Amid narrowing choices, we need a credible economic strategy
23 September 2026
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Time to put warning labels on unhealthy packaged foods
23 September 2026
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When did violence become so normal in Bangladesh?
23 September 2026
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We must do more to protect boys from sexual abuse
23 September 2026
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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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Opinion
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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We must professionalise our fight for stolen wealth
Money does not come home on press releases. It comes home case by case, with quiet diplomacy and implacable lawyering.
14 September 2025
My Ducsu voting experience: The good and the bad
The voting process was absolutely seamless.
13 September 2025
When campus politics takes the centre stage
The disproportionate attention given to student polls exposes the political vacuum created by the country's eroded electoral culture.
12 September 2025
Trial by fire
The Gen Z movement now has to unite to take the lead in reconstructing the Nepali state.
12 September 2025
Transparency alone won’t modernise Bangladesh’s power sector
One of the key measures in this year’s budget is the repeal of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act, 2010, to enhance transparency.
12 September 2025
Trees can be the cheapest anti-heat, anti-anger infrastructure
In Dhaka, trees are treated as expendable. They are cut down for road-widening with no plan for replacement.
12 September 2025
When the state fails the dead
The body of Nurul Haque was exhumed and set on fire by a mob.
12 September 2025
Nepal’s Gen Z revolt is a mirror Bangladesh should study hard
Nepal’s streets did not wake up one morning and decide to overthrow a government for sport.
12 September 2025
Ducsu election: Identity, strategy, and the politics
Those who won the Ducsu election on Tuesday have set a new precedent.
11 September 2025
The economic cost of delaying the election
The political vacuum that Bangladesh finds itself in is not just a constitutional or moral problem.
11 September 2025
Returning after 33 years, what difference will Jucsu make?
Jucsu is expected to break a 33-year-long silence at Jahangirnagar University.
10 September 2025
The job no one claps for
Women’s unpaid household and care work sustains the nation, yet remains invisible
10 September 2025
Between death and desire to live: A suicide survivor’s account
Sometimes survival is the most radical act we can perform.
10 September 2025
Digital wages can unlock women’s economic power in Bangladesh
Among account owners, women’s adoption of digital payments lags behind men’s across the region by 15 percentage points.
10 September 2025
Inflation and inequality fuelling a geography of despair in Bangladesh
An economy cannot thrive on the optimism of a few while the majority remain weighed down by despair.
10 September 2025
When the state falters, the streets make the rules
Bangladesh is living through daily un-governmentality.
10 September 2025
Article 116 restored: The judiciary’s long road back to itself
A recent High Court ruling restores the Supreme Court’s authority over postings, promotions, and discipline of the subordinate judiciary.
10 September 2025
From Dhaka to Kathmandu: How Gen Z is confronting power in South Asia
South Asian states must realise the cost of repression before it's too late.
9 September 2025
Rent control: A law that exists only on paper
Landlords often ignore the law, tenants do not know their rights, and enforcement is almost nonexistent
9 September 2025
From the end of empire to China-centric unipolarity
The 21st century’s centre of gravity is quietly shifting from Washington to Beijing.
9 September 2025