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 Bangladesh needs a two-year economic recovery agenda
For too long, Bangladesh has relied on growth momentum driven by remittances and ready-made garments.
2 November 2025, 02:00 AM
Eighteen years on, how far has judicial separation been achieved?
Eighteen years after the landmark reform, legal autonomy remains a goal rather than a guarantee.
1 November 2025, 10:16 AM
Rare earth elements are the new drivers of global power
Whoever controls them gains not only industrial advantage but diplomatic and economic influence.
1 November 2025, 08:00 AM
Legal reform is key to protecting intellectual property rights of Indigenous culture
The key foundation for any transmitting legal system is to recognise the Indigenous customary law.
1 November 2025, 07:00 AM
The de-escalation deficit in our campuses
Our campuses are becoming increasingly unrestful, with a decline in civic patience and a growing culture of direct action.
1 November 2025, 04:00 AM
How reducing dwell time can improve Chittagong Port’s efficiency
In Bangladesh, inefficiency leads to containers lingering for weeks in the Chittagong Port terminal.
1 November 2025, 03:00 AM
Why road safety designs need people’s voices
In Bangladesh, pedestrians remain the most vulnerable road users.
31 October 2025, 08:29 AM
Is Bangladeshi cinema finally speaking of women's quiet revolution?
Films like Rickshaw Girl, Made in Bangladesh, Barir Naam Shahana, Priyo Maloti, and Saba portray women as workers, believers, caregivers, and artists—ordinary people navigating extraordinary pressures of life.
31 October 2025, 04:00 AM
The case for a creative fashion policy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is the friend who styles everyone else for the party but shows up wearing a borrowed fit.
31 October 2025, 03:00 AM
How the consensus commission jeopardises the July charter
Reforms imposed through coercion or technical manoeuvering never endure and such top-down reforms inevitably fail.
31 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Public exam results must not seal an individual’s fate
Research shows that human development is not linear; some individuals bloom later than others.
30 October 2025, 09:00 AM
Why the proposed NHRC amendment risks ineffectiveness
The previous decade of the NHRC’s experience demonstrates that it failed to exercise its investigative powers.
30 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Bangladesh’s grand politics: Who’s really directing the show?
Bangladesh perpetually appears to be at a “critical crossroads.”
30 October 2025, 05:00 AM
Why survival in Dhaka feels accidental
When a city demands miracles to survive its own design, something fundamental has gone wrong.
30 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Why we need a new climate finance approach
Most of the recent discussions on climate change in Bangladesh have been focused solely on funding.
29 October 2025, 05:00 AM
The injustice of our inflation is tilted against the poor
The prices of rice, potatoes, and onions have surged, yet farmers often sell these crops at a loss.
29 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Palestine’s past is our present: Why its story matters to us all
A new story has emerged out of the ashes of Gaza.
28 October 2025, 10:31 AM
The Nobel gap: Reclaiming the Muslim legacy of knowledge
The story of Muslim absence from the Nobel list is not a tale of oppression or bias; it is a chronicle of diminished pursuit of passion unrenewed and potentials unfulfilled.
28 October 2025, 06:00 AM
The untaught skill of teaching in Bangladesh
Pedagogical training should be embedded in academics’ lives—not treated as optional.
28 October 2025, 05:00 AM
The metro rail tragedy: What is the cost of a human life in Bangladesh?
The right to cross a street, ride public transport, work in a factory, or walk near a drain without risking death should not be a privilege.
28 October 2025, 04:00 AM