After allowing private operators in major ports, India enacted a competition law specifically covering port concessions to prevent monopolistic control by a few global terminal operators.

Countries that have embraced data localisation have seen digital markets shrink.

Women’s physical appearance has once again become a battleground for cultural and political power.

The claim that soldiers are answerable only to court martial, and that a civilian-style tribunal has no jurisdiction over them, fails both on the text of the constitution and on the relevant statutes.

Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, professor of civil engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), talks to Monorom Polok of The Daily Star about the role of systemic failures and corruption behind the alarming rate of traffic fatalities in Bangladesh, and the critical structural reforms required to curb it.

The uprising is not supposed to be a passing eruption.

The government should swiftly restore normal contraceptive supplies and treat this matter as a national priority.

Are we all pawns in a global game of barbaric chess?

Despite substantial spending, many digitisation initiatives have turned into opportunities for rent-seeking rather than reform.

For two decades, Bangladesh lived under a comforting numerical, statistical, and sweetly deceptive illusion.

Even as world leaders celebrate, the truce on the ground is already stained with blood.

Dr Yunus’s initiative in UNGA achieved much more than diplomatic optics.

At the heart of the problem lies wage disparity. Economists track this through the wage share of value added—the portion of output that accrues to workers as pay after materials and overhead.

July National Charter marks a key step toward democratic renewal.

The UPS currently offers four schemes for citizens aged 18 and above: Probash, Progoti, Surakkha, and Samata.

When mainstream news loses credibility, counterfeits rush in.

A study by Tech Global Institute shows that law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence agencies have spent at least $190 million on surveillance technologies and spyware deployed against citizens.

Mirpur factory fire exposes selective outrage and curated indifference

It cannot be viewed as a simple price adjustment.

Bangladesh can experiment with AI-waste management as it has the institutional framework.