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
When protest turns into a mob
When protest seeks to punish through pressure, it crosses a clear ethical line
21 May 2025, 05:51 AM
Why Bangladesh Competition Commission needs reform
Our anti-cartel enforcement mechanism has to be more comprehensive.
21 May 2025, 05:46 AM
Social media’s role in the online gambling surge
Among the most critical concerns is the unabated growth of unregulated gambling sites on the internet.
20 May 2025, 10:31 AM
A folk legend who bridged religion and culture
Abbasi was second to none in Bangladesh’s realm of folk music.
20 May 2025, 06:30 AM
Rickshaws, rights, and the rulebook
Battery-operated rickshaws, by law, are not allowed on major roads of DNCC.
20 May 2025, 06:00 AM
Tariffs and trade wars: Bangladesh’s path in a new geo-economic order
Bangladesh can learn from China's experience and reformulate international trade strategies.
20 May 2025, 05:00 AM
Why job creation must come first
The truth is, we have perfected the art of looking developed without actually becoming it.
20 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Not your average BMW: Decoding Dhaka's rickshaw kings
The true kings of Dhaka's roads aren't the buses, cars, or traditional rickshaws—they're the battery-powered rickshaws.
19 May 2025, 10:30 AM
Bangladesh’s strategic tightrope in Rakhine
The proposal for a Bangladesh-Myanmar aid channel is rooted in a decade of failed diplomacy.
19 May 2025, 08:30 AM
Global trade war puts climate action under threat
Tariffs will serious impact on climate change, an unfolding crisis of our time.
19 May 2025, 06:00 AM
This country belongs to women too
Moitree Jatra was not a gathering of any political banner or one social cause.
19 May 2025, 03:00 AM
Data-driven lending solution for Bangladeshi banks
The process of securing a loan from most banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) feels like a maze.
18 May 2025, 09:30 AM
Confronting Dhaka’s battery-run rickshaw dilemma
One of the more recent manifestations of informal urban expansion is the proliferation of battery-run rickshaws.
18 May 2025, 07:00 AM
The case for cultural pluralism in urban spaces
Cultural pluralism is becoming increasingly relevant in Bangladesh.
18 May 2025, 03:00 AM
Unpacking the proposed reforms to our revenue system
The primary logic behind the separation of revenue tasks at issue is to inject an element of operational independence into the proposed bodies.
18 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Why fundamental reforms should precede elections
A robust democracy never emerges out of broken institutions.
17 May 2025, 08:30 AM
Underinvestment threatens Bangladesh's demographic dividend
The major challenge lies in prioritisation of the policies and the lack of consistent follow-up mechanisms.
17 May 2025, 06:05 AM
Men’s fear and women's 'just rights'
Number of families where men provide for women is rapidly decreasing.
17 May 2025, 04:00 AM
Time to forge a strategic consensus on national interests
To honour the spirit of the July uprising, all political parties must commit to defining and institutionalising national interests.
17 May 2025, 02:00 AM
Jamie Miller exists in real life, we just don’t want to admit it
"Adolescence" asks us a very uncomfortable question.
16 May 2025, 10:00 AM