Concerns over freedom of the media are not new in Bangladesh. There has been debate, criticism, and international assessment for many years. Bangladesh’s position in various global indices has also come up repeatedly, with the latest World Press Freedom Index putting it at 152th place out of 180 countries.

The primary goal of reserving seats in Bangladesh’s parliament was to ensure women’s representation and voice in parliament.

The attic of my thoughts is peopled by figures whom I never thought would gather to murmur in my head; these are the voices of people who should never have to meet like this.

Do you feel exhausted trying to find reliable facts about everything happening around you?

It’s good news that a special parliamentary committee has been formed to address the energy crisis by offering recommendations on the legal, institutional, and operational issues arising from it.

The United Arab Emirates has announced that it is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

May Day today is not just a commemoration. It is a checkpoint.

A fact that we don’t discuss much, and seem to have taken as a given, is the politicisation of our various professions.

Bangladesh’s economy remains highly susceptible to price volatility in the international energy market.

Recently, the Police Headquarters issued a nationwide alert about possible militant attacks.

The widespread social acceptance of corporal punishment indicates how violence has become normalised in child-rearing.

Every day, thousands of trucks carry containers, raw materials, and export goods along the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, alongside rising passenger traffic.

Before speaking of what the flotilla is sailing towards, the world must first reckon with what it has chosen to normalise: Israeli occupation of 53 percent of Gaza. Its suffocating blockade controls every calorie that enters the strip.

Somewhere in Bangladesh, a power plant stands ready to run but sits idle anyway.

Last year, a legal controversy arose regarding “a Muslim wife’s approval to second marriage” flooding social media, creating confusion, uncertainty, and agitation among the netizens.

Bangladesh signed the US Reciprocal Trade Agreement on February 9, 2026, just three days before the national election.

The ongoing geopolitical tensions involving the US, Israel, and Iran have again exposed how vulnerable the international energy markets are to conflicts and strategic rivalries.

While Bangladesh aspires to become a world-class manufacturing hub, the country’s absolute and relative FDI performance continues to lag behind that of several regional peers, including Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

However, a new agreement could involve greater scrutiny and more severe structural targets, thus leaving Bangladesh with less flexibility for policymaking.

February, 2016. India was in turmoil. Across universities, protests erupted over the tragic suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula.