business elites fund political campaigns and gain legislative favours.
17 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Why the July Charter matters
The July Charter may not do everything, but it must do enough to catalyse the much-needed reforms.
17 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Embankments in Sundarbans delta: Wall of hope or risk?
Embankments shape life, risk, and politics in the lower delta
16 July 2025, 12:00 PM
How Bangladesh must navigate the US-led trade shift
It is apprehended that the US’s high tariffs on major global exporters of agricultural products, raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods, such as Brazil, Canada, China and India, would make those products available at lower prices in non-US markets.
16 July 2025, 03:00 AM
A soul that lit the darkness
The way he embraced death raises a profound question: what truly gives life its meaning—its duration or its quality?
16 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh’s youth should be empowered through skills and apprenticeship
With over 60 percent of its population under the age of 35, the country holds immense promise in the form of a demographic dividend.
15 July 2025, 10:15 AM