In Bangladesh, the discourse on controlling heinous crimes, particularly sexual violence and serial offences, routinely centres on legislative severity.

That schools do not prepare our young people well for the world of work is a frequent refrain.

The rule of any government is difficult to judge within 100 days, but it is enough time to observe and learn about the instincts of the new leadership.

Bangladesh produces a significant share of the world’s raw leather, yet captures only a small fraction of the global leather goods trade.

Bangladesh is entering this budget cycle under significant pressure.

The citizens of Bangladesh have already expressed their trust on battery storage and the government should act soon to fix the policy problems that stand in the way of mainstreaming this nationally.

Children are no longer safe in their homes.

Social housing is designed to address the housing problems of the lower income groups. In this process, the government subsidises housing for marginalised communities.

A single homicide investigation today may involve terabytes of data.

Violence against women and children has recently become a disturbingly regular occurrence in the country. Looking into the nature of these crimes makes one wonder if not humanity but savagery has taken us over.

As the BNP government prepares major revisions to school textbooks for the 2027 academic year, the changes reported by the media once again reveal a familiar pattern—authorities continuing to alter curriculum content, historical narratives, and learning priorities without addressing the deeper structural crisis in education itself.

Bangladesh is preparing its next national budget at a difficult moment when living costs remain high, private investment is weak, foreign exchange reserves are under pressure, development needs exceed domestic revenue, and a growing share of public expenditure is absorbed by debt servicing.

The government should treat nation branding and soft power as a policy priority.

Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) is one of the greatest Bangla-language poets and a formidable revolutionary poet.

The media is, once again, saturated with graphic details of the horrific rape and murder of an eight-year-old child.

In Dhaka’s Pallabi, an eight-year-old was raped and murdered inside a neighbouring flat on May 19. Her body was dismembered in an attempt to conceal the crime.

Every woman has the right not only to survive childbirth, but also to live with dignity thereafter.

Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, which remains the seminal global commitment to gender equality by member-states.

I am sitting in a hotel room in Islamabad, reading a recent Bonik Barta report that makes a compelling argument:

In Bangladesh, falling sick often means facing a financial crisis.