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
Why overhaul of EC is topmost priority
Questions have been raised about the current Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal and his colleagues.
4 September 2024, 11:25 AM
Are we truly free in the new Bangladesh?
Encouraging a culture of norm enforcement at the cost of human rights
4 September 2024, 10:00 AM
Can the student movement free us from dynastic politics?
The students can help establish a new political party and free the country from the burden of family dynasties.
4 September 2024, 07:00 AM
Citizen engagement key to improving local government
The local government institution elections ought to be at the top of the interim administration's priorities following electoral changes.
3 September 2024, 11:00 AM
‘To Hell with Good Intentions’: Decolonising disaster management
If politically inexperienced youth can oust a tyrant prime minister, why can’t they battle with the flood that has engulfed a part of the country alone?
3 September 2024, 08:45 AM
Bangladesh’s criminal investigation system needs reformation
In Bangladesh, wholesale reform of the criminal investigation and justice system is necessary.
3 September 2024, 06:00 AM
A case for democratic reforms in universities
The halls had been transformed into places where ordinary students faced heavy oppression.
3 September 2024, 04:00 AM
The need for a clear charter for the intelligence agencies
The catch-all definition of national security must not be used as a cloak to hide abuses.
3 September 2024, 02:00 AM
Gazi factory fire: A wake-up call for intelligence reform
The Gazi factory fire tragedy represents a severe setback to the progressive transformation of Bangladesh.
2 September 2024, 11:00 AM
Doctors, mob justice and the health sector
The recent assault on doctors at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) marks a deeply troubling moment in our society.
2 September 2024, 08:45 AM
The key changes needed in the education sector
The new norm for education should be people before profit, not the other way around.
2 September 2024, 07:00 AM
The troubling behaviour of Bangladesh’s lawyers
We have witnessed alarming incidents where leaders of the previous government were attacked on court premises.
2 September 2024, 06:00 AM
Dhaka, an inequal city
It is no wonder that a vast population of Dhaka are generally disgruntled with where they are.
2 September 2024, 04:00 AM
Statistics given by Hasina regime need urgent correction
One of the reasons why the country’s economy fell into a big crisis during the Hasina regime is the manipulation of statistics.
2 September 2024, 02:00 AM
The speech by Dr Yunus: A vision for new Bangladesh
Dr Yunus’s humility in admitting the challenges ahead was appreciated.
1 September 2024, 12:00 PM
Red vs green passports: The privilege and the discrimination
The interim government of Bangladesh led by Dr Yunus declared the red passports held by the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as former MPs, null and void.
1 September 2024, 08:30 AM
The alterations we need in our Election Commission
Elections are of paramount importance to a country’s quality of democratic governance.
1 September 2024, 06:00 AM
The urgent path out of Bangladesh’s current fragility
Having analysed the drivers of democratic transitions in the context of Bangladesh, on balance, we may still be on track to beat the odds.
1 September 2024, 03:46 AM
Fall of a titan: Looking for the economic tinderbox
Despite the youth-driven upheaval, the key drivers of the economy remain very much intact and ready to take the economy to new heights.
1 September 2024, 02:00 AM
The Bangla Spring: An opportunity to recalibrate the country’s audit regulatory architecture
All these troubled banks were externally audited, and received clean chits. Yet, we see very little discussion regarding such audit failures.
31 August 2024, 10:40 AM