Development is all about enlarging freedoms for all so that every human being can pursue the choices they value and raise their voices in support of those choices.

Over the past 54 years, Bangladesh has made remarkable strides in disaster management, transforming itself from one of the world’s most vulnerable countries into a global example of resilience and preparedness.

Imagine a weapon so “magical” it allows a regime to crush dissent without creating martyrs.

The education sector needs to stay free of partisan politics as the emotions and violence related to such activity, if taken to an excess, can be detrimental to inquiry and considered thought.

The Constitution of Bangladesh, adopted in 1972 following the nation’s struggle for independence, stands as a testament to the collective aspirations of a people determined to shape their destiny through democratic self-rule and participatory governance.

The promise of shelter is broken in plain sight

In recent times, the BNP has demanded an early December 2025 election

For a long time, people have made the derogatory word mofiz synonymous with the residents of the Rangpur region.

Bangladesh, often described as a land of rivers, is criss-crossed by more than 230 major and minor waterways.

“Who will pick up the duck’s photo?” The moment Rafia Sonamoni posed the question to a group of 26 children, four eager hands shot up, accompanied by excited shouts of, “I will!”

As Bangladesh seeks to recalibrate its path in the aftermath of recent upheavals, the time is ripe to revisit an oft-invoked but under-examined agenda: institutional reform. Institutions are crucial to understand, as they are foundational for governance, transformation, and economic development.

Trump’s proposed 37 percent tariff on Bangladeshi products would have crippled our economy; fortunately, the rate was reduced to a more manageable 10 percent.

Dhaka's air is a stew of brick kiln soot, exhaust fumes, construction dust, and factory emissions

A glance at the recent history of the world’s most developed nations reveals a compelling truth: no country has ever achieved sustainable development without first investing in education and research.

In a conversation with Lamia Karim, professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon, Eugene, about her research on Bangladesh's RMG workers.

In 1976, a mass procession led by a nearly 80-year-old peasant leader, Maulana Bhasani, from Dhaka to the Indo-Bangladesh Border drew huge attention from national and international media.

The Government of Bangladesh is drafting a data protection and localisation law (“draft data protection act, DPA” or “the law”), which, once enacted, will be the first of its kind data privacy law in Bangladesh.