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
How Mamdani toppled a titan and redefined American politics
As a Muslim of Indian-Ugandan descent, Mamdani's identity invited scrutiny.
6 July 2025, 07:00 AM
The future of indigenous recognition in Bangladesh
The state must realise that acknowledging and empowering its indigenous peoples is not a concession; it is a constitutional and moral obligation.
6 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Was the Bonn climate talk promising for the upcoming COP30?
The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.
6 July 2025, 04:00 AM
One year after July: A nation waits in uncertainty
There was, for a brief interval last month, the hope of reaching consensus, of returning to democratic nation-building in earnest.
6 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Adventures in anxiety class
If airlines are going to offer a terrifying experience anyway, they might as well be honest about it.
5 July 2025, 08:10 AM
Time to end the harmful practice of child domestic work
The government has declared 43 types of work as hazardous for children—jobs that threaten their physical and mental development.
5 July 2025, 06:00 AM
We cannot let violence silence our daughters
What is perhaps more insidious than the acts themselves is the language that now surrounds them. The lexicon of liberation has deliberately opted for expletives.
5 July 2025, 04:00 AM
Economic reform in Bangladesh must go beyond incrementalism
Reform shortfalls in key sectors still undermine Bangladesh's ability to cope with domestic economic challenges as well as external shocks.
5 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban: Kahn’s creation and a nation’s symbol of hope
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Louis Kahn’s renowned creation in Dhaka, was never just a structure of concrete.
4 July 2025, 11:30 AM
The clip that keeps haunting her
What began as a crime turned into a permanent sentence of shame and exposure
4 July 2025, 08:16 AM
The climate budget for FY26 is disappointing
The new climate budget of Bangladesh should have allocated funds under the Just Transition theme—not just for emission reduction, but also for ensuring workers’ rights during such transitions
4 July 2025, 08:00 AM
The war that Israel lost
Clearly, Israel's political and military leadership did not do their homework on Iran.
4 July 2025, 06:00 AM
Why reforming the NHRC as per the Paris Principles matters
NHRC staff now see a light of hope to make the organisation stronger and credible at home and abroad.
4 July 2025, 04:00 AM
When the state thinks like a man
Muradnagar rape unmasked, yet again, the cruel face of the state as a male homologue.
4 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Unveiling the hidden truths of Bangladesh’s public health sector
The second hidden reality is the monetised cost of wastage within the public health system.
3 July 2025, 11:30 AM
In the world of Adler, people would be doers, not talkers
Alfred Adler dared to imagine something different that didn’t chain people to their pasts.
3 July 2025, 09:17 AM
Khilkhet eviction: What is illegal and what is just?
The authorities argue that the eviction drive was routine.
3 July 2025, 06:00 AM
The law Bangladesh needs to protect children
Grooming is the process through which an adult establishes a connection with an underage individual to win their trust, with the eventual aim of sexually abusing or exploiting them.
3 July 2025, 04:00 AM
Why Bangladesh needs an effective zila parishad system
Rather than directly implementing projects, the zila parishad can be successful if it focuses on coordination and oversight.
3 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Bangladesh needs pragmatic gradualism in nation-building
Pragmatic gradualism is the optimal way for achieving lasting reforms.
3 July 2025, 02:00 AM