On August 11, Bangladesh faced a severe 3,592-megawatt electricity shortage—enough to power several mid-sized cities.

“Lionel Messi has conquered his final peak. Lionel Messi has shaken hands with paradise.” British commentator Peter Drury said these words after Argentina’s victory in the 2022 World Cup final.

There are reasons to be both sad and hopeful about Shahed Sharif Ahmed.

Bangladesh has entered a critical juncture by seeking deferment in formally graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) to Developing Country status.

Bangladesh’s digital transformation is often evident in its online portals, mobile applications, digital identity systems, and expanding portfolio of e-services.

Following the devastating flood in Nepal caused by part of a glacier collapsing, the country is seeking climate compensation from China, India, and the United States, arguing that major emitters should bear responsibility for climate-related harm suffered by countries that have contributed little to global warming.

What are the lessons of July charter that need to be implemented?

At a seminar in Dhaka on August 29, civil society organisations (CSO) led by the Center for Participatory Research and Development took stock of something most of the country has largely forgotten it agreed to:

The just-approved ninth National Pay Scale settles one argument and opens another. Government employees now have their desired raise to be rolled out in three phases, with the first starting in July 2026.

Formal employment and an underground economy are not synonymous. Black money is not the same as money laundering.

In the 1980s, as a young geologist in Louisiana, I watched as a delta died. Louisiana’s coast loses a football field’s worth of of wetlands every 100 minutes.

Negotiating in conflict environments teaches us that political settlements are not stumbled upon but rather formed when people show up and try to build them together.

Nepal is a natural disaster hotspot, but over the past several years, the scale of damage caused by disasters have grown severe.

When we get a physician-prescribed blood test done at a diagnostic centre, we usually assume the report to be correct.

We all want safe food and agricultural products. Consumers want to know what they are eating and where it comes from.

There are moments in a parliamentary career that one anticipates: the first speech, the first bill, the first vote. And then there are moments no one prepares you for.

When a decision over whether to accept an invitation from New Delhi becomes a statement in itself, it signals that Bangladesh-India relations have indeed entered a new phase.

In the past weeks, intensive debate has ensued on whether Bangladesh should or should not join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), a tripartite defence treaty between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed on August 7.

When it comes to the eligibility for receiving support from international climate funds in order to address climate-induced loss and damage, Bangladesh indeed has a strong case.

If we were to stick to simple terms, energy transition denotes systematically moving away from a fossil-based energy structure to a low-carbon energy system, and this has posed a challenge to many countries around the world.