Opinion / Managing Bangladesh’s latest fuel price shock
22 September 2026
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World Car Free Day / Time to speak up against fossil fuel use
22 September 2026
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Yaba is devouring our children, and we are still looking away
22 September 2026
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Biman: An airline that flies on political fumes
22 September 2026
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Does Payra Port have any business model?
21 September 2026
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World Alzheimer’s Day / Bangladesh must prepare for its growing dementia crisis
21 September 2026
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Why the new property law may be counterproductive
21 September 2026
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Policing cannot replace the community safety net our children need
21 September 2026
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Why Bangladesh needs a national health fund
20 September 2026
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Fixing Bangladesh's VAT cash squeeze without reversing reform
19 September 2026
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Israel stands exposed even if global powers fail to act
Israel's problem is that despite its military power and its economic and technological superiority in the Middle East, it has limited capacity to portray its destructiveness as successful victories.
6 December 2025
How agricultural innovations can feed a nation and keep emissions low
Climate change threatens the foundation of Bangladesh’s agriculture.
6 December 2025
Let's uplift the women who build Dhaka brick by brick
Let us not only recognise these women's labour, but uplift it through dignity, safety, and opportunity.
6 December 2025
‘Air pollution does not discriminate; it impacts everyone’
At the household level, many families still lack access to clean cooking energy.
6 December 2025
Primary teachers’ strike is a mirror held up to Bangladesh
The assistant teachers of 65,000-plus government primary schools have been pressing for a three-point demand.
6 December 2025
Can’t we all just get along?
How can we do better? First, we should cultivate the art of listening.
5 December 2025
Trump’s Venezuela problem is not about cocaine, but oil
History repeats itself too often in Latin America.
5 December 2025
Dear mothers, stop coddling your sons
If we want decent men, we must start by raising decent boys.
5 December 2025
An independent judiciary seems near at hand, but can still slip away
Judicial independence is formally guaranteed; its actual implementation will require moral courage from judges themselves.
4 December 2025
The prerequisites to creating sustainable banking system in Bangladesh
To attain viability, banks must manage the various risks they encounter in this process of intermediation.
4 December 2025
Slum fires, inequality and Dhaka’s invisible residents
Slum fires are not accidents but a predictable by-product of inequality and policy failure.
4 December 2025
There's no neutral observer in digital violence
Silence tells women that even when men see the harm, they will not intervene.
4 December 2025
COP30 brings both hope and letdowns for vulnerable countries
COP30 could not deliver concrete actions to phase out fossil fuels and advance climate finance, but some new opportunities were created for vulnerable countries.
4 December 2025
Bay of Bengal’s slow death threatens our future
Marine fish populations have plummeted at a rate scientists describe as catastrophic.
3 December 2025
Caretaker by court and by charter: Are we headed for a collision?
Bangladesh is now running two projects of constitutional legitimacy on the issue of caretaker government.
3 December 2025
How Bangladesh continues to abandon its disabled citizens
The paradox of disability in Bangladesh is stark: we are a country that legislates compassion on paper but constructs hostility in concrete.
3 December 2025
How NEIR exposed our lazy journalism
Why would a group of journalists organise a seminar on NEIR without questioning its risks or relevance?
3 December 2025
Laldia deal, a missed opportunity to set an example
The deal started as an unsolicited bid from Maersk Group, the parent company of APM Terminals, in 2023.
2 December 2025
Packaging the patriarchal gaze as 'relatable' content
Because these posts and memes normalise a specific emotional image of women— impulsive, dramatic, unstable, and self-absorbed.
2 December 2025
Why we should prioritise Matarbari over Bay Terminal development
Bangladesh's port congestion has long shaped the popular perception that our maritime gateways are straining under unmanageable pressure.
2 December 2025