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
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For women, ‘diversifying income’ can become another form of depletion
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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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We cannot let violence silence our daughters
What is perhaps more insidious than the acts themselves is the language that now surrounds them. The lexicon of liberation has deliberately opted for expletives.
5 July 2025
Economic reform in Bangladesh must go beyond incrementalism
Reform shortfalls in key sectors still undermine Bangladesh's ability to cope with domestic economic challenges as well as external shocks.
5 July 2025
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban: Kahn’s creation and a nation’s symbol of hope
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Louis Kahn’s renowned creation in Dhaka, was never just a structure of concrete.
4 July 2025
Bangladesh’s secret elixir
In qualifying for their first ever AFC Women’s Asian Cup, Bangladesh found its gold not in experience, but in the youth.
4 July 2025
The clip that keeps haunting her
What began as a crime turned into a permanent sentence of shame and exposure
4 July 2025
The climate budget for FY26 is disappointing
The new climate budget of Bangladesh should have allocated funds under the Just Transition theme—not just for emission reduction, but also for ensuring workers’ rights during such transitions
4 July 2025
The war that Israel lost
Clearly, Israel's political and military leadership did not do their homework on Iran.
4 July 2025
Why reforming the NHRC as per the Paris Principles matters
NHRC staff now see a light of hope to make the organisation stronger and credible at home and abroad.
4 July 2025
When the state thinks like a man
Muradnagar rape unmasked, yet again, the cruel face of the state as a male homologue.
4 July 2025
Unveiling the hidden truths of Bangladesh’s public health sector
The second hidden reality is the monetised cost of wastage within the public health system.
3 July 2025
In the world of Adler, people would be doers, not talkers
Alfred Adler dared to imagine something different that didn’t chain people to their pasts.
3 July 2025
Khilkhet eviction: What is illegal and what is just?
The authorities argue that the eviction drive was routine.
3 July 2025
The law Bangladesh needs to protect children
Grooming is the process through which an adult establishes a connection with an underage individual to win their trust, with the eventual aim of sexually abusing or exploiting them.
3 July 2025
Why Bangladesh needs an effective zila parishad system
Rather than directly implementing projects, the zila parishad can be successful if it focuses on coordination and oversight.
3 July 2025
Bangladesh needs pragmatic gradualism in nation-building
Pragmatic gradualism is the optimal way for achieving lasting reforms.
3 July 2025
Justice for rape victims requires an empathetic system
rape incidents in Bangladesh are episodes of a recurring nightmare that we just can't seem to wake up from.
2 July 2025
Why saving newspapers is essential for healthy democracy
As more people turn to digital platforms for news in this manner, traditional newspapers are facing an existential crisis.
2 July 2025
When did we stop being human in the pursuit of a headline?
We have turned the victim's trauma into commodity in an insatiably frenzy for traction
2 July 2025
The silent revolt that no one talks about
The fine arts institute reminds us that liberation also happens in silence, in shadow, in slow-burning wisdom.
2 July 2025
Operation Rising Lion and its wider fallout in Israel-Iran conflict
The operation revealed Israel’s strategic shift from traditional methods to a new era of advanced, tech-based intelligence warfare.
2 July 2025