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
The human cost of Bangladesh’s dangerous roads
The failure of road safety continues to claim lives with alarming frequency.
25 June 2025, 05:00 AM
How do we avoid a debt trap?
The debt bubble is ominous, given Bangladesh’s narrow export base and heavy reliance on remittance inflows.
25 June 2025, 03:00 AM
Israel, Iran and the US: A game of war and peace
But whether the current course of events will follow the course of 2020, cannot be said with certainty.
25 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh should not follow the West's example on climate change
Climate change is a man-made problem, but campaigners and irresponsible politicians have blown this out of proportion.
24 June 2025, 10:30 AM
When will mob violence end in Bangladesh?
This is the government's moment to show what it truly stands for and bring everyone of those people to face the law
24 June 2025, 08:41 AM
The unmatched legacy of Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury
Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury, one of Bangladesh’s most enduring public intellectuals, turned 90 on June 23.
24 June 2025, 08:25 AM
From Strait of Hormuz to Dhaka: How a distant crisis could hit our homes
And when supply falls, prices inevitably rise.
24 June 2025, 06:00 AM
Empowered or enraged: What are we really doing with the internet?
The ability not just to use technology but to understand, interpret, and engage with it wisely is glaringly absent from our collective behaviour
24 June 2025, 05:44 AM
Never again, again: 89 seconds to midnight
The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight—the closest we’ve ever been to global catastrophe.
24 June 2025, 05:00 AM
Vertical democracy: Why Bangladesh needs a second chamber
True reform must aim for devolution rather than centralisation, redistributing power downward before horizontally.
24 June 2025, 04:00 AM
Turning reserved seats into real power for women
We began with 15 reserved seats in 1972. Today, there are 50. On paper, this expansion signals progress.
24 June 2025, 03:00 AM
The afterlife of an uprising
When I think of July, I remember the silence. Not the kind that settles over a nation out of respect, but the kind that suffocates.
23 June 2025, 11:00 AM
The Middle East as a time loop
Understanding the Middle Eastern crisis through the temporal lens of Dark
23 June 2025, 08:00 AM
Can Bangladesh feed its projected 22 crore population by 2050?
Rice is at the heart of Bangladesh’s economy, culture, and food system.
23 June 2025, 06:06 AM
We must ensure every birth and death is recorded
A birth certificate is more than a document; it is a child’s first proof of existence in the eyes of the law.
23 June 2025, 05:00 AM
Interrogating power, envisioning emancipation
His work does not merely interpret the world; it is involved in the struggle to change it.
23 June 2025, 02:00 AM
How geopolitical interests trump international laws
When a state conducts military operations within another state’s territory, it frequently violates Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.
22 June 2025, 11:30 AM
Justice-based approach needed in reproductive health
Family planning programmes should emphasise choice, dignity, and shared responsibility.
22 June 2025, 07:00 AM
Is Mahmudul's arrest a message?
A journalism teacher at Begum Rokeya University, Mahmudul Haque now sits in jail
22 June 2025, 06:11 AM
Can Bangladesh’s urban drainage survive climate change?
Beneath the rising waters lies a tangle of institutional dysfunction and impunity that sabotages effective action.
22 June 2025, 06:00 AM