A single digital ID can simplify life, but who will protect the data?
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We need reliable buyers to build more solar power
7 HOUR(s)
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For women, ‘diversifying income’ can become another form of depletion
9 HOUR(s)
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Where old ideas meet a new generation: A morning at the UN with Prof Yunus
23 September 2026
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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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Challenging the Fifteenth Amendment through legal doctrine
As with questions of constitutionality and legitimacy, the tenure of the current government has sparked ongoing debate
10 July 2025
Bangladesh’s development model is failing its people
True progress is not measured by GDP alone, but by how fairly growth benefits are shared.
10 July 2025
Dhaka’s drains, dengue, and denial
During monsoon, Dhaka becomes a soggy simulation.
10 July 2025
When likes shape the message
Communication strategy is now a content calendar.
9 July 2025
Lessons we must learn before aspiring to be like Singapore
Unfortunately, much of our development narrative is undermined by corruption, nepotism, lack of law enforcement, and policy inconsistency.
9 July 2025
How we could broaden our export base
Diversifying Bangladesh’s export basket has been a high-priority policy objective for many years.
9 July 2025
The untold stories behind student deaths abroad
This week, a Bangladeshi student was found dead in an apartment in Japan
8 July 2025
Reversing the decline of Dhaka's canals
Any flood flow and sub-flood flow zones must be protected.
8 July 2025
Bangladesh's growth depends on women's economic empowerment
There are three major aspects of women’s empowerment—social, political and economic.
8 July 2025
Who is sponsoring bribery in Bangladesh?
Why do people offer bribes in the first place?
8 July 2025
Remand redecorated: Same torture, new curtains?
Let’s be clear: no law in Bangladesh is safe from abuse when power is unaccountable. Our track record speaks for itself.
8 July 2025
We can’t afford another discredited election
Shamsul Huda’s legacy is a lesson—integrity, transparency, and independence are not optional. Not this time…
7 July 2025
In Dhaka, relaxation comes with a bill
Dhaka offers less than 1.5 m² of formal open space per resident.
7 July 2025
A viral photo, a lesson for BNP
Today, the real fight is not just in speeches or rallies, but in what people see and believe on social media platforms
7 July 2025
How Mamdani toppled a titan and redefined American politics
As a Muslim of Indian-Ugandan descent, Mamdani's identity invited scrutiny.
6 July 2025
The future of indigenous recognition in Bangladesh
The state must realise that acknowledging and empowering its indigenous peoples is not a concession; it is a constitutional and moral obligation.
6 July 2025
Was the Bonn climate talk promising for the upcoming COP30?
The COP30 presidency wishes to achieve some tangible outcomes.
6 July 2025
One year after July: A nation waits in uncertainty
There was, for a brief interval last month, the hope of reaching consensus, of returning to democratic nation-building in earnest.
6 July 2025
Adventures in anxiety class
If airlines are going to offer a terrifying experience anyway, they might as well be honest about it.
5 July 2025
Time to end the harmful practice of child domestic work
The government has declared 43 types of work as hazardous for children—jobs that threaten their physical and mental development.
5 July 2025