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
July Revolution and Gen-Z’s march to mass political awareness
Gen-Z have finally become mass aware of their socio-political rights and started to ask for accountability, transparency, and honour.
12 August 2024, 08:18 AM
The fall of a dictator should not give rise to another
The blood and sacrifice of hundreds of people freed Bangladesh from the tyrannical leadership of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
12 August 2024, 04:00 AM
Can the government govern itself?
The problem with parties in Bangladesh is that their activism relies on backward-looking and person-centric politics and revolves around a single leader.
12 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Misinformation campaigns and the future of Bangladesh-India relations
Many verified accounts on X are reporting rumours as actual news and sometimes just outright propagating fake news.
11 August 2024, 15:00 PM
Why student volunteering should be a part of school curriculum
Formalising student community service ensure that their contributions are recognised and valued.
11 August 2024, 08:03 AM
Let people, not political parties, decide interim govt’s role
The interim government should call for a plebiscite along with a reform agenda and estimated timeframe to achieve them.
11 August 2024, 07:00 AM
Can our walls make space for our dissent?
The walls of Dhaka city represent the volume and chaos of thousands of people jostling for ever-shrinking space.
11 August 2024, 05:00 AM
How the new leadership can best utilise this fresh start
Not many nations have the opportunity to make a fresh start in the right direction, such as Bangladesh does today.
11 August 2024, 03:00 AM
A pathway to transformative governance
The selection, prioritisation and delivery of those reforms will determine whether this moment in our country’s history is a new dawn or a false one.
10 August 2024, 13:00 PM
Whom is the propaganda on X for?
The disinformation game is now increasingly a part of our political makeup.
10 August 2024, 10:30 AM
Lessons learnt: Partisan student politics must be banned
It is deplorable how the previous government did not find it shameful to allow students to be harassed, beaten, and even killed to satisfy political desires.
10 August 2024, 09:00 AM
Vision 2050 for the valiant sons and daughters of the soil
The future is in your hands, dear students. Shape it with an unwavering commitment to the greater good of our beloved nation.
9 August 2024, 15:00 PM
The walls of Dhaka: Canvases of protest or eyesores?
As a literature student from North South University put it, "Slangs are part of our language. And it's difficult to express frustration and anger without using slangs.
9 August 2024, 10:01 AM
Strategic approaches to mitigate rumours in Bangladesh
In recent weeks, Bangladesh has been swept up in a wave of rumours circulating across social media.
9 August 2024, 04:54 AM
The opportunity to reform Bangladesh must not be wasted
We Bangladeshis have a special strength, which enables us to form mass uprisings and put up resistance.
9 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Will the interim government be truly anti-discriminatory?
We expect that those who form the interim government will respect difference–be it of gender, religion, ethnicity, or language.
8 August 2024, 18:30 PM
How to get out of the constitutional gridlock?
The “interim” government will have to operate beyond the constitutional scheme as the current one does not endorse an interim
8 August 2024, 14:00 PM
What we need for a new Bangladesh
While challenges remain, there is a unique opportunity to reform and progress toward a better democracy.
8 August 2024, 12:00 PM
Revolution to reform: The long and arduous path to lasting democratic change
The necessary steps that must be taken in consultation with the constitution for a just democracy in Bangladesh.
8 August 2024, 10:30 AM
The winds of change
What does the nation have to look forward to?
8 August 2024, 10:18 AM